Nearly 100 businesses have been shut in Los Angeles County since March for alleged health order violations, officials said Thursday. Since the implementation of the “Safer at Home” order in March, the L.A. County Department Of Public Health received a total of 17,808 health order complaints and investigated more than 17,000 restaurants, more than 3,500 grocery stores, more than 600 ...

Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth wrote a letter, on behalf of the entire City Council, to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger formally opposing the “Safer at Home” order extension. On behalf of the 225,000 residents of the City of Santa Clarita (City), we want to thank you for the leadership you have displayed throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. Your daily ...

The “Safer at Home” order in Los Angeles County will be extended until at least July  “with all certainty,” public health officials said Tuesday. Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer stated during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. Ferrer said that would only ...

Los Angeles County residents are keeping their social distance and wearing masks while in businesses during the first weekend of relaxed “Safer at Home” orders.   On Friday, certain retail businesses were allowed to reopen with curbside pickup, as the County moves into phase two of reopening, according to Supervisor Kathryn Barger.   “As we reopen, we must ensure distancing requirements remain ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials announced Tuesday that 64 personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus, with 262 quarantined, as well as a decrease in crime, officials said. Since the start of the “Safer at Home” order, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced a decrease of crime in the county. Violent crimes in general are down by 11 percent, criminal homicide by ...

Los Angeles County leaders are discussing what is needed to reopen and what the roadmap of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic would look like. “If we don’t see serious spikes and we actually start seeing the declines, which is what we’re really looking for, in the number of cases … we’ll feel a lot more secure that we can go ...