The state of California has new guidelines for reopening that went into effect Tuesday, but workers are still required to wear masks indoors pending guideline updates from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA). The guidelines from the state of California would only require workers who are unvaccinated to wear masks, but Cal/OSHA is not set to vote on ...

Effective Wednesday, Los Angeles County is expected to officially move into California’s orange tier — the third step in the state’s COVID-19 re-opening process. According to State officials, Los Angeles County is set to be able to move into California’s orange tier in the “Blueprint for a Safer Re-opening” coronavirus re-opening plan by Wednesday, March 31. The orange tier, the ...

Gyms, day camps and sports without live audiences are allowed to reopen starting Friday, as Los Angeles County continues the COVID-19 recovery, officials said. The L.A. County “Safer at Home” order is relaxing effective June 12, now moving into Phase 3 of reopening, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health. Museums, galleries, zoos, ...

In-person dining, barbershops and hair salons are now allowed to reopen in Los Angeles County Friday after California Governor Gavin Newsom approved the County’s variance request, officials said. On Wednesday, Los Angeles County leaders applied for a variance to move into the next phase of reopening after achieving the readiness criteria based on positive rates, hospitalizations and other COVID-19 benchmarks. ...

Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced the Los Angeles County has achieved necessary readiness criteria and is set to apply for a variance with the State of California Wednesday.  It was announced Tuesday evening the Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita included, has achieved readiness criteria to apply for a variance to match the reopened status of other counties in California. “Los Angeles ...

Los Angeles County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn are set to submit a motion that will ask the state of California to grant regional variances within the county during their board meeting Tuesday. Barger announced her and Hahn’s planned action during a webinar meeting hosted jointly by the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation and the Santa Clarita Valley ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R- Palmdale, submitted a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday urging him to give north county cities in Los Angeles County the ability to create their own Regional Recovery Plan and move to the next stage of his Resilience Roadmap and reopen. “One size does not fit all when it ...

Los Angeles County officials are expected to take a city-based reopening approach “under consideration” after Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth sent a letter opposing the “Safer at Home” extension. https://www.facebook.com/countyofla/videos/1286081694928890/UzpfSTEzMjkyNTQ0MzQzOTIzNTozMDU1NzY3MzcxMTU1MDEz/ Supervisor Kathryn Barger has asked County council and the Department of Public Health to provide an analysis of any variances that would enable cities, if possible, in Los Angeles County ...

Officials with Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital took to social media Wednesday to discuss the importance of maintaining safe health practices as Los Angeles County begins to reopen in the coming weeks and months. https://www.facebook.com/HenryMayoHospital/videos/546687192910267/?v=546687192910267 On Wednesday, Dr. Larry Kidd, Henry Mayo’s Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, and Dr. Bud Lawrence,  Medical Director of Henry Mayo’s Emergency Department, sat ...