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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 08: Mayra Cuevas, right, with sister Lucila Cuevas and their nephew Joaquin Mendoza, 7-months, who both have children in the Los Angeles Unified School District join members of Los Angeles Leftists for Choice and Unity as they held a rally against the LAUSD student COVID-19 vaccination mandate outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse Wednesday morning. About 34,000 students have not yet complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the Los Angeles Unified School District - and there's no longer enough time for students who have not gotten their first shot to be fully vaccinated by the Jan. 10 start of the second semester, portending significant disruption to their education as they will be barred from campus. Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

Judge leans toward denying a suit seeking to halt L.A. Unified student vaccine mandate

Two parent groups seek a preliminary injunction against the Los Angeles Unified School District’s COVI-19 vaccine mandate for students.

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Signs of Omicron found in California wastewater, suggesting variant is widespread

The number of cases associated with the new strain rose to double digits this week, including a newly confirmed infection in a Long Beach resident.
ARLETA, CA - NOVEMBER 08: Harnoorvir Singh Jabbal (cq), 11, gets the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Chelsea Meyer at Arleta High School on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Following the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Los Angeles Unified will offer voluntary vaccine access to students. The district highly encourages the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, however, it will not be part of Los Angeles Unified's current student vaccine requirement. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

34,000 L.A. Unified students have not complied with vaccine mandate, signaling problems ahead

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3, 2021 - Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County Department of Health, visits a free COVID-19 Rapid Test site at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, December 3, 2021. This was the first day free tests were made available to arrivals and Dr. Ferrer personally tried to direct many travelers to take a free test. In partnership with the state and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the county set up a free rapid testing site for arriving passengers. They were also gave those testing negative a kit they can use to test themselves again three to five days later, in line with CDC recommendations for international travelers coming to the U.S., regardless of vaccination status. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

California prepares for winter COVID-19 surge; if not from Omicron, then from Delta

San Francisco, CA - A busy Saturday morning at San Francisco's Embarcadaro where locals and tourists visit the Farmer's Market. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Could Omicron cause less severe COVID infections? There’s optimism but also worry

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3, 2021 - Arriving travelers line up to get a free COVID-19 Rapid Test at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, December 3, 2021. In partnership with the state and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the county set up a free rapid testing site for arriving passengers. They were also gave those testing negative a kit they can use to test themselves again three to five days later, in line with CDC recommendations for international travelers coming to the U.S., regardless of vaccination status. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County Department of Health, was on hand trying to direct arriving passengers to take a free COVID-19 test. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

USC student, overseas traveler are L.A. County’s 2nd and 3rd Omicron cases

Judge denies request by L.A. firefighters union for injunction to block vaccine mandate enforcement

Five Omicron variant cases identified in Northern California coronavirus outbreak

Can Omicron overtake the Delta variant? Here’s what it will take

What we know about L.A. County’s first case of the Omicron variant

SAN DIEGO, CA - AUGUST 23: Alpine School District Superintendent Rich Newman speaks at a special board meeting for the Alpine School district board regarding the mask policy on Monday, August 23, 2021 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)s

San Diego County district plans to offer in-person classes for unvaccinated students

Inglewood, Los Angeles, California-Nov. 29, 2021. Hagop Berberian, the owner of AllRight Automotive in Inglewood, California, says his business is doing okay despite the recession. He hesitates to increase prices on his clients. Photographed on Nov. 29, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Sick of rising prices? Your neighborhood businesses are too. How they’re handling inflation

Hayne Palmour IV  San Diego Union-Tribune SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT reports show 140 people have died in San Diego County’s detention facilities since 2009, the year Bill Gore was appointed sheriff.

San Diego County sheriff orders lockdown in all jails amid surge in coronavirus cases

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

L.A. County records first case of Omicron variant as officials urge more COVID-19 testing

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FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference on Aug. 17, 2021 in Sacramento, Calif. In an effort to alleviate the state's affordable housing problem, on Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021, Bonta said he was creating a "strike force" of lawyers to focus on tenant protections and related issues. That includes added authority to file lawsuits if local government don't boost their housing supply. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California attorney general alleges home flipper Wedgewood illegally evicted tenants

Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and the Redondo Beach-based company reached a $3.5 million settlement over illegal eviction allegations, which the company denies

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