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Mayor Eric Garcetti says he’s confident manufacturers will meet demand and additional COVID vaccines will be approved. But many more doses are needed.
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The lead plaintiff in a 2015 lawsuit against the L.A. Department of Water and Power, is suing the city again over the agency’s billing errors.
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Since the start of the pandemic in March, the Wilmington Teen Center has had to curtail nearly all youth activities. It now functions more like a community pantry.
Tens of thousands of people face confusion, contradiction and chaos amid the state’s uneven vaccine rollout.
COVID-19 deaths still stalking California at alarming levels even as cases continue to flatten
It is not yet known whether the new coronavirus variant is more contagious, but it is becoming increasingly prevalent in Northern California.
Schools can be used as vaccine centers under new guidelines, but they’ll have to apply for the role, and the bigger issue remains the shortage of vaccine doses.
Those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine include grocery store and restaurant workers who live or work in Long Beach.
Orange County will open its second of five mass COVID-19 vaccination centers on Saturday. The goal: Inoculate all residents by July 4.
County officials say they have most of the resources — large vaccine centers and personnel to run them — but lack the doses they need.
More than 4,000 of Los Angeles County’s 14,000-plus COVID-19 deaths have been reported since New Year’s Day.
A group of Bay Area wineries and restaurants are seeking to overturn a state ban on in-person dining — and drinking — as a coronavirus-control measure.
The state is receiving about 300,000 to 500,000 COVID-19 doses each week, a pace that would take months for priority list residents to get vaccinated.
Despite signs that COVID-19 may be receding, a top Los Angeles County official warned the situation remains precarious.
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the California court system is preparing for eviction cases to double
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When L.A. County nixed a plan to build a new jail, Supervisor Hilda Solis saw an opportunity to use the land for homeless housing. In under five months, the unused parking lot has been transformed into 232 units of permanent and interim housing at $200,000 per unit, a record for speed and cost.
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