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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16, 2021 - - A traveler, reflected in public art, "City of Dreams/River of History" by May Sun and Richard Wyatt, walks through the Union Station West Passageway in Los Angeles on Friday, July 16, 2021. Starting Saturday night, residents will again be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces, regardless of their vaccination status. Just a month ago, Los Angeles County and the rest of California celebrated a long-awaited reopening, marking the tremendous progress made in the battle against COVID-19 by lifting virtually all restrictions on businesses and other public spaces. Now, the coronavirus is resurgent, and the nation's most-populous county is scrambling to beat back the pandemic's latest charge. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Photos: New mask mandate, L.A. County now leading national battle against Delta variant

New mask mandate takes effect in L.A. County

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State Senators Robert Hertzberg, D- Van Nuys, left, and Richard Roth, D-Riverside, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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ARCADIA, CA - JULY 09: Patrons walk through the 626 Night Market at Santa Anita Park on Friday, July 9, 2021 in Arcadia, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Does L.A. County’s new COVID-19 mask mandate make any sense?

Officials described the mask mandate as a minimally disruptive tactic to blunt rapidly rising coronavirus transmission. But does it make any sense?

LA CANADA, FLINTRIDGE, CA - JUNE 25, 2021: Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby addresses the media during a press conference at the Los Angeles County Fire Department Fire Camp 2 in La Canada, Flintridge, to discuss the outlook for the 2021 fire season amid extreme drought conditions throughout California. He, along with fire chiefs from across the Southern California including Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county warned of a dangerous fire season because of the drought, and dry fuels. The fire agencies believe that large terrain and fuel driven fires will proliferate during the summer months, followed by significantly wind-driven fires in the fall. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Website exposes L.A. County Fire employees’ COVID-19 vaccination details

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16, 2021 - - A traveler, reflected in public art, "City of Dreams/River of History" by May Sun and Richard Wyatt, walks through the Union Station West Passageway in Los Angeles on Friday, July 16, 2021. Starting Saturday night, residents will again be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces, regardless of their vaccination status. Just a month ago, Los Angeles County and the rest of California celebrated a long-awaited reopening, marking the tremendous progress made in the battle against COVID-19 by lifting virtually all restrictions on businesses and other public spaces. Now, the coronavirus is resurgent, and the nation's most-populous county is scrambling to beat back the pandemic's latest charge. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

With new mask rules, L.A. County is asking the vaccinated to help the unvaccinated

FILE - In this May 29, 2020, file photo, people wearing face masks take an escalator to the second floor of the Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration on Thursday, June 18, 2020, mandated that Californians wear masks in most indoor settings as the state continues to battle the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

More California communities urge wearing masks indoors amid surging Delta variant

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 05, 2020 - - A lone jogger runs past Royce Hall on a nearly empty UCLA campus in Los Angeles on August 13, 2020. The empty campus is a preview of what the Fall semester will look like during the coronavirus pandemic. Most classes, much like the summer classes, will be held online at the university. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

UC mandates COVID-19 vaccinations and will bar most students without them from campus

Are the COVID surge and Delta variant putting California’s reopening at risk? What we know

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COVID-19 rebounding in Orange County, other Southern California suburbs

LONG BEACH, CA - JULY 06: The city of Long Beach's Department of Health & Human Services holds an evening COVID-19 vaccination clinic Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Long Beach, CA. Doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are available. The site is open Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. until otherwise announced. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

No time or ‘enormously selfish’? People who haven’t gotten a COVID-19 shot may have many reasons

A worker in Scotland with a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

A quarter of unvaccinated young adults unlikely to get a COVID-19 shot, study finds

LONG BEACH, CA - JULY 06: The city of Long Beach's Department of Health & Human Services holds an evening COVID-19 vaccination clinic Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Long Beach, CA. Doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are available. The site is open Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. until otherwise announced. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Tougher tactics targeting the unvaccinated needed to stop new COVID-19 spike, experts say

LONG BEACH, CA - JULY 06: Tamara Pitman, 44, left, of Long Beach is getting vaccinated by Marc Ocampo, right. The city of Long Beach's Department of Health & Human Services holds an evening COVID-19 vaccination clinic Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Long Beach, CA. Doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are available. The site is open Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. until otherwise announced. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

COVID-19 cases surge in L.A. County, fueled by ‘enormously selfish’ unvaccinated

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Starla Acosta, 65, has lunch at Mary's Kitchen in Orange on Tuesday, July 13.

Mary’s Kitchen, a sanctuary for homeless O.C. residents, faces possible closure

For Derek King and many like him, Mary’s Kitchen is a sanctuary, but the city of Orange is trying to shut the nonprofit down.

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