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LA County Starts Annual Count of Homeless Residents
Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to get tens of thousands of unhoused people off the streets.
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Video From Deputies' Cameras Released in Borderline Bar and Grill Mass Shooting
Video from cameras worn by deputies who responded to a mass shooting at a Southern California bar in 2018 and recordings of calls for help released Tuesday captured the chaos, horror and confusion of the massacre that left a dozen people dead.
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Fed Up Judge Orders Meeting on Homeless With City Leaders At Skid Row Shelter
A fed up federal judge in California said last week’s rainstorm created “extraordinarily harsh” conditions for homeless residents of Los Angeles. prompting him to order city officials to meet with him at a Skid Row shelter to discuss how to address the worsening crisis of people living on the streets.
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California Sees Two-Day Record of Coronavirus Deaths
California health authorities have reported a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. The state Department of Public Health’s website on Thursday lists 583 new deaths a day after 459 deaths. The previous two-day total was 1,013 deaths at the end of December. California’s death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 28,045.
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LA Mayor Says Virus Spreading Within Households as More Than 20,000 Hospitalized in California
The pandemic is getting worse in Los Angeles as the coronavirus spreads rapidly within households and Californians let their guard down, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti, who said Sunday that the surrounding county is recording a new COVID-19 case every six seconds.
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California Starts New Year Reporting a Record 585 COVID-19 Deaths in a Single Day
Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced Friday that California would begin collaborating with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate and upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems at six Los Angeles area hospitals.
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Hospital Staff Stretched Thin During California Virus Surge
Medical staffing across California hospitals is being stretched thin as they scramble to find beds amid an explosion of coronavirus cases.
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California Fire Danger Remains High Even as Winds Ease
Fire danger remained high Friday amid unpredictable wind gusts and dry conditions in Southern California, as crews made progress against blazes that burned several homes and injured two firefighters.
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Just Say ‘No' to Family Thanksgiving: California Officials
California health officials are asking residents to just say “no” to family gatherings this Thanksgiving to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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California's EDD May Have Exposed 38M Social Security Numbers Despite Being Told Year Before to Stop
An audit finds California’s unemployment benefits agency has sent out at least 38 million pieces of mail containing Social Security numbers since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, putting residents at risk of identity theft. The report says the Employment Development Department continued mailing forms without concealing sensitive information despite being told a year ago to stop the practice. The...
