Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Despite rising COVID-19 cases, public health officials say the mask mandate won’t be returning yet. Lauren Coronado reports June 9, 2022.

While the number of hospitalized COVID patients fell Sunday by 125, Los Angeles County will need to report four more consecutive days of sub-2,500 hospitalizations in order for the LA County Department of Public Health to declare a “post-surge” phase.

A little more than a year ago, most of us had never even heard her name before. Barbara Ferrer, not a medical doctor, but as the director of Los Angeles County Public Health, a key architect for our local response. Patrick Healy reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on March 18, 2021.