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Los Angeles police killed a suspect who shot and wounded an officer Tuesday about a mile north of USC after an hourslong barricade standoff.

The officer is expected to survive. Eliana Moreno reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

Limited fans returning to the Staples Center stands for indoor sporting events by the summer’s playoffs is a realistic timeline, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday, adding that he is in favor of using “vaccine passports” to allow vaccinated fans to gather safely indoors at sporting evens.

During his COVID-19 briefing, Garcetti commemorated the more than 9,000 residents of the city and over 22,000 residents of Los Angeles County that died of COVID-19.

On the one year anniversary of Los Angeles’ emergency coronavirus orders, landmarks in the city lit up red on Monday, March 15, 2021.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke about the idea of vaccine passports being used to get fans back in the stands for indoor sporting events, on Monday, March 15, 2021.

With COVID-19 vaccine supply still limited, Los Angeles’ seven city-run vaccination sites and eight mobile clinics will provide about 55,000 first-dose appointments this week, down from 68,000 last week, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday.

Los Angeles renters in need of payment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic can begin applying for the 2021 Emergency Rental Assistance Program on March 30, the city of Los Angeles’ Housing and Community Investment Department announced Monday.

In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.

The director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, issued a warning to Americans on Monday. “We have seen footage of people enjoying spring break festivities maskless,” she said. “Equally concerning are the resurgences we are now seeing in some European countries, countries that have had strikingly similar surges during the pandemic as the United States.”

Police Chief Michel Moore said Sunday that three officers were injured — none seriously — during clashes in Hollywood last night with demonstrators marking the first anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, home.

People with underlying health conditions are eligible for shots. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Monday March 15, 2021.

Three officers were injured in the chaos, as seen on NBC4 News on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Proposition 19 passed last November. Voters voted for it. Now, they know what the new law really does and they don’t like it. How does Proposition 19 really impact homeowners and what can be done–if anything– to change the law? NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang about this constitutional mess.

Officials Sunday released the name of the 58-year-old man who jumped to his death from a freeway overpass Saturday in the Athens area of Los Angeles.

Chaos and arrests were the result of a protest in Hollywood to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on March 13, 2021.

A driver who went the wrong way on the transition road from the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway to the westbound Glenn Anderson/Century (105) Freeway jumped to his death Saturday morning in the Athens area of Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol reported.

A U.S. citizen living in Tijuana pleaded guilty Friday in Los Angeles to a federal charge for planning to trade drugs for weapons, including machine guns and grenade launchers, which were intended for Mexican gangs.

Pink’s Hot Dogs debuted a “Mr. Los Angeles” hot dog named after Tom LaBonge, the beloved former Los Angeles city councilman who died on Jan. 7.

California officials are pushing the safety and efficacy of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as the state considers a fuller reopening. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the state’s surgeon general, was among state officials who received the vaccine Thursday at a federally funded vaccination site in Oakland. California’s supply of the single-shot vaccine is limited for now but...