With the Omicron wave receding, hospitalizations continuing to dip, and the state preparing to lift its universal mask mandate on Wednesday, new COVID regulations are coming this week. Los Angeles County officials announced Tuesday that they would ease outdoor masking rules at 12:01 a.m. on We...
California’s statewide indoor masking mandate is due to expire Feb. 15. Ferrer said while Los Angeles County was nearing the threshold of 80% vaccination for residents 12 and older, the county still has a way to go to meet criteria for hospitalizations and overall transmission. Keeping mask ...
What we found in our state is, we had about 60 percent of our state that had a municipal or county mask mandate. And we simply found that they work. Two things. The areas that had mask requirements in our state had 15 percent to 20 percent more mask usage and lower spread of the v...
COVID WATCH - Unauthorized pop-up testing sites have been reported in northeast Los Angeles, along the Wilshire corridor and across LA County. A fast as law enforcement shuts one down… another pops up somewhat else. Those operating them often lack proper ID, don’t wear PPE, and collect...
LA County mask mandate could return by end of July LOS ANGELES - Recently released COVID-related hospitalization numbers show Los Angeles County remains on track to have another indoor mask mandate implemented by the end of next week, but daily numbers of new cases may be levelin...
The masking mandate would return if the county, as expected, enters the "high" community level, and if the county's virus-related hospitalization numbers reach two thresholds: -- if the rate of daily hospital admissions tops 10 per 100,000 residents; and -- if the percent of staffed...
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF WILL NOT ENFORCE NEW MASK MANDATE: ‘NOT BACKED BY SCIENCE’ "We are using the tool of vaccinations," Inslee said. "That’s the ultimate answer to this pandemic. We don’t want to be wearing masks for the next 32 years – vaccines stop this thing dead." Flo...