| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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A Thousand Deaths, A Thousand Tragedies In LA County: Coronavirus Reaps Misery  Los Angeles County reached a grim milestone Tuesday, with COVID-19 deaths topping 1,000, even as officials expressed optimism that stay-at-home orders could be loosened in the coming weeks. The county Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 59 more deaths due to the coronavirus, although six of those deaths were reported Monday by Long Beach […]
  
Kids Won’t Return To LA Schools Without Widespread Coronavirus Testing: ‘No Hasty Return’  The nation’s second-largest school district will not reopen campuses without widespread coronavirus testing and contact tracing for students and employees, according to Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner. LAUSD campuses were closed six weeks ago in hopes of thwarting the spread of COVID-19 and to adhere to stay-at-home and business-closure mandates. The district […]
Are Cal State, UC Systems Keeping Student Funds Unfairly In Coronavirus Shutdown? Lawsuit!  The California State University and University of California systems have profited from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by refusing to refund unused portions of their campus fees, a pair of lawsuits filed Tuesday in Los Angeles and Oakland allege. The proposed class action suits allege that individual universities overseen by the systems should have refunded pro-rated […]
Big Changes For Oscars: Coronavirus Shutdowns Mean More Eligible Films The motion picture academy announced Tuesday that films that debut on a streaming or video-on-demand service due to theater closures resulting from the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible to compete in the best picture, general entry and specialty categories. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted that films typically must be shown in […]
Newsom Outlines Risk-Based, Phased Business Reopening Plan; No Timeline Set Again saying the state is “weeks, not months” away from relaxing stay-at-home orders, Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday outlined a risk-based, phased approach for the ultimate reopening of businesses, but said no exact timeline has been set. Newsom also again said the decision of when to lift or soften health orders will be driven by science. […]
L.A. County Prepares to Cut Programs, Revise $35.5 Budget The Board of Supervisors warned Tuesday of program cuts that could be severe as Los Angeles County officials maneuver through the fallout of an unprecedented pandemic and work out major revisions to a preliminary $35.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2020-21. “The fallout has resulted in broad and deep reductions,” said county CEO Sachi Hamai, […]
L.A. County Calls for Stronger Protections for Nursing Home Residents, Staff With roughly 45% of Los Angeles County’s coronavirus deaths occurring in institutional settings like nursing homes, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to strengthen protections for residents and workers. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas recommended calling for the county’s legislative advocates to work with Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials to expedite testing for nursing […]
Sherman Oaks Marketer of Supplements Agrees to Stop Claiming Coronavirus Cure In response to a Federal Trade Commission complaint, a Sherman Oaks-based marketer of a supplement consisting mainly of Vitamin C and herbal extracts has agreed to a preliminary order barring him from claiming that it is effective at treating, preventing or reducing the risk of COVID-19, the FTC announced Tuesday. Pending the resolution of a […]
Orange County Reports Three More Deaths From Coronavirus Orange County recorded three new deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday, bringing the total to 42, as the county’s coronavirus case count increased by 34 to a total of 2,151. The number of hospitalized patients increased from 157 on Monday to 178 on Tuesday, with the number of intensive care patients rising from 62 to 74, according […]
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