The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to give grocery and drug retail store workers an additional $5 per hour to offset the heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 while at work. Read more...
Photo: Essential workers at large grocery stores will soon receive an additional $5 in hourly wages in accordance with LA’s new hazard pay ordinance. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
Some restaurant workers and customers in Westwood said the reopening of outdoor dining on Friday may be good for businesses, but they are concerned about high COVID-19 case numbers in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: On the first days of outdoor dining in LA County since November, restaurant employees and customers alike expressed ambivalence about the reopenings. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:44 p.m. An emergency medical services commission passed a motion Wednesday to recommend keeping a UCLA Health-owned medical center in Los Angeles open to continue providing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: LA County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency is urging that Olympia Medical Center, a hospital UCLA Health recently purchased, stay open until Sept. 31. (Javier Jauregui/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:35 p.m. Los Angeles County allowed restaurants to reopen outdoor dining Friday, according to a revised health order issued Friday. Read more...
Photo: Restaurants across Los Angeles County are reopening outdoor dining after Friday’s revised health order withdrew the ban on outdoor dining after two months. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
This article was updated to reflect new information from Los Angeles County officials. California Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted the state’s regional stay-at-home order Monday, which will allow Los Angeles County to resume outdoor dining by Friday. Read more...
Photo: California rolled back its stay-at-home order Monday, allowing most counties to return to the previous color-tier system. LA County will return to the purple tier, which would let the county reopen outdoor dining and indoor, though the county may still implement additional restrictions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
UCLA Health is giving monoclonal antibody treatments to some patients that are in the early stages of their COVID-19 infection. Monoclonal antibody treatments give people who are at high risk for complications from COVID-19 a reduced chance of hospitalization, said Tara Vijayan, an assistant professor of medicine. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. The quake originated around 15 miles from the UCLA campus in South Los Angeles at 8:31 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. Read more...
