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Vanessa Bryant has reached a settlement of $28.85 million with Los Angeles County over the leaked photos from the helicopter crash scene where her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna died. The settlement includes the $15 million a jury awarded Bryant back in August. “Today marks the successful…

UPDATE: After surpassing 900,000 positive Covid-19 cases, Los Angeles County continues to see an uptick.  On Sunday, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 14,482 new positive cases and 166 new deaths. The new data brings L.A. county’s count of Covid-19 cases to 920,177 and 12,250 deaths to date…

UPDATE: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reports  91 new deaths and 12,488 new COVID-19 cases. This continues the unfortunate surge of cases and deaths. To date, L.A. County has tallied 818,639 cases and 10,773 deaths. Public Health also reports that 7,544 people are currently hospitalized with…

UPDATE: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 20 new deaths and 2,542 new cases of the coronavirus. The news comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the closing of bars on Sunday in seven counties including Los Angeles. According to Public Health, there has been a surge in new cases and…

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, 4 PM On Monday afternoon, a notice appeared on the Los Angeles County Twitter feed announcing that L.A. County beaches would reopen on Wednesday, May 13. #COVID19 UPDATE: LA County beaches reopen Wed. May 13 for ocean activities & exercise with these restrictions:🏖️Gathering, sitting & sunbathing…

Three days after the beaches of intransigent cities such as Huntington Beach and Dana Point were reopened, there was a glimmer of hope for L.A. County residents, whose sand has been closed since March 27. Asked at her daily COVID press conference about the possibility the beach ban could be lifted next Friday…

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 29,427 total cases of COVID-19 and 815 new cases as of Thursday. Since reporting of those numbers includes a lag time, it is quite possible that the total number of cases in L.A. County has topped 30,000. L.A. County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara…

2ND UPDATE, 1:18 PM: Seven more people have died of coronavirus in Los Angeles County in the past 24 hours, local health officials said during their daily update Monday, bringing the total to 44. There were 342 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the region on Monday and 686 in the past 48 hours. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Los…

With more than 536 confirmed cases of the coronavirus currently in Los Angeles County, the LAPD has seen a big jump in infections in recent days. Reporting a trio of cases as recently as March 21, the department just now revealed that now nine members of its staff have tested positive for COVID-19. With two of the…