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With the coronavirus surging again, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Council President Nury Martinez announced Tuesday evening that all city employees will be required to show proof of Covid vaccination or weekly negative Covid tests. The announcement came one day after City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas said he…

“Tonight,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “I want to announce new changes” to the restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The mayor announced, as of tomorrow, the city will “allow all retail businesses” to let customers inside their stores so long as those businesses abide by COVID…

In a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Eric Dreiband said the duo’s recent comments suggesting that stay-at-home orders may stay in place long-term in Los Angeles “may be both arbitrary and…

The day after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asserted that that every person in the city was mandated to wear masks outdoors, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the same restriction applied countywide. “Our Health Officer order is very clear,” said Ferrer at her Thursday COVID briefing. "Masks…

UPDATED Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti embarked on his second round of damage control after reigniting a controversy sparked yesterday by comments from the county’s Public Health Director. Garcetti walked back her comments yesterday, then made his own controversial comments on GMA today. Hours later on Wednesday…

After he spent all yesterday walking back comments by the L.A. County Public Health Director, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti waded right back into controversy today. In an interview about L.A.’s coronavirus efforts on Good Morning America on Wednesday, the mayor asserted that the city will “never be completely open…

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Friday evening that producer Steve Tisch and the Jonas Brothers each donated $500,000 — $1 million total — to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and to the Angelino Card program. Garcetti called Tisch “a friend who moved here to Los Angeles…to make a life for himself, found great…

Evacuation orders have been lifted in areas affected by the La Tuna fire, but wary firefighters are warning that the blaze could spring back to life if winds pick up. The fire, one of the largest in Los Angeles history, caused Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency on Sunday. To date, it has burned more than…

UPDATE, 2:50 PM: James Howell told police he  “wanted to harm the LA Pride” parade, rep Saul Rogriguez said this afternoon at a news conference to update media on this morning’s arrest.  They said they knew of no connection between the incident and the shootings in Orlando. Howell is from Indiana and the vehicle he…