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Wastewater testing, vital in COVID-19 tracking, could help identify monkeypox spread

As wastewater testing continues to prove useful in estimating the spread of the coronavirus, scientists again are using sewage to track the latest public health emergency: monkeypox.

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Ex-LA fire fighter says chief told him ’Take pictures, take pictures, take pictures’ at Kobe Bryant crash site

Retiree excused himself from witness box over ‘trauma’ associated with crash scene

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Effort to force LA District Attorney George Gascón into recall election fails

LOS ANGELES — A second effort to force Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón into a recall election fizzled out Monday after officials determined that the campaign to boot him from office failed to gain enough valid signatures.

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LA County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave.

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff’s Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate’s head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

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Child killed in LA County car crash was a couple weeks shy of first birthday

LOS ANGELES — Alonzo Quintero was 11 months and 17 days old when he died after a driver crashed into several cars in a fiery wreck Thursday that killed five people in the Windsor Hills neighborhood of L.A. County.

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

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LA County reports 12th pediatric COVID death. How to keep kids safe as school begin

LOS ANGELES — As summer vacation draws to a close, health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19, with some warning that the start of the school year could bring an increase in cases.

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LA County COVID surge appears to be cresting, but the picture is still far from good

LOS ANGELES — The summer coronavirus wave in Los Angeles County — fueled by super-contagious omicron subvariants — appears to be cresting as cases continue to fall, but the picture is far from good.

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LA County has cut back on COVID-19 contact tracing as supercontagious BA.5 surges

LOS ANGELES — After Julianne Cline went out and got tested for COVID-19 this June, text messages and voicemails soon piled up from Los Angeles County contact tracers who wanted to talk to her.

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Necessary or excessive? Debate intensifies over potential mask rule for LA County

LOS ANGELES — Will Los Angeles County impose a new mask mandate this week in response to a summer coronavirus surge fueled by ultra-contagious omicron subvariants?

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If LA County imposes a mask mandate, Beverly Hills won’t enforce it

LOS ANGELES — Officials in Beverly Hills will not use city resources to enforce an indoor mask mandate if the Los Angeles County Public Health Department decides to issue one.

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If LA County imposes a mask mandate, Beverly Hills won’t enforce it

LOS ANGELES — Officials in Beverly Hills will not use city resources to enforce a Los Angeles Countywide indoor mask mandate if the county Public Health Department soon issues that measure.

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LA County coronavirus weekly death rate 70% higher than in Bay Area. Why so much worse?

LOS ANGELES — With Los Angeles County set to decide in the coming days whether to impose a new mask mandate, one factor of note is a rise in coronavirus deaths.

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Coronavirus cases start to flatten in LA County as decision on mask mandate looms

LOS ANGELES — Weekly coronavirus cases are showing early signs of flattening in Los Angeles County, but they remain at significantly elevated levels as a decision on whether to impose a new indoor mask mandate looms next week.

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California’s LGBTQ community feeling ignored, angry, confused as monkeypox cases rise

LOS ANGELES — Antonio Palacios recovered from COVID-19 in early June just in time for back-to-back weekends at Southern California’s largest Pride celebrations — in West Hollywood and Los Angeles — where he immersed himself in a community that, at times, felt too distant the last two years.

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LA County mask mandate likely a week away as COVID cases keep climbing

Indoor masking in public settings could return to Los Angeles County in a week as circulation of the hyper-infectious BA.5 omicron subvariant continues to push coronavirus case counts higher and sends increasing numbers of people to the hospital.

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West Hollywood cut a few LA County sheriff’s deputies and fuels national debate

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — If you were to listen to Fox News, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and felon O.J. Simpson, you would think West Hollywood is under assault.

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Coronavirus cases are soaring in LA County, but this wave is different

Super-contagious omicron subvariants that can reinfect people within weeks are fueling a new wave of the pandemic across California.

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Coronavirus cases soar at L.A. County workplaces, complicating back-to-office push

LOS ANGELES — Workplaces throughout Los Angeles County are being hit hard by the latest coronavirus wave, with the number of reported case clusters nearly quadrupling since early May.

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LA is headed for a new COVID mask mandate. Will other counties join?

LOS ANGELES — With the coronavirus resurgent and cases and hospitalizations on the rise, Los Angeles is poised to become the first California county to reinstate mandatory public indoor masking.

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A new fast-spreading coronavirus subvariant found in LA County: BA.2.75

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is already in the grips of a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron subvariant BA.5, but yet another worrisome strain that’s causing concern in India has also been found locally.

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LA County on verge of indoor mask mandate as deaths, hospitalizations rise: ‘There is need to worry’

LOS ANGELES — Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve.

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California faces a high-risk summer as ultra-infectious COVID subvariants keep coming

LOS ANGELES — California’s summer is being complicated by a dizzying array of omicron subvariants that have emerged over the last several months.

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Coronavirus deaths in LA County rising as ultra-contagious subvariants spread infections

LOS ANGELES — The number of weekly COVID-19 deaths reported in Los Angeles County has doubled over the last month — the first significant increase in fatalities since the winter surge.

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