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LA County COVID-19 deaths hit new winter high. Why?

LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19 deaths reported weekly in Los Angeles County has hit the highest point of the season, underscoring the continued deadly risks of a disease that has ripped through the community for nearly three years.

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Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.

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Long after LA's mental health chief quit, pressures he faced still shape the agency

LOS ANGELES — A 2017 trip to observe a celebrated Italian mental health system made believers out of a group of Los Angeles County and nonprofit leaders.

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Los Angeles bank agrees to $31M settlement over racial bias in home loans

City National Bank has agreed to pay $31 million to settle a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit alleging racial bias in its home mortgage lending in Los Angeles County.

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Southern California faces another day of punishing rains: ‘We are definitely not out of the woods yet’

LOS ANGELES — Following a wave of punishing rains that forced evacuations on the Central Coast and flooded parts of Los Angeles County, Southern California was facing another round of storms Tuesday, with much of the region still under flood, high wind and high surf advisories.

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Son of director Franco Zeffirelli slams 'Romeo and Juliet' child sex abuse lawsuit

The son of "Romeo and Juliet" director Franco Zeffirelli has responded to a child sexual abuse lawsuit recently submitted in Los Angeles County by the film's stars, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.

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LA County Sheriff's deputies fatally shoot man at site of deadly stabbing

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man Sunday morning at an intersection near Santa Clarita where a woman was fatally stabbed hours earlier.

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Video shows LA County deputy threatened rapper, authorities now investigating

A New Year's Eve incident in which a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pulled a gun on a man in a parked car and threatened to shoot him is now the subject of an internal investigation.

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After storm slams Southern California, here are the risks that remain

LOS ANGELES — Another menacing storm front moved through Southern California early Thursday, bringing rain, flash flood concerns, strong winds and dangerous surf as the region was still reeling from a moisture-rich atmospheric river that pounded the entire state in recent days.

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Stars of 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sue studio for child sexual abuse over nude scene

LOS ANGELES — The stars of the 1968 movie “Romeo and Juliet” have submitted a lawsuit in Los Angeles County accusing Paramount Pictures of sexually abusing them by filming their nude bodies without their knowledge when they were children.

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LA County to pay $20M for Black family’s seized land

Southern California beachfront property that was taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago and returned to their heirs last year will be sold back to Los Angeles County for nearly $20 million

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Workers in LA County should wear masks indoors to prevent COVID surge, officials say

LOS ANGELES — Faced with the possibility of another COVID-19 surge stemming from parties and travel over the winter holiday season, Los Angeles County health officials are urging workers and students to wear masks in indoor public settings for at least 10 days once they return to work and school.

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California moves last 2 chimps from animal sanctuary that abruptly closed in 2019

With the move of its last two chimps, a former Los Angeles County animal sanctuary that was abruptly closed in 2019 is now empty of its animal charges, state officials said Wednesday.

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Los Angeles County Extends Its Eviction Moratorium Again, Citing Rising COVID, Flu, RSV Cases

Landlords say that nearly three years of eviction moratoriums is forcing some property owners out of the rental business entirely.

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Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at LA County juvenile halls and camps

LOS ANGELES — For five decades, boys and girls in Los Angeles County juvenile camps and detention halls have suffered repeated sexual assaults at the hands of probation and detention officers, according to a lawsuit filed by nearly 300 former detainees.

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Weekly LA County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LOS ANGELES — Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County are higher than at any point during the summer surge, illustrating the persistent toll the pandemic continues to exact amid concerns that cases could surge again this winter.

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As LA County's mental health workers burn out, some weigh options

LOS ANGELES — When Yessica Castaneda thinks about launching her career as a social worker, she knows who she doesn't want to work for: Los Angeles County.

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Coroner reveals cause of death for 19-year-old TikTok star

Cooper Noriega, 19, wa found dead in California parking lot on 9 June

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LA County coronavirus threat eases for now, but a second wave after Christmas possible

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County have stabilized, pushing off the prospect of a new indoor mask mandate shortly after New Year’s Day, but a second wave associated with Christmas and other gatherings remains possible.

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‘A lot of viruses running around’: LA County hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began

LOS ANGELES — The number of available Los Angeles County hospital beds has fallen to its lowest level of the pandemic, the result not only of the enduring threat of COVID-19 and the reemergence of flu and RSV, but also the needs of a populace that put off nonemergency care.

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Plaintiff whose insurer delayed surgery is awarded $14 million over opioid dependency

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County jury awarded more than $14 million this week to a woman who sued her health insurance provider alleging that the company's long delay in approving surgery for a painful condition led to her opioid dependency.

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Pandemic eviction protections, direct payments kept homelessness in check, study shows

LOS ANGELES — Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming homeless during the pandemic, a new study has found.

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A failing mental health system leaves this mother pleading: Keep him in jail

LOS ANGELES — Deborah Smith begins her days online, searching for her son's name on the Los Angeles County sheriff's inmate locator, a ritual she shares with many moms she's bonded with over the years.

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Health officials are urging masks again amid high COVID, flu levels

LOS ANGELES — With COVID-19, the flu and other respiratory diseases circulating widely in Los Angeles County and elsewhere, many officials are urging residents to use a familiar tool to help thwart transmission: masks.

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Should LA's train and bus rides be free? Karen Bass may soon decide

LOS ANGELES — Should it be free to use the public rail and bus systems in Los Angeles County? That's a question incoming Mayor Karen Bass may soon have to answer.

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