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While COVID-19 vaccine supply remains scarce, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that there could soon be enough doses for everyone, leading to a phasing out of the tiered system. Coronavirus infections in Los Angeles County have dropped 19% since last week and hospitalizations 28% in the same time period, the mayor said in [...]

Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis released Wednesday by U.S. regulators that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic. The long-anticipated shot could offer the nation a third vaccine option and help speed vaccinations by [...]

President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States. Former President Donald Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 in the name of protecting the coronavirus-wracked job [...]

Describing the Palos Verdes rollover crash that badly injured Tiger Woods as "purely an accident," the Los Angeles County sheriff on Wednesday said authorities had no plans to pursue charges against the golf icon. The curvy, downhill stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard where Woods' SUV hit a median, careened across oncoming lanes and landed on the [...]

In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces perhaps his toughest recovery of all. The golf star was driving alone on a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal Los Angeles suburbs when his SUV struck a raised median, crossed into oncoming lanes and flipped several times. The crash caused “significant” injuries to [...]

The first deputy to arrive at the scene when an SUV driven by legendary golfer Tiger Woods overturned Tuesday in Palos Verdes shared what it was like to respond to the crash, saying he did what any good law enforcement officer would do. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Carlos Gonzalez told KTLA Wednesday he arrived [...]

Los Angeles became the latest municipality Wednesday to support so-called hero pay for grocery store workers. The L.A. City Council voted 14 to 1 to require larger grocery stores and drugstores to boost the pay of their workers by $5 an hour for the next 120 days. Similar mandates have passed in Seattle, Oakland, San [...]

Santa Ana winds are expected to return to the Southland Wednesday night, bringing potentially damaging weather conditions to the region, forecasters said. Moderate to strong winds are expected through Friday, with the event peaking early Thursday in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, according to the National Weather Service. Valleys and coastal areas could see gusts [...]

On the hills of reopening after icy weather in the U.S. southeast grounded vaccine shipments, the coronavirus inoculation center at Disneyland will shut down again Thursday as blustery winds descend on Southern California. Vaccinations resumed outside the “happiest place on Earth” Wednesday for the first time since last Thursday, when severe weather in other parts [...]

Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner on Tuesday presented a plan to the school board for reopening campuses that includes the full period needed for employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, delaying the return of elementary students to early April at best. School officials repeatedly targeted April 9 for a campus reopening date, but Beutner [...]

Missing the craveable flavors of the Disneyland Resort, or even just taking in the sights and sounds while strolling through the parks? A new experience opening next month at Disney California Adventure is seeking to bring back some of the magic as the theme park closure nears the one-year mark. Highlighting some of Disney's most [...]

Despite her status as the wife of the world’s most notorious drug boss, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Emma Coronel Aispuro lived mostly in obscurity -- until her husband went to prison for life. Then, suddenly, she was a presence on social media. There was talk of launching a fashion line. Even an appearance on a [...]

One of the enduring questions of the COVID-19 pandemic is how much immunity people are left with after recovering from a coronavirus infection. New research suggests the level of protection is comparable to getting a vaccine — at least for a few months. Among a group of hundreds of thousands of Americans who tested positive for a [...]

In Los Angeles, the rumor spread like wildfire through group texts and email chains: The government was testing the appointment system at a new COVID-19 vaccination site at Cal State L.A., and you could help by using a special access code to sign up for a shot. In the Bay Area, the gossip took a [...]

The race to vaccinate as many Los Angeles County residents as possible while more potentially contagious coronavirus variants continue to be detected is colliding with lagging efforts to steer shots to people of color and underserved communities bearing the brunt of the pandemic. County health officials have been able to ramp up the pace of [...]