| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, May 11, 2020
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Back To The Beach In LA County Wednesday – Sort Of  Los Angeles County beaches will reopen Wednesday for active use only, but parking lots, piers and boardwalks will remain off limits, county officials announced Monday. The beaches have been closed for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, and they remained off limits even as the coastline reopened for active use in Orange County. Los […]
  
LA Jail Inmates Deliberately Trying To Be Coronavirus Victims: ‘It’s Sad’  Cases of COVID-19 in the Los Angeles County jail system have spiked by nearly 60% in the span of a week, according to numbers reported Monday by Sheriff Alex Villanueva, and some inmates are deliberately trying to contract the disease. Before sharing that 357 inmates had tested positive for the coronavirus since the outbreak began […]
March Of Death Continues In LA County: Three Dozen More Coronavirus Dead  Another three dozen deaths due to the coronavirus were confirmed Monday in Los Angeles County, while the county’s health director said people who ventured onto newly reopened hiking trails and golf courses generally adhered to social distancing and other safety directives over the weekend. But some businesses that reopened their doors under loosened health restrictions […]
O.C. Reports No New Deaths, 55 More Cases of COVID-19 Orange County health officials Monday reported 55 new COVID-19 cases and a jump in hospitalizations but no new fatalities. The cumulative number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the county rose to 3,557, and the death toll is unchanged at 76. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus jumped up from 178 on Sunday to […]
Wear A Mask Or Else: Two Accused Of Attack On Target Security Guard Two men accused of assaulting a Target security guard who confronted them about their refusal to wear masks inside the Van Nuys store were free on bail Monday awaiting word on possible criminal charges. The confrontation occurred about 10:20 a.m. May 1 at the Target store in the 5700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, said Officer […]
LAUSD Superintendent Announces June 24 as Start of Summer School The Los Angeles Unified School District’s summer classes will begin June 24 online due to the coronavirus pandemic, and almost every student in the district has been connected to the internet, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday. LAUSD will offer some new classes for summer, including animation, environmental science, music classes, space exploration, sports science and […]
L.A. Catholic School Campuses To Remain Closed Through Academic Year Catholic school campuses will remain closed and online courses will continue through the end of the 2019-20 school year, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Monday. Like schools across the state, the diocese closed its campuses in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “After recent discussions with public health officials in the three counties we […]
L.A City Shelters Bracing for Influx of Pets The coronavirus pandemic is creating conflicting trends regarding the status of homeless pets: There are a lot of people on social media looking to ditch their pets, at a time when fostering shelter animals is way up, according to the Los Angeles Times — both in Los Angeles and nationwide — as people seek out […]
Stay At Home And Explore Space Shuttle Endeavour The California Science Center is launching virtual reality tours of Space Shuttle Endeavour later this week, giving the spacecraft a new mission: educating and entertaining those staying at home. Beginning Friday, May 15, the first virtual tour, featuring the flight deck, mid-deck and payload bay, will provide rare 360-degree views of the Endeavour — which […]
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