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Mayor Garcetti Says His 9-Year-Old Daughter Tests Negative for COVID-19 After Contracting Virus
Mayor Eric Garcetti said his 9-year-old daughter, who recently tested positive for the coronavirus, received a negative COVID-19 test result Wednesday.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti's 9-Year-Old Daughter Tests Positive for COVID-19
Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday that his 9-year-old daughter, Maya, tested positive for COVID-19, and although he and his wife have tested negative, he will quarantine for 10 days.
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Demonstrators Gather Outside Mayor Garcetti's Residence to Ask Biden Not to Appoint Him to His Cabinet
Members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles demonstrated outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence Friday for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint him to his cabinet.
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New LA Program Helps Small Businesses Increase Their Social Media Presence
Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday introduced LA Optimized, an initiative to help local small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding their e-commerce capabilities and increasing their online presence.
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Conservative Group Plans Another Protest Outside Mayor's Official Residence
The second protest in three days outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence against coronavirus-related restrictions is planned for Sunday by the conservative group SaveCalifornia.com.
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Garcetti Halting LAPD Budget Increase, Prohibiting Adding Names to Gang Database
Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he will not authorize an increase of the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year and is temporarily prohibiting officers from entering names into a statewide gang database. “To the men and women of our Los Angeles Police Department, we ask so much of you, and never more than in these...
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Los Angeles Under Curfew as Protests Grow
In response to the growing protests, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Saturday that the entire city will be under curfew from 8pm Saturday to 5:30am Sunday morning in order to “increase safety for demonstrators, law enforcement and all citizens of Los Angeles.” Protesters shut down streets near The Grove shopping center, lighting several police cars on fire and...
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US Warns Los Angeles Stay-at-home Extension Could Be Illegal
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the mayor of Los Angeles warning that an extension of the coronavirus stay-at-home orders may be unlawful
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Los Angeles Offers Free COVID-19 Tests for Residents With or Without Symptoms
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that LA will become the first city in the United States to offer free COVID-19 testing for all residents, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
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Los Angeles Mayor Orders Masks, Face Coverings at Essential Businesses
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Tuesday mandated that workers in essential businesses such as grocery stores and restaurants wear face coverings due to the coronavirus outbreak, while also authorizing businesses to refuse service to customers who aren’t wearing them.
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Los Angeles Mayor Urges Everyone to Wear Masks
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told Angelenos Wednesday to wear masks and face coverings and also said he would allow restaurants to add grocery items to their menus, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to change how the city looks and operates.
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Garbage Piles Up Near Homeless Encampments, Making City of Angels a City of Trash
In the shadow of Los Angeles’ world-famous Hollywood sign sits the newest LA landmark: piles of uncollected, rat-infested garbage, much of it piling up near homeless encampments. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged an additional $6 million per year last June to improve trash pick-up around encampments in Hollywood and across the entire city, the problem in some areas appears…
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Strong Winds Fuel Flames in Tinder-Dry California
An outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of structures, narrowly bypassing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, while Northern California also continues battling resource-straining blazes. With California tinder dry and fires burning in both the north and south, the state was at the mercy of gusty winds, on high alert for any new flames that could run...
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Firefighters Battle Blaze in SoCal Near Reagan Library
Firefighters are battling the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California. The blaze began early Wednesday morning.
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Getty Fire Ignited by Power Line in Sepulveda Pass
Power lines strung alongside Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center sparked the Getty Fire that’s burned through 656 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains west of the 405 freeway and has destroyed a dozen homes, city officials confirmed Tuesday.
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Residents Survey Damage From Getty Fire as Arson Investigators Probe Cause
A fast-moving brush fire fanned by strong winds erupted in the hills above the 405 Freeway early Monday, burning homes and forcing evacuations in neighborhoods on Los Angeles’ Westside.
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Gang Members Sentenced for Killing 19-Year-Old Marine in South Los Angeles
Two gang members are facing potential life prison terms for the murder of a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was found shot inside his car in South Los Angeles.
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LAPD Honors an Officer Killed After Confronting Suspected Gang Members
A 24-year-old Los Angeles police officer who was shot and killed after confronting a group of taggers in a neighborhood northeast downtown Los Angeles was remembered Monday at a memorial service. The memorial service for Officer Juan Jose Diaz was at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown LA.
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After Morning Raids in Two Counties, 3 Suspects Arrested in Killing of Off-Duty LAPD Officer
Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department officers and detectives mobilized across Los Angeles and Riverside counties early Friday to carry out raids that resulted in the arrests of three suspects in last weekend’s fatal shooting of an off-duty LAPD officer, law enforcement sources told NBCLA.
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Family Who Lost Home After Fire Started by Homeless Refuse to Stay at Motel for Fear of Looters
Residents said Los Angeles City officials ignored their repeated complaints about the homeless encampment in a South LA alley, until there was a fire last Thursday that spread to several nearby houses.