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Was the novel coronavirus on the loose in Los Angeles way back in December, before the World Health Organization was even aware of an unusual cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China?A new analysis of medical records from UCLA hospitals and clinics suggests the answer might be yes.Researchers from UCLA and their colleagues at the…

“Tonight we are here together to roll out innovations,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday. “When it comes to stopping COVID in its tracks,” he said, “information is power.” The mayor then went on to announce a new initiative with a private company called Citizen that would use the company’s app, installed on…

LAPD officer dies from COVID-19 LAPD officer dies from COVID-19 02:14 A Los Angeles Police Department officer and a soon-to-be father of twins has died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday. The city's mayor has ordered all flags in the city to be lowered in honor of Officer Valentin "Val" Martinez. Police said Martinez was…

A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines encouraging public schools to reopen, the leader of the nation's second-largest district said there was no timeline for when Los Angeles classrooms would welcome students again.The opening date for the new school year would have been Aug. 18, but Los Angeles Unified…

“We need to assume that COVID-19 is everywhere right now,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his Wednesday Coronavirus briefing. He reported 3,266 new coronavirus cases in the region for a total of 164,870 cases. That means the 7-day average of daily new infections has more than doubled in the past month. One reason…