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LACo reports highest daily COVID-19 death total, due in part to backlog
By City News Service Los Angeles County reported its highest-ever single-day total of COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, Dec.…
Every 10 minutes: COVID deaths spike amid `truly dire’ hospital conditions
With conference rooms, cafeterias and gift shops converted into medical-care spaces, Los Angeles County hospitals continued to be…
Filming at Community Hospital draws criticism amid limited ICU capacity
By Joe Brizzolara, Contributor Community Hospital in Long Beach, which has been closed since 2018, was the site…
Long Beach reports single-day record 14 deaths due to COVID
The city of Long Beach reported 14 new fatalities due to COVID-19 today, its highest single-day total to…
LA County hospitals remain swamped as COVID cases soar
Los Angeles County hospital space continued dwindling today as the surge of COVID-19 cases pressured emergency rooms and…
“It was just a ricochet, one event after another started to cancel:” Coast Tickets braces as second lockdown dashes hopes for reopening
In February, Coast Tickets owner Felicia Behar got a call from one of her regular customers requesting a…
Long Beach State men’s basketball team pauses team activities after a non-player tests positive for COVID-19
The Long Beach State men’s basketball program will pause all team activities for two weeks and each of…
LBPD claims no coronavirus cases resulted from hundreds of officers gathering without masks
The Long Beach Police Department repeated on Tuesday, Dec. 15 that no coronavirus cases have resulted from a…
LB community groups allege police chief caused COVID superspreader event
Two Long Beach community groups on Monday, Dec. 14 filed a complaint with a police oversight board, alleging…
City of Long Beach announces plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Up to 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be received and administration will begin by the end…