Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: County Health Officials Warn Of Looming Hospital Bed Shortage

Kelly Clarkson is going through the same issues as lots of parents these days! The 39-year-old talk show host virtually called into her self-titled show on Tuesday while quarantining with her two children, River, 7, and Remington, 5.

The action-packed new trailer for Tarik Saleh’s “The Contractor” has been released.

News broke yesterday that Prince Andrew settled in his sexual assault lawsuit and agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to accuser Virginia Giuffre‘s charity.

A former SNP minister has raised the alarm over the future of Scotland's struggling trading standards service.

Council rents will rise three per cent to an average of £80.70 for the next year as West Lothian Council set its budget to come into force in April.

A decision on planning permission for a site that was first proposed 24 years ago has been delayed again as councillors agreed to go and see the area for themselves.

Pupils at one of Scotland's biggest secondary schools have started a petition over a long running dispute about toilets breaks - and are threatening to boycott classes.

A student who broke a baby's leg while trying to change his nappy has dodged jail.

They want to mourn in peace. After Bob Saget‘s cause of death was revealed, wife Kelly Rizzo and daughters Aubrey, Lara and Jennifer have filed a lawsuit to keep further information private.

On the mend. Cheyenne Floyd and Cory Wharton’s daughter, Ryder, is on the road to recovery after her Valentine’s Day hospitalization.

Putting it all out there. While in quarantine with her kids, Kelly Clarkson virtually appeared on her talk show and got candid about life at home.

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Bob Saget’s family is taking legal action against Florida authorities in hopes of keeping the comedian’s death records private.

“Encanto.”Miranda’s second feature for Walt Disney Animation Studios after “Moana,” “Encanto” tells the story of a family in Colombia at the turn of the 20th century, each of whom is gifted with a magical ability … all except awkward Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). While it was released into theaters at Thanksgiving, it really made a splash at Christmas, when it debuted on Disney+. Since then, it has been nominated for two Oscars (including one for Best Original Song), the soundtrack has dominated the Billboard charts, and it has been immortalized in countless TikTok videos, pieces of fan art, and highly sharable memes.In a wide-ranging interview, Miranda talks about the differences between working on “Moana” and “Encanto,” what he thinks about Disney CEO Bob Chapek calling “Encanto” the company’s newest animated franchise, and sheds some light on what he’s doing for the upcoming live-action “Little Mermaid” adaptation.“Encanto” directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush told me it was your idea to set the movie in Latin America. Confirm or deny?Lin-Manuel Miranda: I guess so.

Laverne Cox isn’t afraid of aging anymore.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to instruct the Director of Public Health to create a plan for how her department will fine businesses that ignore the county’s coronavirus protocols.Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer indicated last Monday that businesses are a large contributor to the continued growth of COVID-19.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn June 25, California Governor Gavin Newsom reported that 25 percent of the state’s total Coronavirus cases had happened in the past 2 weeks.Newsom said at that point that “We’ve seen 56,000 new cases just in the past 14 days,” and indicated that that was over a quarter of the total 195,000 cases identified at that point. Less than two weeks after the governor made that announcement, things have gotten even worse.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported 1,584 new coronavirus cases on Monday. She indicated that Monday numbers are usually lower due to a lag in testing.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLast week, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered 19 counties to immediately close all bars and suspend indoor operations at restaurants, movie theaters and card rooms for three weeks. Those counties had been on the state’s watch list at least three days due to elevated COVID-19 levels.Five more counties were added the state’s monitoring list over the weekend.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCity Controller Ron Galperin released updated figures on Monday showing Los Angeles has regained 16,000 jobs but is still down a total of 252,000 jobs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data also indicated that the entertainment industry has been hit much worse than other sectors in the region.Originally released last month, Galperin’s “COVID-19 Job Losses in L.A.” map illustrates where Los Angeles lost approximately 268,000 jobs in March and April due to the coronavirus shutdown.“Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation” freefell in April, with employment plummeting 39 percent from March.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs pressure mounts on the Washington Redskins to change their name, fans are renewing calls on Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians to alter that team’s name, as well. On Friday, just a few hours after the Redskins issued a statement about their team name, Cleveland did likewise.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorFormer Fox News personality and current National Chair of the Trump 2020 Victory Finance Committee Kimberly Guilfoyle has tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple reports. Guilfoyle, who is dating the president’s oldest son and namesake, Donald Trump Jr., reportedly received her diagnosis on Friday while in South Dakota for President Trump’s Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAlan Dershowitz, who defended Jeffrey Epstein against charges that he had serially abused young girls in 2008, has written an essay in The Spectator defending Epstein’s onetime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was arrested on Thursday and charged with six counts related to the trafficking of underage girls, including transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.“Like every other arrested person,” writes Dershowitz, “she must be presumed innocent.” The lawyer then spent most of the rest of the essay assailing Netflix for its recent multi-part documentary, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, in which one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers says Dershowitz abused her multiple times

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA judge ruled on Thursday that former Bachelorette contestant Chad Johnson had proven multiple causes of action against a movie producer and studio he sued for sexual harassment. Johnson sued Sunset Studios Entertainment LLC and Cristina Cimino, an executive for the company, in Los Angeles Superior Court in July 2018.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Thursday at the top of his coronavirus press conference California Governor Gavin Newsom said “masks keep people healthy.” He then went on to detail the announcements, PSAs and other campaigns the state as undertaken to try and get residents to wear their masks.The governor revealed on Thursday that the state had seen 4,056 new positive cases in the past 24 hours. Test positivity rate in California has risen to 6.3 percent over the past two weeks, he said.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorICM Partners announced this morning that it will mark the coming Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as a paid holiday to allow employees time to vote. “We strongly believe that no one should have to choose between their paycheck and their right to vote,” the agency wrote in a note distributed to employees.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was shutting down dine-in service in local restaurants, as well as indoor operations at movie theaters, indoor family entertainment businesses, card rooms and zoos. Over the weekend, Newsom ordered bars and nightclubs closed.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Tuesday that the county was modifying its health officer order to comply with the guidelines announced on Wednesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom.“L.A. County’s really at a critical juncture at this point in time,” said Ferrer.“Immediate action is necessary in order for us to get back on track to slow the spread,” she added.In terms of hard data, Ferrer said there had been 2,002 new cases over the last 24 hours.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia has broken a single-day record for new coronavirus infections with 6,367 reported Wendesday. At his noon press conference, Governor Gavin Newsom made good on his promise to “toggle back” reopenings in the state by ordering restaurants to shut down dine-in service once again.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorBlack Lives Matter protesters interrupted California Governor Gavin Newsom’s outdoor press conference on Tuesday, using an alarm and loudspeaker.The chaos was appropriate as Newsom revealed the grim state of the coronavirus pandemic in the state. Accordingly, the governor said California would need to get “tougher” in its approach.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust minutes after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors closed the beaches for the long holiday weekend, a somber Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took to his podium.“This period will be our second big test,” said Garcetti ominously. “It is now time for a pause,” said the mayor.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorUPDATED: The only fireworks you see this weekend might be on TV.The sheriff’s department’s Lost Hills Station is saying via Twitter that Los Angeles County beaches, piers, beach bike paths and beach access points will be closed Friday through Monday for the Fourth of July weekend. That report hasn’t been confirmed by the county.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“Transmission is increasing in the state,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom said plainly at his Monday coronavirus press briefing. Accordingly, Newsom said he would likely be using the “dimmer switch” to toggle back reopening measures in more hard-hit counties.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe virtually-produced 2020 BET Awards is airing tonight at 8 p.m. PT/ET.