Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: 9 More Kids Diagnosed With Mysterious COVID-Related Ailment

Gogglebox is finally returning to our screens this evening which means the nation's best-loved siblings are back on TV.

An Ayrshire charity is counting the cost after a devastating break in at one of their much-loved shops.

Borussia Dortmund tried to get their famous Yellow Wall shaking by cranking up Van Halen tune Jump.

Kanye West has revealed that the only way to listen to his forthcoming album ‘Donda 2’ will be via his own Stem Player, a device that was first released in conjunction with ‘Donda’ last year that allowed users to remix the album’s songs using stems of vocals, drums, bass, samples and more.In an Instagram post shared today (February 18), West shared footage of an unreleased song playing off the device. In the caption, the rapper said that ‘Donda 2’ would be available exclusively through the platform, saying it would not appear on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or YouTube.“Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes.

Spotify may have paid at least $200million for the exclusive rights to Joe Rogan’s podcast, double the figure that was previously reported.The streaming giant secured an exclusive license to host The Joe Rogan Experience in May 2020, when it was widely reported the controversial podcast host had been paid over $100million as part of the deal.However, “two people familiar with the details of the transaction” have since claimed to The New York Times that the three-and-a-half-year deal was actually worth twice what was initially believed: at least $200million. Spotify has yet to publicly comment on this report.The Times points out Spotify had previously purchased whole content companies – podcast network Gimlet Media and digital media brand The Ringer – both for slightly less than $200million each.In recent weeks, Spotify has come under fire for hosting The Joe Rogan Experience, its biggest podcast in the US and many other countries, with an estimated per-episode listenership of around 11million people.Last month, Neil Young requested the platform pull his catalogue, citing “false information about vaccines” being spread on the platform and specifically targeting Rogan’s podcast.

Derek McInnes insists he wants his players to thrive under the pressure of trying to lead Kilmarnock straight back to the Premiership.

Ange Postecoglou admits Celtic lacked clinical edge and composure as they were bashed by Bodo/Glimt.

David Jamieson is set for the biggest night of his career as he tackles Swedish champion Samo Jangirov at Trump Turnberry on Friday.

Larkhall teenager Cody Houston is looking to forge a career in boxing after winning his first tournament gold medal.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorNever one to shy away from controversy, Tucker Carlson had his pick on Wednesday night. There was the category 4 hurricane about to demolish a wide swath of the gulf coast.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after Governor Gavin Newsom released new guidelines to be followed when schools, day care centers and youth sports leagues reopen, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer released a statement saying her department would not be allowing schools to reopen under a waiver process.“At this point,” wrote Ferrer, “Public Health will not be opening up our waiver process for schools. We will be closely reviewing the guidance from the state and will be reviewing all options with the Board to ensure that schools are able to open as safely as possible for all children and staff.” At this point, Public Health will not be opening up our waiver process for schools.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced what he called “a new partnership” in coronavirus testing. He said he was taking the action in anticipation of the stress the flu season will put on the testing system.“We have averaged roughly 100,000 tests in the state,” said Newsom.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorBREAKING: In a press release from the Department of Public Health, California Governor Gavin Newsom began rolling out new guidance for in-person child supervision and limited instruction, targeted support services, and facilitation of distance learning in small group environments.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLast Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state will be issuing new guidelines for reopening businesses in its counties.The governor revealed that watch periods may vary from business sector to business sector. The modifications would also impact the current stay-at-home order, he said.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We are seeing a decline in the total number of counties on the state monitoring list,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom at his Monday midday news conference.Newsom noted that the number of counties on that list — which prevents large gatherings, schools and businesses like movie theaters to be open — fell from 42 to 40 last week and, this week, fell further to 35 counties.The state has made “progress across the spectrum,” according to the governor.Calaveras, Mono, Napa, Sierra and Orange County were the areas that came off the list this week. San Diego was removed last week.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe LNU complex fire in Northern California became the second-largest wildfire in state history overnight, according to Cal Fire.The blaze has scorched 314,000 acres in five counties: Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Yolo and Solano.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAn ancient stand of the world’s tallest trees has fallen victim to California’s raging wildfires. The CZU and SCU complex fires near Santa Cruz have ravaged The Big Basin State Park.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Orange County Health Care Agency announced the county’s first pediatric death related to COVID-19 on Thursday, a teenage girl with significant underlying medical conditions.Since the start of the pandemic, three people 18 to 24 years old have died of coronavirus complications in Orange County, but this was the first death of a person under 18. While its total deaths from the virus is much greater, Los Angeles County has not seen any deaths of people under the age of 18, but health officials say children between 0 and 4 years old now have the second-highest case rate per 100,000 people of any age cohort, at just over 20.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe most recent in a series of missteps hit California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday.Mistakes by California officials have delayed data to the state’s coronavirus reporting system. Newsom’s administration has seen the recent resignation of top officials after the data reporting errors and an an ethics complaint about a $1 billion state deal.After the data delays, Newsom held a press conference at which he said plainly, “I’m Governor.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says he has authorized the shutoff of utilities at a home in the Hollywood Hills where several large parties were held in violation of the city’s COVID-19 social distancing orders. Garcetti said the city’s action comes after multiple warnings from law enforcement were issued.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorWe learned last week that young adults are “now driving infections in L.A. County.”We know that “Healthcare workers continue to be the most affected” worker population in the county, according to health officials.We know from Governor Gavin Newsom that, statewide, the Latino community continues to be disproportionately impacted.But there is a smaller group in L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that the state will be issuing new guidelines for reopening businesses in the state.“We’re working with local health officers all up and down the state,” said Newsom.

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Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director today hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five of the state’s six coronavirus-monitoring benchmarks.Barbara Ferrer expressed optimism about the positive trends in most coronavirus-tracking measures. She said the county falls short only in the rate of new cases, which stands at a 14-day daily average of 295 new cases per 100,000 residents.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter sparking a fight with Donald Trump last week, Bill Maher used his New Rules this week to take on someone even more powerful: Jesus.Riffing off of Ryan Reynolds’ recent apology for getting married at a former slave plantation, the Real Time pointed out that the hero of the New Testament wasn’t always on the right side of the slavery debate, either.In multiple passages of the Bible — Colossians 3:22, Ephesians 6:5 and Peter 2:18, according to Maher — Christ encourages slaves to “submit to your masters.” No one is perfect, Maher reminded, especially in America where, “We’re all six degrees from genocidal assh*les.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorGovernor Gavin Newsom on Monday delivered some happy news to Californians, reported 7,934 new coronavirus infections on Friday. While that number is significantly lower than the 11,645 reported on Wednesday, it’s in line with the 7,085 new cases reported on That’s a lot less than the 11,645 reported on Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“This is the greatest public health crisis in a century,” said Centers for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield bluntly on Thursday.In fact, Redfield sees the coming flu season in Dickensian terms.“It’s dependent on how the American people choose to respond. It’s really the worst of times or the best of times, depending on the American public,” he said, paraphrasing the opening of Charles Dickens’s classic A Tale of Two Cities.The current pandemic, paired with the oncoming flu season, could create the “worst fall, from a public health perspective, we’ve ever had,” said the CDC director in an interview with WebMD.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAt his coronavirus press conference on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the much talked-about backlog of daily cases would roll in over the next 72 hours, “most likely” through Thursday night. That backlog of 250,000-300,000 was created by a series of errors by state officials that caused the state’s daily new infections to be underreported over the course of two weeks.Wednesday’s numbers seemed to reflect that the backlog was clearing.The governor announced that the state have received confirmation of 11,645 new cases on Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We’re making good progress,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his coronavirus news conference on Wednesday.“The promising signs is [sic] that we see this week is proof that our progress is real. But we have to keep going,” the mayor urged.As part of that, Garcetti announced a new effort to “ramp up even more testing.”With rapid testing and earlier contact tracing, “80 percent of future infections could be prevented,” he said.Garcetti said that the county’s test sites currently use PCR tests, which he called “the diagnostic gold standard.” Garcetti said they can deliver highly-accurate results in 30 hours, sometimes sooner.