Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: L.A. Sees New Spike in COVID Infections; Biggest Daily Number Since August

Morgan Wallen is in love. The 28-year-old singer’s girlfriend Paige Lorenze, 24, gushed about her boyfriend on Instagram on Friday February 11. The controversial country singer‘s new relationship came almost two years after Morgan and his ex Katie Smith had their first child together (the two had broken up before their son was born). Now Morgan seems like he’s smitten with Paige. Here are five things you need to know about the singer’s new girlfriend!

Machine Gun Kelly, 31, likes to keep us on our toes with his fashion choices. That was no different when he performed at Crypto.com Arena for the Super Bowl LVI: Bud Light Music Fest in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb 10, three days before the big game. The “Bloody Valentine” rapper sported a Dolce & Gabbana silver lip ring that he showed off while posing for photos on the red carpet before he took the stage for his set. He slyly stuck his tongue out in the pictures to highlight the unique lip piercing.

“Jeopardy!” viewers aren’t fans of change.

When it comes to awards snubs, Josh Brolin has Denis Villeneuve’s back.

Double threats! Musicians can top the charts and dominate their industry, but their artistry is taken to another level when they break into acting.

Ubisoft has revealed some statistics and anti-cheat information concerning Rainbow Six Siege, including total bans over the last 18 months.The official Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account detailed everything in a thread, with ban data for the game split between BattlEye and general data bans as well. Since August 2020 it’s estimated that around 167,250 bans have taken place, or around 9,500 a month for 18 months.It’s also added that 3,114 idle bots were banned between November to January as well, with the data going right the way up to last month (January 2022).The thread also outlines that a few cheats have been permanently stopped in the last 18 months as well, like the ability to instantly kill a whole lobby, drones that crash matches, and drones that can do melee damage.We're committed to detecting and banning cheaters.

Fueling the feud. Kanye West dropped a new song on Friday, February 11, and included some not-so-subtle nods to estranged wife Kim Kardashian and her new flame, Pete Davidson.

Lottie Tomlinson has revealed she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Lewis Burton. The Tanologist founder, 23, and former tennis player Lewis, 29, took to Instagram to share the happy news, where they posted two gorgeous snaps of Lottie's blossoming baby bump. Lottie, who is the younger sister of One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, and her beau captioned the post: "just the 3 of us", alongside a red heart emoji.

Doja Cat has released her cover of Hole‘s classic single ‘Celebrity Skin’ in full – you can listen to it below.The Los Angeles artist previewed her take on Courtney Love and co.’s 1998 track yesterday (February 10). It was recorded as part of a team-up with Taco Bell for The Grande Escape, an advert designed to “give fans a bold new taste of what it means to Live Más”.Doja Cat’s new version of Hole’s ‘Celebrity Skin’ – the original of which appears on the group’s third album of the same name – contains reworked lyrics that were written in partnership with frontwoman Love.Due to air during the fourth quarter of this Sunday’s Super Bowl (February 13), The Grande Escape tells “an epic story of liberation from conformity and shows Doja Cat alongside others who escape from a clown college in pursuit of discovering Live Más for themselves”.Per a press release, the commercial is “a depiction of the exhilaration and comfort that comes from honouring and celebrating being different”.Speaking about the project in a statement, Doja Cat explained: “I’ve enjoyed every moment of this campaign, especially the ones where we get to break all the rules, and look forward to continuing collaborating with the brand.”This weekend’s Super Bowl takes place at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Joey King is gearing up for the release of her latest movie!

John Mayer is looking out for his fans.

Kiana V is one of the rising talents we’re excited about at Just Jared, and we want our readers to get an exclusive chance to get to know her even better!

After weeks of speculation, it looks like Dominic Fike and Hunter Schafer are making things official!

Arnold Schwarzenegger loves being a grandpa.

Dr. Dre has joked that he’s had to talk Eminem and Snoop Dogg out of “pulling their penises out” during Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show (February 13).Dre, Eminem and Snoop will perform live with Kendrick Lamar and Mary J.

Lebanon and Kuwait won’t be playing "Death on the Nile," Deadline has confirmed, and that’s unfortunately due to both countries’ protest of Israeli native star Gal Gadot. Gadot served in the Israeli military for two years prior to becoming a model and actress, as her native country mandates it. Given her connection to the IDF, Lebanon previously blocked the actress’ movie "Wonder Woman" from release in May 2017.

, but she's a literal beauty queen. Not sure if she's got her sights set on becoming football's next , but the mantle is hers for the taking if she wants it.If you want to get to know this NFL couple ahead of the , here's everything we've found out about A.J.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust days after President Donald Trump and dozens of officials close to him tested positive for coronavirus, Governor Gavin Newsom revealed on Wednesday that two staffers in his office have been infected.Those infected were an intern and a staffer at one of the state’s agencies. He promised to “Both individuals not working directly our office but in the governor’s office,” said Newsom, but in his extended staff in the capitol.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly announced the much-anticipated county coronavirus reopening update on Tuesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom issued a warning to coronavirus-weary Californians on Monday.“We continue to have a lot to do on COVID-19 transmission,” he said.“You’re starting to see an increase in COVID cases across the country,” the governor observed. “You’re seeing this not just across the country, you’re seeing this across the world.” Newsom then reported that 21 states across America are seeing increases.“This is the second wave,” he said starkly, referring to the feared second wave of coronavirus, which has been expected to see another spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEven in a year of records, this one is eye-popping: The August Complex Fire, which long ago became the state’s largest ever, has now scorched over 1 million acres since it was sparked by lightning on August 10.The 1 million acres destroyed by this single fire complex is far more than average total area burned across the entire state in the past 5 years. As of October 4, the average total of acres burned in each year was 348,000.The massive August Complex Fire’s West Zone, which is its most active, is still only 60% contained.Collectively, as of Sunday the California wildfires had scorched over 4 million acres.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“I spoke to him this morning” Donald Trump Jr. told Tucker Carlson of his father, who’d been hospitalized on Friday night.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California Governor Gavin Newsom toured the wildfire damage in the Deer Park area of Napa County on Thursday, a new blaze, dubbed the Campbell Fire, broke out very close to the winery he co-owns with oil heir Gordon Getty.His Plumpjack Winery off of Highway 29 near Oakville has been increasingly threatened over the past few days by the Glass Fire, which was ignited September 27 to the north, near Calistoga. The fire has scorched 57,000 acres and now stands at 5% containment.According to the morning’s Cal Fire briefing, arms of The Glass Fire are now making two separate pushes, one south, the other east, toward Newsom’s multimillion dollar winery.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after the county announced K-12 schools can apply for reopening waivers, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that a number of businesses will be allowed to proceed with a staggered approach to reopening over the next 10 days.Those businesses include cardrooms (outdoors only, no food and beverages), indoor shopping malls (at 25% occupancy; food courts must stay closed), nail salons (outdoors only) and outdoor playgrounds (subject to city and/or county parks and rec approval). Indoor playgrounds stay closed.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter a motion was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health plans to open the school waiver program for in-person instruction for grades TK-2.Previously, schools had only been allowed to reopen for students with special learning needs. The state has allowed counties to reopen schools for months via waivers, but L.A.-area health officials decided not to allow them.The program will begin accepting applications in early October.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after California Governor Gavin Newsom teased that more of the state’s counties would be allowed to open further as cases fall, the specifics were revealed.The state’s Director of Health and Human Services reported that the counties of San Francisco, Almador and Calaveras would be allowed to move into the Orange — or Moderate — tier and Sacramento, Fresno and Santa Barbara would be allowed to progress into the Red — or TK — tier. Those changes are effective as of 3 p.m.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill late Monday that would make it a misdemeanor for a first responder who responds to the scene of an accident or crime to take unauthorized photos of the deceased.The bill was authored by State Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) in response to photos that surfaced after the helicopter crash that killed of Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his teen daughter Gianna and seven others.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe coronavirus tracker from Johns Hopkins University — a widely used metric — indicated on Friday that one million people across the globe have now died from the virus. The exact number, according to Johns Hopkins, is 1,000,555.The United States is far and away the country that has recorded the most fatalities from COVID-19.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County reported only one new coronavirus-related death on Monday. Officials were quick to point out that reporting lags over the weekend were likely contributing to the low number.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA wildfire with a “dangerous rate of spread” broke out in Napa County Sunday morning, with the area facing extreme wildfire conditions including dry, hot winds from the east/northeast. California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the winds are expected to die down overnight.