188,451reported cases1,022deathsIn April, the California Department of Public Health began reporting new cases and tests on a . This page will update on Tuesdays and Fridays.Jump to a sectionGo to a section Over the past week, the county has averaged 58 new cases and 1 new death per day. On Thursday, 126 new cases and 4 deaths were reported.Seven-day averages offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals.On Jan. 3, 2022, the state reported an of new cases due to a backlog . The entire bar may not appear on this chart.An people have recovered from COVID-19 or are no longer...…188,451reported cases1,022deathsIn April, the California Department of Public Health began reporting new cases and tests on a . This page will update on Tuesdays and Fridays.Jump to a sectionGo to a section Over the past week, the county has averaged 58 new cases and 1 new death per day. On Thursday, 126 new cases and 4 deaths were reported.Seven-day averages offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals.On Jan. 3, 2022, the state reported an of new cases due to a backlog . The entire bar may not appear on this chart.An people have recovered from COVID-19 or are no longer...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hundreds of criminal cases involving are now under review by prosecutors after corruption allegations sparked questions about whether their past police work could be suspect.Prosecutors are already analyzing pending cases to determine if they can move forward on the strength of evidence other than the charged officers’ testimony, but past cases and convictions — including those based on plea deals — could also be revisited, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said.Her office is sending letters to more than 750 defendants...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hundreds of criminal cases involving are now under review by prosecutors after corruption allegations sparked questions about whether their past police work could be suspect.Prosecutors are already analyzing pending cases to determine if they can move forward on the strength of evidence other than the charged officers’ testimony, but past cases and convictions — including those based on plea deals — could also be revisited, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said.Her office is sending letters to more than 750 defendants...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As people across the country were unable to get tested for COVID-19, a Santa Monica pediatrician emailed the parents of his patients with a pricey but tempting offer.For $250, they could buy a cheek-swab test for the virus to be administered at home, Dr. Jay Gordon wrote. The tests could be purchased by his patients’ parents even if they showed no symptoms or had no other reason to fear they were infected. Insurance most likely wouldn’t cover the cost, he wrote.Because he was getting only 100 kits, he asked that testing be limited to...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As people across the country were unable to get tested for COVID-19, a Santa Monica pediatrician emailed the parents of his patients with a pricey but tempting offer.For $250, they could buy a cheek-swab test for the virus to be administered at home, Dr. Jay Gordon wrote. The tests could be purchased by his patients’ parents even if they showed no symptoms or had no other reason to fear they were infected. Insurance most likely wouldn’t cover the cost, he wrote.Because he was getting only 100 kits, he asked that testing be limited to...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a tragedy unfolding in real time. At a skilled nursing facility in the Tulare County town of Visalia, 71 residents and 41 staffers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Six residents at the 176-bed Redwood Springs Healthcare Center are dead and eight are in acute care, according to Anita Hubbard, the center’s administrator.But without Hubbard’s details, little would be known about one of California’s worst outbreaks of the deadly virus in a senior facility. Tulare County stopped commenting for five days, during which...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a tragedy unfolding in real time. At a skilled nursing facility in the Tulare County town of Visalia, 71 residents and 41 staffers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Six residents at the 176-bed Redwood Springs Healthcare Center are dead and eight are in acute care, according to Anita Hubbard, the center’s administrator.But without Hubbard’s details, little would be known about one of California’s worst outbreaks of the deadly virus in a senior facility. Tulare County stopped commenting for five days, during which...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement For years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has kept under wraps a list of deputies with records of misconduct.When a former sheriff tried to hand over the roster to prosecutors, the union for rank-and-file deputies stepped in to block the disclosure, triggering a fierce legal fight that reached the California Supreme Court.In another case, the Sheriff’s Department disregarded a federal judge’s repeated orders to produce the list in a lawsuit brought by the mother of a man fatally shot by deputies. The...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement For years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has kept under wraps a list of deputies with records of misconduct.When a former sheriff tried to hand over the roster to prosecutors, the union for rank-and-file deputies stepped in to block the disclosure, triggering a fierce legal fight that reached the California Supreme Court.In another case, the Sheriff’s Department disregarded a federal judge’s repeated orders to produce the list in a lawsuit brought by the mother of a man fatally shot by deputies. The...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Dist. Atty. George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court. In a letter this week, Gascón requested the names and employee numbers of current and former deputies and officers “who have engaged in acts of moral turpitude,” including those with sustained findings of tampering with evidence, misappropriating property, dishonesty, family violence and other...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Dist. Atty. George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court. In a letter this week, Gascón requested the names and employee numbers of current and former deputies and officers “who have engaged in acts of moral turpitude,” including those with sustained findings of tampering with evidence, misappropriating property, dishonesty, family violence and other...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A clerk handed the judge a thick stack of folders that contained the felony cases of nine men, convicted of different crimes but having one thing in common: Their guilt rested on the word of three Los Angeles police officers now accused of falsifying records that mislabeled people as gang members. At the request of Head Deputy Dist. Atty. Jonlyn Callahan, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Sergio C. Tapia II dismissed the nine cases and vacated the defendants’ convictions Friday morning, saying he was doing so “in the interests of...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A clerk handed the judge a thick stack of folders that contained the felony cases of nine men, convicted of different crimes but having one thing in common: Their guilt rested on the word of three Los Angeles police officers now accused of falsifying records that mislabeled people as gang members. At the request of Head Deputy Dist. Atty. Jonlyn Callahan, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Sergio C. Tapia II dismissed the nine cases and vacated the defendants’ convictions Friday morning, saying he was doing so “in the interests of...WW…