Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement An explosion in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday caused a large fire that left 11 firefighters injured, authorities said.Firefighters first received a call about 6:30 p.m. about a structure fire in the 300 block of Boyd Street south of Little Tokyo, said Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. While firefighters were inside attempting to find the source of the blaze, there was “a significant explosion, very high, very wide, rumbling the entire area,” Scott said. The explosion was so powerful that it blackened a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement An explosion in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday caused a large fire that left 11 firefighters injured, authorities said.Firefighters first received a call about 6:30 p.m. about a structure fire in the 300 block of Boyd Street south of Little Tokyo, said Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. While firefighters were inside attempting to find the source of the blaze, there was “a significant explosion, very high, very wide, rumbling the entire area,” Scott said. The explosion was so powerful that it blackened a...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities, a data analysis by the Los Angeles Times has found, with the state releasing new data suggesting that there have been many more outbreaks than previously disclosed. At least 1,276 people have died after being infected with the coronavirus in skilled nursing or assisted living facilities in California, accounting for more than 49% of total fatalities reported by the state. The deaths are part of state data showing that at least 387 skilled...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities, a data analysis by the Los Angeles Times has found, with the state releasing new data suggesting that there have been many more outbreaks than previously disclosed. At least 1,276 people have died after being infected with the coronavirus in skilled nursing or assisted living facilities in California, accounting for more than 49% of total fatalities reported by the state. The deaths are part of state data showing that at least 387 skilled...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Only 55% of the city’s firefighting force has shown up to receive a coronavirus shot, a lower number than originally announced, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said Monday.Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas said in a statement to The Times that the department “reconciled its vaccination numbers across various software platforms” in the last few days and determined that 1,842 of the roughly 3,400 rank-and-file firefighters have volunteered to be inoculated since shots started Dec. 28.The department that 60% of...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Only 55% of the city’s firefighting force has shown up to receive a coronavirus shot, a lower number than originally announced, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said Monday.Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas said in a statement to The Times that the department “reconciled its vaccination numbers across various software platforms” in the last few days and determined that 1,842 of the roughly 3,400 rank-and-file firefighters have volunteered to be inoculated since shots started Dec. 28.The department that 60% of...WW…