As the coronavirus spreads relentlessly through Los Angeles County, poor neighborhoods and the region’s Latino and Black communities continue to bear the brunt of illness and death.
These groups have been disproportionately hard hit since the beginning of the pandemic, but the gap had eased during the summer. That progress has disappeared and members of those communities are now dying at rates far worse than at any previous point.
People living in the most impoverished neighborhoods of the county are now averaging about 36 deaths a day per 100,000 residents. By contrast, those living in the wealthiest areas are experiencing about 10 deaths a day per 100,000 residents.
Latino residents in L.A. County are dying at an astonishing eight times the rate they once did — from 3½ daily deaths per 100,000 in early November to 28 deaths a day now for every 100,000 .latimes.com/california/sto…
The death rate among Black residents soared from less than 1 daily death per 100,000 to more than 15 deaths a day per 100,000.
White residents have the lowest rate of death among the other racial and ethnic groups — 10 deaths per 100,000 residents.
The COVID-19 death rate for Latino residents of L.A. County, shown in yellow, and for Black residents, shown in green, and for Asian Americans shown in blue, are higher than that for white residents, shown in orange. latimes.com/california/sto…
Households who make 80% or less of the median income in their area and include at least one person who qualifies for unemployment or has experienced a financial hardship because of the pandemic. (1/2) latimes.com/business/story…
Households must also show they are at risk of homelessness or housing instability. (2/2) latimes.com/business/story…
The theme park will eventually reopen — but it’ll no longer offer its current annual pass program latimes.com/entertainment-…
The popular multi-tiered ticketing system, which shifted the culture of the two Anaheim theme parks in a way that it became a regular hangout for many Southern Californians, is being axed latimes.com/entertainment-…
A replacement for its annual pass program is not expected to be implemented until the pandemic allows the Disneyland Resort to be at or near its pre-COVID era attendance.
Some county health officials are pushing back against the claim that all residents 65 and older — a group of nearly 6 million individuals — were immediately eligible now for a coveted dose.
In many areas of California, it is going to take time and patience before residents over 65 years old have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. latimes.com/california/sto…
“Expanding the list of who is eligible for the vaccine does not get us more doses,” said Kat DeBurgh, executive director of the Health Officers Assn. of California. “It does not get us more vaccinators, or any of the other resources we need to effectively run our operations.”
One in three Los Angeles County residents have been infected with the coronavirus, according to new estimates by county scientists, an astonishing sign of how rapidly the virus is spreading in the hard-hit region.
The estimate, based on scientific modeling, means officials believe more than 3 million of L.A. County’s 10 million residents have been infected with the coronavirus, including nearly 13,000 who have died. latimes.com/california/sto…
That’s more than triple the cumulative number of coronavirus cases that have been confirmed by testing. Officials have long believed that testing only captures a certain percentage of those who are infected because many with the virus don’t show symptoms or have only symptoms.
Englander, while serving in office, made false statements to FBI agents during three separate interviews, prosecutors said, providing untrue information about his dealings with a businessman who gave him $15,000 in two casino bathrooms. latimes.com/california/sto…
The case was resolved quickly, with Englander pleading guilty to a single count of scheming to falsify material facts. latimes.com/california/sto…