The advancement of Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, El Dorado, Napa, Lassen and Modoc counties grows the number of counties that have progressed out of the purple tier to 18. latimes.com/california/sto…
Counties in the red tier can allow dining rooms & movie theaters to reopen with capacity at 25% or up to 100 people, whichever is fewer. Gyms & dance studios can open at 10% capacity. Museums, zoos & aquariums can open indoor activities at 25% capacity. latimes.com/california/sto…
The developments come amid both growing optimism as the last coronavirus wave continues to recede, and swirling concern that new variants of the virus threaten to imperil that progress. latimes.com/california/sto…
Meanwhile, the pace of vaccinations has ramped up. Over the last week, providers throughout California have administered 235,711 doses per day, the highest rolling average to date.
Hate crimes against Asian Americans and other members of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in #LosAngeles rose sharply in 2020, mirroring a national trend and causing concern among police and local advocacy organizations.
According to a report presented to the Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday, there were 15 anti-Asian hate crimes reported in the city in 2020, compared with seven in 2019, marking a 114% increase.
Police and advocates said they believe many more incidents occur than are reported, and that they are working to better identify, track and record such encounters and conduct more outreach in local Asian communities to encourage reporting by victims.
The Texas horned lizard have virtually disappeared east of Interstate 35, which runs down the middle of Oklahoma and Texas, said Dean Williams, a Texas Christian University biology professor who runs the TCU Horny Toad Project. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Classified as a threatened species in Texas and a species of greatest conservation need in Oklahoma, they have been dying off for at least 60 years. But pointing to the start and extent of their decline isn’t easy.
“His medium [for giving notes,] which I have never encountered before, is audio notes,” Khan says. “I’ve never had that. He’s the first person to do it. I love it from him. I always get excited. I’m like, 'Oh, voice memo from Dwayne.'” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“He’ll give voice memos with his thoughts, a pitch or just like talking about stuff or whatever,” Khan adds. "He gave notes on scripts, gave notes on stories, on rewrites, he gives notes on cuts — he’s very much involved.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
Famed actor and Oscar-winner Gary Oldman got candid when interviewed by our @GlennWhipp, sharing that his success didn't come without doubts and insecurities about his works latimes.com/entertainment-…
When Gary Oldman saw the cast that David Fincher had put together for “Mank,” he told us that he had just one fear: "I’m going to be the one to come and f— it up.”
"Mank," revolves around the first theater critic for the New Yorker, who was an alcoholic, a functioning, charming drunk with a quick wit and sharp tongue latimes.com/entertainment-…
In 1954, two Santa Ana cops were suspended for using the chokehold on a man who’d refused to sign his jaywalking ticket. latimes.com/california/sto…
Last year, 2 Orange County sheriff’s deputies sat in their patrol car arguing over whether a Black man they spotted had jaywalked, and should they even stop him.
They did, and within moments, the stop turned into a struggle. The man was shot and killed. latimes.com/california/sto…