"I know what you’re thinking: Who are these fools getting on a cruise ship at the height of a 'third wave'? Entertainers who desperately need to make money! Or at least that’s my reasoning. I can’t speak for the other 1,799 people boarding that ship." latimes.com/entertainment-…
Despite testing multiple times before the cruise, Murphy started showing symptoms the day after boarding. She was quarantined.
"I was instructed to in no way leave the room, so much so that I was not even given a key so I had no way of getting back in." latimes.com/entertainment-…
"Reality hit me. I’m alone in the basement of a ship in a room with no windows for the next eight days! I immediately turned on the TV to distract myself." latimes.com/entertainment-…
Mealtime didn't provide much relief.
"For breakfast, lunch, and dinner... just a large plate of food left in the hallway on a tray covered in a red plastic bag labeled 'Hazardous Waste Material.'" latimes.com/entertainment-…
It started with a small plane crash in the woods and became a national obsession. #Yellowjackets, which ends its first season on Sunday, has become a north star for TV viewers since it premiered on @Showtime in November. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Part survival drama, part witchy mystery, it follows the members of a girls high school soccer team — and, 25 years later, the grown-up survivors — who get stranded in the wilderness for 18 months after their aircraft goes down on the way to a tournament. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The show has been lauded for its captivating mystery, as well as its portrayal of memory and trauma.
A therapist breaks down how a pivotal moment in episode 9 perfectly captures PTSD ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-…
Breaking: About 130,000 LAUSD students — approximately one-third of district enrollment — have been absent from school during the first days back from winter break. latimes.com/california/sto…
Teachers and employee absences have remained high, so administrators and substitute teachers have stepped in. All schools have remained open for in-person learning this week.
Supt. Alberto Carvalho said the district will continue to push information that schools are safe.
Supt. Alberto Carvalho said the issues confronting LAUSD are also hitting his home school district of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, with disruptive school conditions elevating student absentee rates and squeezing an already tight labor market. latimes.com/california/sto…
Mountain resort areas like Big Bear have long been vacation destinations. But during the pandemic, the number of visitors has spiked.
And while the influx of visitors bodes well for the local economy, it has strained the Bear Valley’s workforce. latimes.com/california/sto…
Throughout this winter season and last, residents, workers and business owners in Big Bear have dealt with increased exposure to the coronavirus, understaffing, shortages of essential services, housing shortages, traffic and parking congestion, and litter.
“We are experiencing, in a microeconomic sense, the problems that everyone else in the whole country is experiencing,” said Ellen Clarke, executive director of @ChamberBig.
“Only in our small community, we have a very little population, and it hurts — it hurts a lot.”
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority announced Friday that it was delaying its annual homeless census by a month because of the risks posed by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
Authorities in Los Angeles canceled the homeless census last year during the winter surge of COVID-19.
As a result, officials have had trouble getting a handle on how the pandemic has influenced the size of the region’s homeless population. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
Roughly 7,000 volunteers had been scheduled to fan out across the county to undertake the count over three days later this month.
Now the task of counting tents, cars and other structures will take place Feb. 22-24.
When ships arrive from distant ports, Harbor Ship Supply is called upon to restock them with a wide variety of goods, including groceries, tools and all manner of gifts for sailors' friends and family back home.
Harbor Ship Supply is trying to stay afloat, facing challenges that some experts say won’t ease this year.
Some say the global supply chain that moves goods from raw materials to factories to consumers’ homes has been permanently altered. latimes.com/business/story…
“After carefully reviewing the case, including records in the California State Archives, I have determined that Sirhan has not developed the accountability and insight required to support his safe release into the community.”
“Kennedy’s assassination not only changed the course of this nation and robbed the world of a promising young leader, it also left his 11 children without a father and his wife without a husband.”