After ASAP Rocky’s arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, police searched his house and found guns that they later tested in connection to his alleged altercation.
09.04.2022 - 03:57 / deadline.com
One week after Los Angeles threw off the last of its Covid restrictions, L.A. Officials are warning of the spread of the more contagious BA.2 variant, a rise in cases and looming school and religious holidays.
“While outbreaks in many sectors remain low,” the County Public Health Department warned on Friday that “gatherings for Ramadan, Passover, Easter and Spring Break could eventually lead to more cases and outbreaks.”
Indeed, the 7-day test positivity has risen 50% since Tuesday, from 0.8% to 1.2% today. That kind of jump in a 7-day average is worth noting, even though the percentages are still relatively low.
Cases have risen even more sharply. On Tuesday, L.A. County reported 708 new cases. Today, the number had risen 78% to 1,263 new cases, up from 1,088 yesterday.
“This increase in cases is likely due to the more easily transmitted BA.2 subvariant, which continues to increase in L.A. County,” according to an LADPH statement.
The number of new cases in the county has risen rapidly this week even as the number of daily tests has fallen. That’s generally a strong indication of increasing transmission across a region. Last Friday, the county was testing roughly 110,000 people every 24 hours. Today, that number had fallen to just under 90,000 tests a day.
The good news is that, even with the rising case and test positivity numbers, the new variant and recently lifted restrictions, hospitalizations and deaths are not showing any signs of increase.
Meanwhile, the BA.2 Omicron variant — thought to be 10% more transmissible than the already more transmissible original Omicron — has become dominant in the region. City officials reported Thursday that BA.2 represented 47% of all cases in the county that underwent special testing
After ASAP Rocky’s arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, police searched his house and found guns that they later tested in connection to his alleged altercation.
Betty White’s home is up for sale! The Los Angeles residence for the iconic actress, who died at the age of 99 in December, has hit the market with a $10,575,000 price tag.
Betty White’s home is up for sale! The Los Angeles residence for the iconic actress, who died at the age of 99 in December, has hit the market with a $10,575,000 price tag.This is the first time that the property, which was reportedly purchased by the actress and her third husband, Allen Ludden, in 1968, has been on the market in over 50 years. According to the listing on Sotheby’s Realty, the home has five bedrooms and six full bathrooms. The interior of the house measures 3,029 square feet while the exterior is 0.72 acres. The single-family home was built in 1952 and is in Brentwood Park. Described as “lovingly cared for,” the home has views of the Getty Museum and mountains.
Today was one of our favorite kinds of days! We did something new! We did something active! We did something enriching! AND it was free! We took the kids to explore Mariachi Plaza and Boyle Heights. It’s great to learn about the past of Los Angeles and soak in the beauty that this very large city has to offer!
On-location film and TV production in Greater Los Angeles is off to a “strong start” in 2022, with 9,832 days of on-location shooting setting an all-time first-quarter record according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. That topped the previous first quarter mark set in 2016 but was down 8.8% from the record-setting 10,780 shoot days racked up in the fourth quarter of 2021.
CBS shared the primetime throne with ABC on Sunday, with both networks’ slates tying for the night’s highest rating.
Los Angeles County reported 1,355 new Covid cases on Friday, continuing an upward trend that began about a week ago as the more-infectious BA.2 subvariant continues to spread.
Jesy Nelson rocked a stunning yellow bikini as she posed in a series of holiday snaps shared on Instagram on Friday. The 30 year old is enjoying some downtime in Los Angeles and looked stunning as she shared a shot of herself in a neon yellow flannel bikini top, with a matching towelled wrap miniskirt complimenting her deep tan.
A new state study suggests the number of people in Los Angeles County who have been infected with Covid-19 during the pandemic is far greater than the number confirmed through standard testing. That’s due largely to the number of people who never developed symptoms and so never got tested, or who couldn’t access tests, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said today.
The 35th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles will open next month with the L.A. premiere of Avi Nesher’s Image of Victory, which was nominated for a leading 15 Israeli Academy Ophir Awards last year. The film kicks off the hybrid in-person and online festival that runs May 5-26 and will see Henry Winkler receive the IFF Career Achievement Award and philanthropist David Wiener bestowed with the IFF Humanitarian Award.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer confirmed today what Deadline inferred last week: that the more-infectious BA.2 variant of Covid-19 is “now the predominant variant” in the county.