City News Service

L.A. County began scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments for those aged 65 and older today, but limited supplies and uncertainty about future allocations has left the inoculation effort shrouded in doubt.

Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, zoo officials announced today.

The Los Angeles Fire Department received 3,200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, allowing it to administer first doses to “virtually everybody” at the department, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today as some firefighters received their vaccines.

Metrolink today announced the addition of new, state-of-the-art antimicrobial air filters on all its train cars to ensure cleaner air for its passengers.

A Providence St. Joseph Hospital nurse was the first person in Orange County today to be vaccinated for COVID-19, shortly followed by other health care workers.

City Attorney Mike Feuer today warned Los Angeles residents to beware of COVID-19 vaccine scams.

Los Angeles County's dramatic surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continued gobbling up the availability of intensive-care unit beds Tuesday, with the number of patients across the county predicted to exceed 5,000 by week's end.

Latinas are bearing a disproportionately high burden from the COVID-19 pandemic in San Diego County, a local nonprofit and Latina elected officials said Tuesday as they shared data from the San Diego Association of Governments.

With her co-workers cheering her on, an intensive-care unit nurse at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles today received one of the first doses in the state of a long-awaited vaccine to prevent COVID-19.

Riverside County health officials today reported 6,741 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases and 13 virus-related deaths since Friday, as the number of available licensed intensive care unit beds countywide dwindled to zero.