Los Angeles

Los Angeles City And County Offer Free Coronavirus Testing To All Residents

2:18pm April 30, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The announcement by Mayor Eric Garcetti makes LA the first major city to offer free testing to all its residents. It came as county health officials reported another 1,541 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, seen here in 2017, says his office has reached a settlement with a company that had been selling at-home tests for the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration says it has not authorized any at-home tests.

Health & Safety

Los Angeles Authorities Sue Company For 'Illegally Selling' At-Home COVID-19 Test

5:43pm April 06, 2020

by Tom Dreisbach

The Food and Drug Administration says it has not authorized any at-home tests for the coronavirus. After one company started selling an at-home test in March, the city attorney of Los Angeles sued.

California State Route 110 seen with downtown Los Angeles in the background Thursday night. The state is in its second week of a lockdown, where schools and nonessential businesses are closed and the governor has ordered people to stay home.

National

A Coronavirus Plus: Wide-Open Highways In Los Angeles

10:53am April 03, 2020

by John Ruwitch

In the land of gridlock, car accidents are down and the mayor has ordered more red lights to slow traffic.

The Mercy, a Navy hospital ship, departs San Diego Monday en route to Los Angeles to help free up local hospitals to deal with coronavirus cases.

'Steaming To Assist,' Mercy Sails To Los Angeles In Coronavirus Hospital Crunch

7:20pm March 23, 2020

by David Welna

The hospital ship, designed to treat war casualties, has left port in San Diego for Los Angeles. Its mission: treating patients who do not have COVID-19 to free up hospital beds.

New inmates with a mental illness arrive daily in the Los Angeles County jail system. It now holds more than 5,000 inmates with a mental illness who've had run-ins with the law.

America's Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars

8:10am February 25, 2020

Overcrowding, understaffing and poor treatment for inmates with mental health issues held in Los Angeles jails underscore growing failures in America's mental health and justice systems.

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Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks on Dec. 29, 2019 in Los Angeles.

Thousands Attend Kobe Bryant Memorial In Los Angeles

9:02pm February 24, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Some 20,000 people got tickets to say farewell to NBA great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. People without tickets were being urged to watch at home.

The Santa Fe Rail Depot in downtown Redlands, Calif., is the center of one of three "transit villages' where the city is trying to create livable, walkable communities.

Amid Climate And Housing Crises, Cities Struggle To Place Housing Near Transit

5:34pm February 16, 2020

by Benjamin Purper

San Bernardino County, Calif., is creating a commuter train that reaches the small city of Redlands. While good for the environment, some residents worry it will undo the city's slow growth measures.

National

Hollywood's A Big Business, And LA's Mayor Wants More Latinos Involved

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Eric Garcetti about a new jobs program aimed at doubling the employment of Latinos — more than half the city's population — in the film industry there.

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Fire officials say fuel apparently dumped by the aircraft returning to LAX fell onto several Los Angeles Unified School District campuses in southeast Los Angeles.

'I Don't Believe This Is Happening': 911 Call Reveals Chaos After Delta Fuel Dump

7:09pm February 03, 2020

NPR has obtained audio of a 911 call made in the immediate aftermath of an incident, where Delta Air Lines Flight 89 dropped 15,000 gallons of jet fuel over the Los Angeles area.

A chartered jet carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, Calif., on Wednesday. The passengers are now under a quarantine, the CDC announced Friday.

Coronavirus: CDC Puts Americans Who Left Wuhan Into 'Unprecedented' 14-Day Quarantine

6:43pm January 31, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The evacuees are being housed at March Air Reserve Base in California — and the quarantine order comes after one of them tried to leave the base.