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Monterey Park police officers stand at the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

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Monterey Park community is relieved shooter is no longer a threat, Rep. Chu says

11:24am January 23, 2023

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Rep. Judy Chu of California, about the mass shooting at a Lunar New Year festival in Monterey Park that left 10 people dead.

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Police officers stand guard near the scene of a deadly shooting on Sunday in Monterey Park, Calif. 10 people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night.

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What we know about the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California

7:09am January 23, 2023

Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

Edgar McGregor, with some of the debris he's collected from Eaton Canyon, part of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California.

Climate Activist Spends 589 Days And Counting Picking Up Litter In Calif. Park

5:24pm March 08, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Edgar McGregor, 20, says he has been cleaning up trash in Eaton Canyon every day for more than a year and a half. He declared it finally free of municipal waste on Friday, but says his work continues.

A casket is loaded into a hearse at the Boyd Funeral Home as burials at cemeteries are delayed to the surge of COVID-19 deaths on Jan. 14, 2021 in Los Angeles.

'We Have No Space': LA County Funeral Director Describes Virus's Toll

5:51pm January 20, 2021

by Noel King

Todd Beckley, a funeral director in Los Angeles County, says COVID-19 deaths have overwhelmed his mortuary. It is so overwhelmed there is waiting list that's 23 families long.

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A field hospital tent for suspected COVID-19 patient triage was set up outside the emergency department of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California. A surge in deaths has prompted the county to lift environmental limits on the

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Cremation Limits Lifted In LA Due To 'Backlog' As COVID-19 Deaths Skyrocket

2:30pm January 19, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Air quality limits on cremations are temporarily suspended in Los Angeles because of increased demand due to COVID-19. Officials say the death rate is now more than double that of pre-pandemic years.

Colleagues, family and friends attend the August funeral of Los Angeles police Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency's first sworn officer to die of complications from COVID-19.

As COVID-19 Ravages His Force, LAPD Chief Looks To Boost Confidence In Vaccine

6:16pm January 14, 2021

An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore describes how the department plans to increase that number.

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Hospital workers move a patient into the prone (face down) position, which can help increase the lung capacity of some COVID-19 patients. The medical team was photographed Nov. 19 at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Health & Safety

'It's So Much Worse Than Before.' Dread And Despair Haunt Nurses Inside LA's ICUs

12:23pm December 24, 2020

by Jackie Fortier

As hospitals struggle with the patient surge in Los Angeles County, their ICU nurses are overwhelmed by the physical demands and emotional toll of caring for the most seriously ill COVID-19 patients.

A patient is treated for COVID-19 at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. Hospitalizations because of the coronavirus are surging in California.

California Hospitalizations From COVID-19 Surging; ICUs May Be Overwhelmed In Weeks

7:18pm November 30, 2020

by Reese Oxner

Most of California is under the state's highest risk-level assessment, restricting most indoor activities and gatherings.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner is opening an inquiry into the shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, which involved sheriff's deputies.

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LA County Coroner Investigates Andres Guardado's Sheriff's Deputy-Involved Death

6:39pm November 11, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

The June killing of Guardado, 18, will be the first independent investigation by the coroner's office in more than 30 years.

A firefighter works to put out flames of the Bobcat Fire in Juniper Hills, Calif. As of Sunday, the wildfire has grown to more than 99,000 acres and is 15% contained.

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As Firefighters Battle Dozens Of Blazes, California's Bobcat Fire Nears 100,000 Acres

8:06pm September 20, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Improving weather conditions have aided firefighters' efforts to contain major wildfires on the West Coast, but dozens rage on. The Bobcat Fire has become one of Los Angeles County's largest ever.