Barbara Ferrer

City of Torrance Votes ‘No Confidence’ in LA County Public Health Director

TORRANCE, Calif.—City officials recently passed a vote of no confidence in Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, saying that the restrictions she imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated ...

August 13, 2022BY Sophie Li
LA County Opts Against Reinstating Indoor Mask Mandate

LOS ANGELES—Citing continued downward trends in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County scrubbed plans July 28 to ...

July 28, 2022BY City News Service
New Omicron Sub-Variant Proliferating Globally, LA County Officials on High Alert

A new sub-variant of Omicron detected in California a few weeks ago is now proliferating in Europe and ...

March 18, 2022BY Alice Sun
LA County to End Mask Mandate for Outdoor Mega Events, Schools Outdoors

Los Angeles County will lift its mask mandate for outdoor mega-events and for outdoor K–12 schools and childcare ...

February 15, 2022BY Micaela Ricaforte
Ferrer: LA County Not Ready to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate Feb. 15

As Los Angeles County will not follow the state’s guideline to lift the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals ...

February 8, 2022BY Alice Sun
SoCal COVID Waning; New CA Bill Introduced to Allow Schools to See Who’s Vaccinated

LOS ANGELES—As the winter Omicron surge subsides, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health updated the mask ...

February 5, 2022BY Alice Sun
DOJ Warns Los Angeles Mayor That Stay-at-Home Extension Could Be Unlawful

The Department of Justice warned the mayor of Los Angeles and the county's top health officer that a ...

May 23, 2020BY Mimi Nguyen Ly