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LA County Businesses Cheer, Remain Apprehensive of New Mask Mandate Plans Being Dropped

July 29, 2022 2:30 amJuly 28, 2022 9:11 pm

Following the surprise dropping of the planned Los Angeles County mask mandate by the LA County Department of Public Health on Thursday, many local businesses cheered the decision, with many now not having to go through extreme cost cutting plans...

Pasadena, Long Beach Public Health Departments Announce NO Indoor Mask Mandates

July 27, 2022 12:28 pmJuly 27, 2022 12:28 pm

In separate statements Tuesday night, the public health departments of both Pasadena and Long Beach, who operate away from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, noted that they would not be instituting an indoor public mask mandate. For the...

Beverly Hills City Council Votes Unanimously to Not Enforce County Mask Mandate

July 26, 2022 12:35 pmJuly 27, 2022 8:18 am

The Beverly Hills City Council voted to not enforce an all but certain return of the Los Angeles County indoor mask mandate on Monday night. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is only a few days away from...

LA County Restaurants, Bars Prepare for Indoor Mask Mandate Return

July 26, 2022 6:00 amJuly 25, 2022 9:13 pm

Los Angeles County restaurants continue to prepare for the likely return of public indoor mask mandates by the end of the month, with many looking for possible ways around the ban. For the last several months, the rise in cases of...

LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer Faces Conflict of Interest Allegations

July 22, 2022 6:10 amJuly 21, 2022 10:19 pm

One week before an indoor mask mandate is likely to be reinstated in LA County due to reports of rising new cases and hospitalizations of COVID-19, new allegations that Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer used a study...

San Diego School District Doubles Down on Mask Mandates

July 20, 2022 2:30 amJuly 19, 2022 9:03 pm

The rift caused by the return of the indoor mask mandate for the San Diego Unified School District on Monday grew on Tuesday, with the School Distgrict doubling down on the mandate, and those opposing the mandate entering School District...

Southern Californian K-12 School Districts, Universities Announce Return of Mask Mandates

July 18, 2022 12:50 pm

During the weekend, schools across Southern California reinstated indoor mask mandates in the buildup to the return of the fall semester next month, despite many parents and groups now in opposition to the mandates. Many of the affected schools are...