National Memorial Day Concert aired from Los Angeles; Morgan Wallen apologizes after arrest; Prince Charles voices support for arts during a radio interview. (May 25)
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Here are the top stories for Friday, May 15th: Trump pushes quick timeline for COVID-19 vaccine; Cuomo relaxing restrictions in some parts on NY; Texas A.G. seeks ruling against mail-in voting; U.S. Navy hospital ship departs Los Angeles.
The US Navy hospital ship Mercy departed the Port of Los Angeles Friday after helping the region during the coronavirus crisis. Mercy is returning to its home port in San Diego. (May 15)
Cedars-Sinai, a non-profit hospital in Los Angeles, is teaming up with Space Tango of Lexington, Kentucky to send induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCS) to the International Space Station. (May 15)
Here’s the latest for Thursday May 14th: Immunologist to testify before Congress; Wisconsin high court strikes down stay-at-home extension; Los Angeles residents told to wear masks when leaving home; Wildfires shut down part of I-75 in SW Florida.
With a bit of Beatles and a lot of Elton John, Adam Chester is bringing good vibes to his locked-down Los Angeles neighborhood with weekly concerts. (May 13)
Few pedestrians are seen on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles as California enacts measures to gradually ease its lockdown, allowing some retail and manufacturing businesses to reopen – with modifications in the way they operate in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Winds spread a brush fire over more than 150 acres on the south Santa Barbara County coast, northwest of Los Angeles early Thursday. Crews from multiple locations battled the fire while trying to maintain distance and avoid the spread of COVID-19. (May 8)
Dozens of people head to the shore in Huntington Beach near Los Angeles even though the beach is officially closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Edwin Mantanico didn’t pay rent in April. He doesn’t plan to pay rent in May, either. He rents an apartment in LA’s Boyle Heights with his family, which was expensive to begin with. Now, with both him and his wife out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unsustainable.
“I have to choose between paying rent or buying food for my family,” he said.
That’s the framing Mantanico’s organization, the LA Tenants Union, has used for recent protests targeting elected officials in California: Comida Sí, Renta No — yes to food, no to rent. It’s one of several groups around the country organizing rent strikes with the goal of forcing politicians to take drastic action to forestall the looming housing crisis.
Many cities and states have offered basic protections to tenants, including putting a pause on most evictions and, in the case of Los Angeles, offering tenants a grace period of one year to pay back rent after the crisis. But rent strikers say that’s not enough, warning of a flood of evictions and working families saddled with unmanageable debt once lockdowns are lifted. They say there’s only one solution: Forgive rent payments altogether.
VICE News Tonight spoke to striking tenants, politicians, and landlords about the growing movement to cancel the rent.
Here’s the latest for Friday May 1st: Pelosi says $1T more needed for coronavirus aid; Protesters swarm Michigan capitol; VP Pence wears facemask; Los Angeles offers free coronavirus tests.
The city of Los Angeles is offering free coronavirus testing to all residents regardless of whether they have symptoms. Big lines of cars appeared at testing sites, one day after Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the plan. (May 1)
Here’s the latest for Thursday April 30th: Bodies found in trucks outside NYC funeral home; Florida Governor announces plans to reopen; Los Angeles to provide free coronavirus tests; Meatpacking union opposes plan to keep plants open.
On this day in history: Rioting hits Los Angeles after four white officers are acquitted of most charges in beating of Rodney King; Dachau concentration camp liberated; Jerry Seinfeld born. (April 29)
The truck drivers union of America, or “Teamsters”, distributes food to drivers from the port of Los Angeles with the help of Labor Community services and the Los Angeles Food Bank.
Protesters holding US flags voice their opposition to California’s stay-at-home order near the Los Angeles City Hall. Roughly 200 cars also take part in the protest, honking and displaying signs from their windows. IMAGES
Chris O’Dowd is celebrating Earth Day by teaching his sons about the planet through the microcosm of their own backyard in Los Angeles. O’Dowd is lending his voice to an animated film on Apple TV called “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth.” (April 22)
With the coronavirus putting traditional wedding ceremonies on hold, some California couples are taking their vows in a parking lot near Los Angeles. After a few weeks of lockdown, Orange County has recently resumed weddings, with clerk recorders conducting the ceremonies from inside a booth, and communicating with couples via a walkie-talkie.
A study conducted by the University of Southern California indicates that the true infection rate for COVID-19 in Los Angeles County may be 40 times more than the number of confirmed cases. (April 20)
