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L.A. County moves from ‘high’ to ‘medium’ COVID level

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LA business owners push back on mask mandate

Ferrer takes heat on possible conflict of interest

Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County’s Department of Public Health.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County plans to start offering COVID vaccines to …

A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Some L.A. County residents no longer have to quarantine

A woman coughs while wearing a face mask in this file photo. (Getty Images)

L.A. County COVID cases rising again

People walk along a beach bike path on Sept. 5, 2020 in Santa Monica. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

L.A. reducing free testing as federal funds dry up

A woman receives help with a nasal swab at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in Paramount on January 12, 2022. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cases no longer declining in L.A., BA.2 increasing

Shoppers wait in line to enter a store at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

L.A. County expected to drop indoor mask mandate …

A man wears his mask as he walks past a sign posted on a storefront reminding people to wear masks, on Feb. 25, 2022 in Los Angeles. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

L.A. County now allowing unmasking indoors for fully …

Restaurant host Joey Tyler, right, verifies arriving patrons' Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Records at French restaurant Petit Trois in Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

L.A. County enters ‘post-surge’: Here’s where masks …

Fans cheer during Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13, 2022 in Inglewood. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

Here’s what it’ll take for L.A. County to drop some …

A student adjusts her face mask at St. Joseph Catholic School in La Puente on Nov. 16, 2020. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

L.A. County health officials defend mask rules amid …

Fans react during the fourth quarter between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium on Jan. 9, 2022 in Inglewood. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

COVID-19 claims youngest L.A. County victim yet, …

Nurse D’queda Owens pushes patient Richard Perry out of his room at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2021, as he leaves the hospital.(Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)