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The Los Angeles Unified School District, whose campuses across the city are popular venues for film and TV productions, has suspended the use of is facilities to filming due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. "All previously-issued permissions for filming and film parking are rescinded," said FilmLA, the…

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the L.A. County Department of Public Health declared a county health emergency Wednesday, as the county revealed six new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to seven countywide. The move allows the county to marshal more resources in its fight against the spread of…

Voting in California underwent a major overhaul this year, and with those changes came some Super Tuesday headaches. Voters across Los Angeles County reported long lines at newly designated vote centers, with some residents waiting up to three or four hours to cast ballots. Deadline’s Pete Hammond happened to be at…

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to limit which streets tour bus companies can use, after a flood of complaints from residents in hillside neighborhoods near the Hollywood sign and the Hollywood Reservoir. The measure, which was approved without discussion, gives the city’s Department of Transportation the…

Welcome to the jungle, SoFi Stadium. Promoters said today that Guns N’ Roses will be the first rock band to play a concert at Los Angeles’ new stadium that opens in the summer. Singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and the boys will hit the stage of the Inglewood venue on August 8. The stadium will…

UPDATED, 11;55 AM:?Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred today gave his first public interview regarding the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked the sport. He also took time to respond to the Los Angeles City Council’s resolution that urges MLB to give the tainted 2017 and 2018 World Series titles to the…

Thousands of concerned women, men, celebrities and politicians crowded into downtown Los Angeles Saturday for the fourth annual Women’s March. With musical performances and speeches to fill the day, attendees listened to one speaker after another demand change, and call on the nation’s next president to make women’s…

The Peabody Awards will be held for the first time in Southern California, the Peabody organization said today. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The awards honor stories from broadcasting, digital media, entertainment, the documentary world and news…

On the eve of the House vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, crowds large and small gathered at rallies across the nation calling for Trump’s removal from office. Organized by MoveOn.Org and Common Cause, the rallies drew adults, children, the elderly, immigrants, veterans, and…

The Los Angeles area is clearing out following a strong Thanksgiving Day storm, but more rain and snow is on the way. A storm warning remains in effect in the San Gabriel Mountains in L.A. County and the Antelope Valley and in the mountains of San Bernardino County until at least 4 pm Friday. Some 24-28 inches of…

A strong winter storm lashed at Southern California on Thanksgiving, disrupting travel plans on one of the busiest days of the year. Heavy snow shut down Interstate 5 through the Grapevine in the Tejon Pass this morning. The major north-south freeway was closed at 4:30 AM, but even prior to that, California Highway…

After a relatively calm day on the fire lines in Southern California, the National Weather Service’s Los Angeles office has issued an unprecedented “extreme red flag warning” for L.A. and Ventura counties tonight (see it here). The alert comes ahead of what authorities are calling “the most significant wind event over…