The LA Report

What's happening today: Cedars-Sinai seeing rapid rise in COVID hospitalizations; L.A. City Council to return to virtual meetings; UCLA study says nearly a quarter of fast food employees contracted COVID; Recent rains make a dent but not enough to end drought; College basketball disruptions continue due to outbreaks.

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Here's your morning news: FDA OKs Pfizer booster for kids 12-15; LAUSD to require COVID tests for all; Spotty attendance for Burbank Unified's new semester; College sports getting hit hard by latest COVID surge; Torrence teaming up with L.A. Galaxy to keep sports complex open; Santa Clarita Republican State Senator tests positive for COVID; Assembly member to depart to run state's largest labor group.

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What's happening today: LAUSD requiring COVID tests for all before returning to campus; Hospitalizations increasing in O.C. and L.A. Counties; FDA announces changes to emergency authorization of vaccines; Cloth masks not enough to stave off Omicron.

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Here's your morning news: Nearly 45,000 new COVID infections reported in L.A. County; Revised safety measures as kids return to school; Flight cancellations continue to disrupt travel at area airports; County courts going virtual again; Newport Beach city hall and community centers closed due to COVID surge; New law for disposing of food waste;

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What's happening today: Fingers crossed at area airports as Omicron disrupts more flights; More than 50 rescued from flooded Malibu campground; New COVID infections in L.A. County top 20,000; Judge blocks order that blocks Inglewood from destroying police records;

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Here's your morning news: Hundreds of L.A. County employees suspended for violating COVID policies; Over 16,000 new COVID cases reported in L.A. County; Huntington Hospital preparing for infections originating at Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game; Judge orders Inglewood PD to preserve records; Free Metro rides ending Jan. 10.

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In this Sunday edition: Six years ago, Robert Calderon was shot and killed in Pasadena. His is one of several unsolved homicides in Pasadena over the last 10 years that haunt family members. Calderon's mother, Sarah Toni Mendoza, is trying to keep his memory alive. Reported by Emily Elena Dugdale.

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In this special New Year's Eve edition: Most of the 18 bands that will march in the Rose Parade on Saturday have practiced together for years. But one band has members who had never even met before this week. Reported by Sharon McNary.

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