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BOSTON — Tenants saddled with months of back rent are facing the end of the federal eviction moratorium Saturday, a move that could lead to millions being forced from their homes just as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading. The Biden administration announced Thursday it...

LOS ANGELES — Echo Park Lake, the city’s former jewel, now has E. coli seven times higher than state mandates, thanks to a homeless encampment allowed to flourish there for years, according to a report.

The Abbey Food and Bar in West Hollywood is now requiring customers provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test within the last 48 hours to enter the establishment.

The “whale tail” is a portion of a 4th City Council District that was included on a political whim. Now, decades later, it could be redrawn. The post A whale of a tail: How one of the most gerrymandered parts of Long Beach came to be appeared first on Long Beach Post.

Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, July 31, 2021. This week’s newsletter comes to you from the San Bernardino Mountains — specifically, near Big Bear Lake, where the water level is once again flirting with historic lows because of the drought. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Saturday, July 31. Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week. Masks are back as coronavirus cases rise again. Health officials are urging even fully vaccinated Californians to resume wearing masks as the Delta variant spreads and vaccinations sputter. The situation has frustrated state officials; Gov. Gavin Newsom compared choosing to remain unvaccinated to drunk driving.

Thousands of residents in California will find themselves homeless on August 1, as a nationwide ban on evictions is set to expire. A U.S. man holds a placard that says Housing is a human right.Stephen Zenner / Getty Images.

I’ve spent two weeks tooling around the country in an old Honda while surviving on truck stop coffee and blasting Mexican Institute of Sound’s “Disco Popular.” I saw art. I saw architecture. And I ate a ginormous sopaipilla. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – On the last official day of the Encampment to Home initiative to offer a pathway to permanent housing to people living along the Venice Boardwalk, Councilman Mike Bonin and Mayor Eric Garcetti said Friday that 191 people have been brought indoors. “A metric that people are judging this by is how the boardwalk looks, and that’s a reasonable one, but the metric that really matters is how many people have been brought indoors and how many lives are being transformed for the better,” Bonin said.”It has demonstrated that when offered real housing, people jump to say yes,...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Special water sampling has determined several Los Angeles County beaches near Dockweiler State Beach continue to exceed state standards for bacteria in water, the Department of Public Health announced Friday evening. Public Health is cautioning residents who are planning to visit several Los Angeles County beaches near Dockweiler & El Segundo to be careful of swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers. For more: https://t.co/qP7Fb670fn pic.twitter.com/GYOw80TrR1 — LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) July 29, 2021 The department advised the public to be careful of swimming, surfing and playing in ocean waters around discharging storm...