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Museums, movie theaters and gyms will be able to reopen indoors for limited capacity starting on Monday, as L.A. County eases restrictions based on declining coronavirus cases and increasing vaccinations. Industry leaders are ecstatic, but expect the transition to take time. L.A. County is moving into the less restrictive "red tier" for the first time since the state metric was created last summer. On Friday, L.A. County Public Health officially announced the guidelines for businesses to start ...

. Amy Lew and her husband moved to Temple City 30 years ago to raise three kids on a cul-de-sac at the foot of the San Gabriels. In that time, her suburb became among 10 in the San Gabriel Valley to turn majority-Asian as the region drew both immigrants and second-generation Asian Americans such as Lew, looking to be near top schools and some of the best Asian food in the country. So even as Lew heard about a rise in anti-Asian sentiment as the pandemic wore on, she shrugged it off, telling h...

SPRs Doug Nadvornick reports. An Idaho Senate committee has approved a bill that would lead to a new industrial hemp industry in the Gem State. Idaho is the only state in the nation not to allow farmers to grow and companies to process industrial hemp, according to Global Hemp Industries. But the Idaho Farm Bureau, represented at a Thursday hearing by Braden Jensen, is asking legislators to change that. “House Bill 126 is a farming, processing, trucking and research bill. House Bill 126 is no...

March 11, 2021 at 10:49 am Tacomas housing market is one of the most competitive ones in the entire nation. (John Lloyd, Flickr Creative Commons) Tacoma has officially unveiled its plan to reimagine its single-family zoning, which would do away with the moniker entirely and divide the city into new categories that encourage what it’s calling “middle housing” options. Tacoma’s history as a city primarily zoned for residential homes dates back to the 1950s. Today, the ...

The Stay Home and Read a Book Ball The Library Foundation of Los Angeles holds the 33rd edition of its "nonevent" that asks guests to stay home, read a book and have a ball any way they see fit. Join chair Claudia Rankine and honorary chairs Misty Copeland, Valeria Luiselli, Michelle Tea and Charles Yu in raising funds for the LAPLs free virtual programming, which has expanded during the pandemic. Eddie Murphy stars as King Akeem in Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to his 1988 comedy,...

The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Johnson and Johnson has passed a Western states safety review. That clears the way for the vaccine to be made

King County judge upholds series of Seattle eviction protections The ordinances upheld by the judge include: A mandate requiring landlords to offer tenants a payment plan option for late rent accrued during, or within six months of the end of Seattle’s pandemic-induced state of emergency A “financial hardship” defense tenants can cite in court to challenge an eviction, also during or within six months of the city’s state of emergency A ban on evictions during winter months, which would ...

Bill to restore voting rights of Washington felons directly after prison passes state House Currently, Washington is one of 18 states that allows a convicted felon to regain their right to vote only after they have completed their probation, even though they are no longer serving a sentence behind bars. Newly-restored voting rights to felons can also be revoked if someone misses a payment on expenses incurred as part of their sentencing, including restitution payments to victims and their famil...

Washington state's Congressional delegation issued a letter to President Biden, calling on him prioritize the reopening of the U.S./Canada border. 

The 19 Carnival Ships Sold During the Cruise Industry Shutdown Published 1 month ago When the cruise industry shut down in 2020, Carnival Corporation announced that at least 13 older ships across several of its cruise brands would be sold or scrapped. The number grew over the coming months, and to date, 18 ships have left the fleets of Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and P&O Cruises, and the line has said one additional ship, for a total of 19, will be sold in the...