Magda Maldonado had the 52ft trailer delivered to the Continental Funeral Homes in East Los Angeles Saturday
It was parked next to a 20ft trailer that Maldonado had rented in the summer, but no longer provided enough space for the number of bodies coming in each day
Wood, especially pine, is becoming scarce and making it difficult for enough coffins to be built
California has become the epicenter of the pandemic over the past few weeks with more than 24,000 virus-related deaths
Los Angeles has seen nearly 100,000 new cases in the last week alone
Funeral homes in Los Angeles County are expecting to see the surge in coronavirus cases at least until February
Hollywood has been urged to halt movie production to help contain the outbreak of Covid-19 in California as more than 7,000 people - a record number - are hospitalized with the disease in Los Angeles.
In an email sent on December 24, circulated by FilmLA - the county s non-profit film office - the health department encouraged industry contacts to pause work. Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate, we ask you to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in COVID cases, the email said.
It advised that filmmakers identify and delay higher risk activities, and focus on lower-risk work for now, if at all possible.
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Year in Review Part 3: July
Dec. 29, 2020 at 6:00 am
A court of appeals issued a ruling that reversed a previous order forcing Santa Monica to change the format of its city council elections. Plaintiffs in the CVRA case filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court for a final ruling.
A man was arrested in connection with the arson of Sake House restaurant during the looting on May 31. He was charged with one count of arson, a felony offense that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years.
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars and indoor dining at restaurants to close in most areas of the state for three weeks amid a surge of new coronavirus cases. The revised stay-at-home order affected 19 counties where nearly three-quarters of the state’s roughly 40 million people live including Los Angeles County.