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Ryan Seacrest stepped out with his much younger girlfriendAubrey Paige on Saturday night to attend the LACMA 2022 Collectors Committee Gala in Los Angeles.Held at theLos Angeles County Museum of Art, the annual event promises 'art, food and wine, and fun' as committee members 'vote for artworks to joinLACMA's permanent collection.'Seacrest, 47, looked dapper in a black fitted suit while posing for photos inside with the lovely 24-year-old by his side. Going strong:Ryan Seacrest stepped out with his much younger girlfriend Aubrey Paige on Saturday night to attend the LACMA 2022 Collectors Committee Gala in Los AngelesThe longtime American Idol host finished his stylish ensemble with a partially unbuttoned black dress shirt and a pair of black leather shoes.Paige looked demure in a black gown with a modest neckline and a skirt that slightly ruffled towards the bottom.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLos Angeles County will drop its indoor mask mandate on Friday for indoor venues where patrons are required to show proof of vaccination to enter, including theaters and restaurants.The state of California dropped its indoor mask mandate last Wednesday, but some counties have kept their mandates in place due to local transmission rates. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the L.A.

Star Trek: Picard has shut down production after more than 50 cast and crew members tested positive for COVID-19.Filming has been suspended since Monday, the show's first day back from the holiday hiatus, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The Paramount Plus series reportedly has one of the biggest crews working in television today, with over 450 people on set. Shut down:Star Trek: Picard has shut down production after more than 50 cast and crew members tested positive for COVID-19 Big crew:The Paramount Plus series reportedly has one of the biggest crews working in television today, with over 450 people on setWhile no specifics were given about who tested positive, though the outbreak was said to have spread to multiple 'zones' on the set, including Zone A which features the primary cast.Sources claim filming could resume early next week, perhaps even sooner, though no official timetable was given.

Ellise Shafer editorLos Angeles County officials have announced a new stay-at-home order to take effect Monday, Nov. 30.The three-week order was announced on Friday, as the county confirmed 4,544 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 new deaths.

Peta Murgatroyd recently finished up her run on season 29 of Dancing with the Stars.And theNew Zealand-born dancer is focusing on her family, as she tries for baby number two with husbandMaksim Chmerkovskiy.She andMaksim couldn't keep their hands off each other as they enjoyed a romantic stroll to dinner atZinqué in West Hollywood, ahead ofLos Angeles County's dining restrictions.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s chief science officer, Dr. Paul Simon, said that the county will report a daily coronavirus case number that tops 2,000 on Thursday, reaching a level not seen since early July.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s coronavirus transmission rate — the average number of people a COVID patient infects with the virus — has made a troubling rise in the past seven days. According to the county Department of Health Services, that rate was 0.95 a week ago and 1.02 as of Wednesday.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsLos Angeles County Public Health reported 28 new deaths and an additional 1,285 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County reported only one new coronavirus-related death on Monday. Officials were quick to point out that reporting lags over the weekend were likely contributing to the low number.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed another 1,401 COVID-19 cases today, the highest daily total recorded in the past two weeks, further fueling concerns of a post-Labor Day surge, but hospitalization numbers were still holding steady.Health officials have been fearing a rise in cases similar to those seen after the Memorial Day and Fourth of July holidays, when quarantine-weary residents took advantage of newly opened businesses and flocked to beaches and gatherings.The county reported four consecutive days of 1,000-plus new cases last week, and again for three straight days this week, culminating in Friday’s two-week high.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County could reopening more widely sometime in October, the county’s public health director said on Wednesday. But, said Barbara Ferrer, Labor Day numbers could potentially thwart that move.The county is in the most restrictive, or “purple,” level of California’s four-tier virus-tracking roadmap.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer, denied on Tuesday that plans for reopening school campuses amid the coronavirus pandemic are politically linked to the upcoming election, saying comments she made on a conference call last week were only referencing an early November time frame.“It had nothing to do with the election per se, as much as it had to do with — we need about six weeks of implementation for the school openings that are going to be happening so that we can have a lot of assessment data that will help guide and inform any decisions we make,” Ferrer told the Board of Supervisors.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Coronavirus Update: “As we approach the Labor day weekend, we must look at the lessons of these past few months…QWe most forgo our holiday traditions.”Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu DavisCounty’s positovity rate is “nearly double” what it takes to move into tier 2.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director today hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five of the state’s six coronavirus-monitoring benchmarks.Barbara Ferrer expressed optimism about the positive trends in most coronavirus-tracking measures. She said the county falls short only in the rate of new cases, which stands at a 14-day daily average of 295 new cases per 100,000 residents.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles County director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Monday that there were 19 new deaths reported in the region from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena to 4,996 since the outbreak began in March.The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Ferrer says they have not received and have not processed.Still, the latest county coronavirus numbers released today continued downward trends Ferrer said during a news conference made her “cautiously optimistic.” L.A. County reported 1,920 new cases for the day, which she said was a a fairly accurate count despite the data backlog that has dogged the state.

Detail, the Grammy-winning music producer who worked on records for Beyonce, Drake, Lil Wayne and many more, was arrested Wednesday (Aug. 5) in Los Angeles on multiple sexual assault charges.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Wednesday that the region had recorded 4,825 new coronavirus infections. That’s a record number of new cases.

Alexandra Del Rosario editorLos Angeles County on Tuesday reported a total of 2,708 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 numbers, with the county’s Department of Public Health announcing 51 new deaths from the virus. It said it anticipates receiving a backlog of cases in the following days due to reporting delays, with three hospitals not reporting data today.With the new cases, the county has a total of 178,642 positive COVID-19 cases and 4,426 deaths to date.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer revealed on Monday the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the region’s healthcare workers.While it was well documented that the virus ravaged the area’s nursing home patients in the early stages of L.A.’s battle with COVID-19, less has been said about the toll on healthcare workers themselves.A total of 11,841 healthcare workers and first responders in L.A. County have been infected with the coronavirus, according to Ferrer.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported the county currently has 2,232 patients hospitalized due to the coronavirus. The previous high was 2,216, set just the day before.