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Top LA news: Governor calls for bars, wineries to close, urges those age 65-plus to stay home; more

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Published on March 16, 2020
Top LA news: Governor calls for bars, wineries to close, urges those age 65-plus to stay home; morePhoto: Adriel Hampton/Flickr

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Los Angeles.

LAX police officer tests positive for COVID-19

A Los Angeles Airport Police officer has tested positive for COVID-19, airport officials confirmed Sunday. 

Read the full story on KGET - TV 17 Bakersfield.

Eerily empty freeways a symbol of how  coronavirus has hurt Los Angeles

Free-flowing traffic across Los Angeles seems more a cause for mourning than celebration as the region grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Times.

Governor calls for closure of all bars, wineries and home isolation of everyone 65 and older

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday called for all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs to close in the nation's most populous state.  Residents age 65 and over were asked to self-isolate in their homes, along with the chronically ill, since they are most at risk of dying from the virus.

Read the full story on FOX40.


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