Tag: Mayor Eric Garcetti

LA mayor announces free COVID-19 testing for essential, frontline workers showing no symptoms

EAGLE NEWS — As the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, Los Angeles county accounts for 19,133 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Nearly half of the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state of California, at 42,810. In an effort to flatten the curve more quickly, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, coordinated with nonprofit emergency response organization, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and LA Fire and Personnel departments (LAFPD), to expand free testing […]

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Los Angeles mayor declares April 25 “La La Land Day”

(Reuters) — Brightly dressed dancers abseiled down the facade of Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday (April 25) as Mayor Eric Garcetti declared the day to be ‘La La Land Day’ in the city. The declaration honors the Oscar-winning musical romance that tells the story of a struggling actress who falls in love with a jazz musician, set against the backdrop of a dreamy Los Angeles. “A day when you can celebrate your dreams, you […]

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Los Angeles to launch bike-sharing program

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles announced Wednesday it would launch a bike-share program in July, following in the footsteps of other cities across the country. Mayor Eric Garcetti said that starting July 7, nearly 1,000 bicycles would be placed in the downtown area for short-term rentals by commuters in the most traffic-clogged city in the United States. “Residents and visitors from around the world can … check out a bike and see […]

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