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Santa Monica Pier Closes Through MLK Day Amid Pandemic
Sunny weather and a three-day weekend are prompting Santa Monica officials to close the Santa Monica Pier temporarily.

Sunny weather and a three-day weekend are prompting Santa Monica officials to close the Santa Monica Pier temporarily.

The Sunday Supper movement is catching on, but putting together a decent meal is a struggle for 216,000 people in Alameda County.
An online campaign has raised more than $20,000 to support the program, which will buy meals from restaurants and donate them to the needy.
Close to 250 people are expected to be vaccinated.
An early morning fire that started at a homeless encampment spread to a vacant building along the Venice Beach boardwalk.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Dublin cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Livermore cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Pleasanton cases.
Contra Costa County has posted a Vaccine Appointment-Request Form​ online. It is all for healthcare workers and anyone age 65 or older.
If you are a Disneyland Annual Passport holder, you may be in for a refund, and discounts still apply. Still, pass holders mourn the loss.
In a grim sign of the times, a mobile morgue is slated to arrive at a Santa Monica cemetery in response to the pandemic crisis.
Open for about a month now, Hazy Barbecue in Danville isn't letting a pandemic stop it from proudly serving up some tasty Texas-style BBQ.
UCLA nurses Wednesday urged the hospital to provide better staffing protections for nurses and patients.
Santa Monica City Council Tuesday night voted to implement "hero pay" for grocery and drug store workers in the city.
Two LA City Council members introduced a motion Tuesday to stop the city's mandatory cleanups of homeless encampments and replace them.
The Santa Monica Pier will also close Thursday and Saturday as temperatures climb into the 70s this week, city officials announced.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Berkeley cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Albany cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Alameda cases.
County has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Castro Valley cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest San Leandro cases
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Union City cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Newark cases.
The county has released an online form for residents to fill out: "We will notify you when a vaccine is available." Latest Fremont cases.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Pleasant Hill.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Pinole, Hercules.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Martinez.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Concord.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Walnut Creek.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in Lamorinda.
The county is working to dramatically increase the number of people who receive vaccinations daily. Latest cases/deaths in El Cerrito.
Santa Monica city officials are urging the public to stay home during surging coronavirus cases, closing the pier for weekends in January.
LA County plans to add five more vaccination sites, in addition to Dodger Stadium, by next week, officials said. Curative testing will end.
Coronavirus testing will end at Dodger Stadium with vaccine distribution starting at the end of the week.
Bloomingdale's will close its Santa Monica store, company officials announced this week.
Coronavirus hospitalizations set another new record Wednesday, with officials warning the post-holiday surge is yet to come.
Funds will benefit residents facing food insecurity, advance racial equity work and support small businesses.
It’s gotten so bad that Los Angeles County officials are warning paramedics to conserve it.
Jhonae Mazique doesn’t feel like the person she was before the pandemic. The coronavirus stripped the 25-year-old of her job as a reserv ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to double stimulus aid by putting an additional $600 into the hands of low-wage Californians.