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A mid-turbinate nasal swab PCR test is administered at a same-day coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Los Angeles is the epicenter of California's surge that is expected to get worse in coming weeks when another spike is expected after people traveled or gathered for Christmas and New Year's. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) passes to wide receiver Robert Woods (17) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Whitworth hopes return will boost Rams’ struggling offense

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, Dr. Mher Onanyan tends to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. In hard-hit Los Angeles County, the total COVID-19 death toll has reached 10,850 and confirmed cases topped 818,000 on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - Director Bryan Fogel, left, and Hatice Cengiz pose for a portrait to promote &quot;The Dissident,&quot; a film about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 24, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)

Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, medical workers prepare to manually prone a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, reporting the grim milestone Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, as it continues to face a surge that has swamped hospitals and pushed nurses and doctors to the breaking point as they brace for an anticipated surge after the holidays. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Los Angeles mayor says virus spreading within households

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, June 20, 2016 file photo, smoke from wildfires burning in Angeles National Forest fills the sky behind the Los Angeles skyline. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated the risk for every county in America for 18 types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanos and even tsunamis. And of the more than 3,000 counties, Los Angeles County has the highest ranking in the National Risk Index. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US

By BY SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, medical workers prepare to manually prone a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, reporting the grim milestone Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, as it continues to face a surge that has swamped hospitals and pushed nurses and doctors to the breaking point as they brace for an anticipated surge after the holidays. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California reports a record 585 virus deaths in single day

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) is sacked by Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Leonard Floyd (54) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund)

Rams LB Leonard Floyd has abdominal pain, goes to hospital

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, center, high-fives forward Serge Ibaka (9) during a timeout in the second quarter of the team's NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. Leonard did not play due to injury. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Clippers rebound from 51-point debacle to top Wolves 124-101

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 file photo, Los Angeles Rams quarterback John Wolford (9) gestures during an NFL preseason football game against the Denver Broncos in Los Angeles. Wolford will make his NFL debut for the Rams on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 against Arizona after nearly two full seasons as a backup in which he never took a snap. Wolford says he is confident in his ability to succeed with no experience. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Cashing in: Rams QB Wolford to make high-profile NFL debut

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2019 file photo, Ryan Seacrest attends the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront in New York. Most folks have slowed down in the past nine months but Seacrest says he's been juggling more than normal during the pandemic. This week, he will return to New York's Times Square to host “Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” The broadcast will be closed to the public except for a small group of front line workers. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Slow down? Never. Ryan Seacrest says he’s busier than ever

By ALICIA RANCILIO - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows Justice Everett holds his dog Rocky inside the San Diego Convention Center on Oct. 28, 2020. San Diego got millions more in homeless assistance than usual under the CARES Act, after Congress mandated HUD's homeless formula be changed temporarily to better reflect. (Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)

Calculating homeless aid has relied on a flawed formula

By ANDY BLYE and AUSTIN FAST - Associated Press

In this Dec. 16, 2020, photo released by Harvey Smith, he poses for a photo as he makes his round on the U.S.-owned Horizon Spirit getting overhauled at the dock in Nantong, eastern China's Jiangsu Province. The crew of the Horizon Spirit plan to spend Christmas looking after their 800-foot (240-meter) long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard while they are barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to coronavirus restrictions. (Harvey Smith via AP)

Anti-virus controls strand merchant sailors aboard ships

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

A boy chases a bird on an empty Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. The strains of mariachi trios have fallen silent and the fragrance of taquitos frying has become less pungent. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Historic heart of Los Angeles on life support from COVID-19

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Los Angeles retires ShakeAlertLA quake warning app

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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff walks off the field after a loss to the New York Jets during an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LA Rams embarrassed, uncertain after loss to winless Jets

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) tries to pass as New York Jets defensive end Henry Anderson (96) makes a tackle in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Inglewood, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Rams squander division lead, playoff berth with loss to Jets

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

Singer Dustin Brayley and actor Meredith Patterson outside the Alpine Theatre Project Garage in Whitefish, Mont. on Dec. 10, 2020. (Hunter D'Antuono/Flathead Beacon via AP)

Pandemic prompts stage talent to move to northwest Montana

By MAGGIE DRESSER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti casts his election ballot with his daughter, Maya, in Los Angeles. Garcetti said Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 that his now 9-year-old daughter, Maya, has tested positive for COVID-19, and that he and his wife are quarantining at home. Garcetti said his daughter Maya felt ill on Monday, developed a fever and tested positive for COVID-19. He said he and his wife, Amy, have tested negative. Garcetti also said that he told the incoming Biden Administration earlier this week that he would not leave Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Facing crisis, LA’s Garcetti ends talk of Biden Cabinet post

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold gestures after coming up short on a third down play against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Darnold comes home with winless Jets to face vaunted Rams D

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press