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On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 56 new deaths resulting from Covid-19, and 521 new positive cases. While the latest figures show that Covid-19 case rates, hospitalizations and deaths in L.A. continue to fall, new cases and deaths shared today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. Today’s Public Health report

UK pubs face a “bleak future” as they mark a year since being forced to close due to the first coronavirus lockdown. Dave Mountford, a publican and campaigner at the Forum for British Pubs, told Sky News that at least 2,000 pubs have already closed permanently. He said the remainder will need significant financial help.

Last fall, Covid-19 swept through Donald Trump’s White House, infecting dozens including then-First Lady Melania Trump, son Barron and the President himself. On Friday, according to several reports, another outbreak hit the former-president’s post-D.C. home — his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. According to the Associated Press, Mar-a-Lago has “partially closed” a section of the

British Airways and the newspaper group behind the Daily Mirror have become the latest big companies to signal a major switch to working from home. BA said it was considering selling its headquarters near Heathrow because the shift means it may not need so much office space. Reach, the company behind the national Mirror and

“We’re anticipating within five-and-a-half weeks where we can eliminate all of the tiering,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, “and make available vaccines to everybody across the spectrum because supply will exponentially increase.” That was in response to a question about counties “taking away” appointments from those eligible for Coronavirus vaccines due to a

Public sector borrowing rose to £19.1bn last month as the cost of tackling the coronavirus pandemic took a further toll. The sum – which represents the shortfall between the government’s revenues, such as tax, and its spending on things like the NHS – was the highest for February on record. It was a little lower

Talent agent Melisa Spamer, one of two surviving partners at a LLC that operates as Domain Talent, filed a petition today to expel from the company the other, Joe Vance, alleging that the latter had embezzled significant amounts of money over a number of years. “Respondent’s unlawful activity has resumed with additional acts of embezzlement

The chief executive of Asda is to step down following a £6.8bn takeover deal for Britain’s third-biggest grocer. The company confirmed that Roger Burnley would stay on until next year to allow a successor to be identified, moments after Sky News broke a story that he had informed its new owners of his plans to

Jay Martel, a former showrunner for Key & Peele, is seeking class action status for a lawsuit against ViacomCBS and the WGA which he alleges signed a secretive deal that slashed royalties due writers for streaming views of dozens of ViacomCBS series including Key & Peele, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and Tosh.0. The

National Grid is buying the UK’s largest electricity distribution business for £7.8bn and plans to sell its gas transmission arm in a switch it says will enhance its role in delivering “net zero”. The group has agreed to acquire Western Power Distribution (WPD) from America’s PPL corporation in the latest transformation of the utility business

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has slated the NewFronts for May 3 to 6, with Amazon replacing Hulu at the annual week of digital ad pitches. As was the case with last year’s NewFronts, which were pushed to the end of June by the coronavirus pandemic, all presentations this year will be online. The week after

The US central bank has raised expectations of a faster recovery from the coronavirus crisis, signalling it will allow the economy to run hot to drive a recovery in employment. The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate pegged to near zero following its latest policy meeting. But the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) guided,

Korean media group Next Entertainment World has partnered with L.A.’s Library Pictures International, signing a three-year co-financing slate for the production of Korean-language films. A “global local-language content financier focused on industry-leading storytelling,” Library is looking, with NEW, to capitalize on opportunities in the world’s fifth-largest film market, cultivating a diverse set of projects with

New rules to end ‘rewards for failure’ in boardrooms are to be unveiled by ministers this week with the release of a long-awaited white paper on audit and corporate governance reform. Sky News has learnt that the consultation document, which will be published on Thursday, will propose a further review that could make it mandatory

Los Angeles and Orange counties could be reopening even further in two weeks, with Disneyland and other theme parks in the region allowed to open at 25% capacity instead of 15%, movie theaters going from the current 25% to 50% capacity and restaurants doing likewise for indoor dining. According to figures released by the state

Uber is to treat its 70,000 drivers in the UK as workers, meaning they will be entitled to a number of basic employment protections. The ride-hailing app lost a Supreme Court case last month, with a judge ruling that drivers should be classed as workers, not as independent third-party contractors. This means they have access

NBA star LeBron James, who already had a stake in the Fenway Sports Group’s Liverpool soccer club, has become part-owner of the company’s marquee asset: the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Globe first reported the news, which was then confirmed by ESPN. James, a regular on social media, has not yet weighed in. Just prior

The City watchdog has launched criminal proceedings against bank NatWest for allegedly failing to comply with money laundering rules. NatWest is accused by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of failing to adhere to the regulations between November 2011 and October 2016. The case relates to the handling of funds from a single UK incorporated customer

EXCLUSIVE: “That’s the first time I’ve seen the movie in a movie theater; I get chills,” beamed filmmaker Eddie Huang tonight watching his feature directorial Boogie at the AMC Century City 15. “My mother is in that first scene, and I just had to see how it looks,” he gushed. The director and writer of the