It’s Friday, July 31st. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high in the mid-90s and a low tonight of 67. Our top story: U-S-C is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus across the university’s Greek row. The school has detected around 40 positive COVID-19 cases involving individuals living on 28th Street, which is where many fraternity groups associated with the university are based.

It’s Thursday, July 30th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 90 degrees and a low tonight of 68. Our top story: California has again broken a new record for the most coronavirus-related deaths in a single day. 174 deaths were reported on Tuesday. And it's the 3rd time this month that California has broken a single-day record for deaths and the 2nd time in just a week.

It’s Wednesday, July 29th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will host partly sunny skies, with a high of 85 and a low around 62. Our top story: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to damage the California economy, state lawmakers are weighing whether to provide a supplemental unemployment benefit with the extra $600 per week provided by the federal government expiring this month.

It’s Tuesday, July 28th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and a low tonight of 61. Our top story: Governor Gavin Newsom said that he will send “strike teams” to 8 counties in the Central Valley where Latino residents have been disproportionately harmed by the spread of the coronavirus.

It’s Monday, July 27th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and a low tonight of 61. Our top story: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state would start an aggressive COVID-19 testing regime for its health employees who inspect nursing homes.

It’s Friday, July 24th. I’m Lynn Norris, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and a low tonight of 60. Our top story: The Los Angeles Police Department is reviewing its operational structure from top to bottom. At least, that’s what officials said. The revamped L-A-P-D will have hundreds of fewer officers to deploy by this time next year.

It’s Thursday, July 23rd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be sunny for the most part, with a high around 80 degrees and a low tonight of 60. Our top story: California now has the most confirmed coronavirus infections of any state, surpassing New York by more than a thousand. Overall, a surge in California has pushed the case count past 409,000 as of yesterday.

It’s Wednesday, July 22nd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 80 degrees and a low tonight of 60. Our top story: President Trump directed his administration yesterday to exclude immigrants in the country illegally when calculating how many seats in Congress each state gets after the 2020 census. Critics denounced the move as unconstitutional.

It’s Tuesday, July 21st. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s and a low tonight of 62. Our top story: Hair salons and barbershops in California can now operate outdoors. Governor Gavin Newsom issued new guidance yesterday that says outdoor services are allowed if customers and stylists wear masks and meet other safety requirements.

It’s Monday, July 20th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 82 and a low tonight of 64. Our top story: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said yesterday that LA opened too quickly, and again warned that the city was close to imposing some type of new stay-at-home order as coronavirus cases continued to skyrocket.