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Several SoCal beaches under high bacteria warning

Holiday beachgoers enjoying the surf at Venice Beach. (David McNew/Getty Images)

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Here’s what counts as proof of COVID vaccination in L.A. …

Pictured are examples of approved California vaccination records. (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

Vaccinated middle and high school students in L.A. County …

Andrew Lai, 12, receives his COVID-19 vaccine at St. John's Well Child & Family Center at Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles on May 13, 2021. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

L.A. County residents who get vaccinated starting Friday …

Fans watch home runs at batting practice before the game between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on April 10, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. (Harry How/Getty Images)

L.A. County partners with Metrolink to open COVID-19 vaccination …

Liesl Eibschutz, a medical student from Dartmouth University, loads a syringe with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles in this undated photo. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County closes Six Flags Magic Mountain mass COVID-19 …

People sit in their cars in an observation area where they are checked for possible side effects after getting their vaccine shot at the large scale COVID-19 vaccination center set up at Six Flags Magic Mountain on Feb. 2, 2021 in Valencia. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

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L.A. County health officials warn against drinking …

Dining indoors is still risky, L.A. County officials …

People dine outdoors at a restaurant in Huntington Beach on Jan. 26, 2021. (Allen J. Schaben/ Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County will likely qualify to move into red …

Restaurant workers sit during a break as Super Bowl LV plays on televisions in the shuttered indoor section of a restaurant on Feb. 7, 2021 in Los Angeles.(Mario Tama/Getty Images)

West Covina City Council votes to separate from L.A. …

A West Covina City Council meeting on Feb. 23, 2021, is seen in a screen grab from YouTube.

L.A. County elementary schools may be eligible to …

An undated photo shows an after-school enrichment program at Rio Vista Elementary School in El Monte, where students have been unable to take their regular classes on campus. That could soon change if coronavirus infection rates continue to drop. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times

L.A. County’s pandemic death toll surpasses 15,000

Chaplain Kristin Michealsen holds the hand of a deceased COVID-19 patient while talking on the phone with the patient's family member at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2021. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

L.A. County residents who are 65 and older can sign …

People pull up in their vehicles for Covid-19 vaccines in the parking lot of The Forum in Inglewood on Jan. 19, 2021. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)