It’s Friday, October 2nd. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be very sunny and hot again, with a high around 100 degrees and a low tonight of 67. Our top story: California's larger counties will not be permitted to reopen their economies further unless they can reduce coronavirus infections in the hardest hit places. Those include where the poor, Latinos, Black people, and Pacific Islanders live.