Long-term care facilities have made COVID testing requirements stricter just as tests have become harder to find. Now visitors can’t get inside. LA Fire Department Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley has been tapped to become the next fire chief, which would make her the first woman to ever lead the LAFD. A proposed bill would change when OC residents vote for the Board of Education, from the primary to the general election. Critics say the change is partisan and would create the same problem it’s intended to fix.