Los Angeles will shut off water and power for nonessential businesses that refuse to close

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA ) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti opened his daily briefing Tuesday recognizing what may have been the first teenage COVID-19 death in L.A. County and went on to announce actions against nonessential businesses that don’t close and a new portal for recruiting medics.

He reminded young people that the virus can hit them too, urging them to stay at home and practice social distancing.

"Your behavior can save a life and take a life," Garcetti said. "And that life could be yours.”

The mayor addressed President Trump’s remarks from earlier Tuesday about having the nation "opened up and just raring to go by Easter." Garcetti said he didn’t think L.A. would be back to normal "in that short time."

"We won’t extend it one day longer than we need to," Garcetti said, but emphasized that the "safer at home" measure had to be followed through.

The mayor said L.A. is six to 12 days behind New York in being hit with a wave of positive cases. "The peak is not here yet," he said. "It will be bad." Garcetti emphasized the need for medical workers who can test, treat, heal and tend to coronavirus […]

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