| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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‘Alarming, Dangerous’ Coronavirus Cases Soar To New LA County Record: More Younger Patients Hospitalized The coronavirus continued its alarming spread across Los Angeles County Wednesday, with more than 40 additional fatalities and 2,700 new cases confirmed, and health officials said they would be dramatically expanding access to testing in hard-hit communities. County public health director Barbara Ferrer said hospitalization numbers also continue to increase, with the county seeing its […]
Grim Orange County Coronavirus News: 22 New Deaths, 911 New Cases Twenty-two more people in Orange County have succumbed to COVID-19, officials reported Wednesday, as the countywide death toll rose to 455. The Orange County Health Care Agency also reported 911 more people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the total to 27,031 since the pandemic began. The county has recorded 34 COVID-19 fatalities since […]
Kitten Thrown Into Street Traffic From Car In El Segundo: Do You Know Anything? Authorities were seeking information Wednesday about a person who threw a kitten from a car into traffic in El Segundo. The suspect threw the cat out of the car on Monday about 9:25 a.m. into the street near Continental Boulevard and Grand Avenue, where it was hit by another car, according to the El Segundo […]
Man Arrested After Homemade Illegal Devices Found In Lake Forest Hotel Room A 28-year-old man was being held without bail Wednesday after authorities reported finding several homemade illegal explosive devices and illegal explosive substances in his room at a hotel in Lake Forest. Deputies responded to a call of a disturbance in a room at the Staybridge Suites Irvine East/Lake Forest Hotel at 2 Orchard Road at […]
Orange County Opens New COVID-19 Testing Site in Anaheim Orange County residents began showing up for free COVID-19 screening Wednesday at the Anaheim Convention Center, the first day of the new site meant to ease some of the county’s testing needs. About 100 people passed through the site Wednesday morning, said Molly Nichelson, a spokeswoman for the county. The county is expecting about 600 […]
TV Academy Sues Beverly Hills Auction House Over Valerie Harper’s Emmys The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is suing to block a Beverly Hills auction house from selling Valerie Harper’s Emmy statuettes because the sale this week would tarnish the award, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court. Harper’s four Emmy Awards from her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler […]
Case Expected to be Dismissed Against Social Workers Charged in Boy’s Death A judge is expected to dismiss charges Thursday against four social workers who were accused of failing to protect an 8-year-old Antelope Valley boy whose mother and her boyfriend were convicted of his May 2013 torture death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced in February that “state […]
Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Reassigned After Social Media Posts on Guardado Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s chief of staff is being reassigned after facing criticism for recent social media posts in which he said Andres Guardado, the 18-year-old who was fatally shot in the back by a deputy in the Gardena area last month, “chose his fate,” authorities confirmed Wednesday. The sheriff’s department has initiated […]
Man Killed by Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies in Palm Desert Identified A man who was fatally shot by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responding to an alarm call at a gun store in Palm Desert was publicly identified Wednesday as a 33-year-old resident of the city. Aaron Solorio Granados died at the scene of the shooting reported in the 41-000 block of Boardwalk on June 23, according […]
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