| | | | | The news for Sunday, January 16, 2022 |
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Authorities Step Up Patrols of Southland Synagogues After Texas Hostage Standoff Los Angeles-area law enforcement authorities Sunday are continuing to monitor local Jewish houses of worship following a 12-hour standoff with a suspect at a synagogue in suburban Dallas who held four people hostage before he was shot and killed. All of the hostages, which included a rabbi, were released unharmed, Texas authorities said late Saturday. […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise to Nearly 1,200 Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increased to 1,194 Saturday, up from 1,154 a day earlier, according to the latest state figures. The number of those patients in intensive care rose from 171 to 178. Many coronavirus patients entered the hospital for other reasons and only discovered they had COVID after a mandated test, but the rising […]
Person Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash on Freeway in Westminster A person was killed Sunday morning in a multi-vehicle traffic crash on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Westminster, authorities said. The crash occurred about 4:45 a.m. on the northbound freeway at Westminster Boulevard, the California Highway Patrol reported. It involved an SUV and a sedan, the CHP said, and possibly another vehicle crashing into […]
LA County Reports 66 COVID Deaths — Highest Daily Toll Since April Los Angeles County has reported 66 new deaths associated with the coronavirus — the most COVID-related fatalities reported in one day since April 2, 2021. The majority of deaths reported Saturday and this past week occurred in people who became infected after Dec. 20, when the Omicron variant was circulating widely, according to the Los […]
Kingdom Day Committee Hosting COVID Testing in Lieu of Canceled Parade For a second straight year, the streets around Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue in South Los Angeles — the starting point of the traditional Kingdom Day Parade — will be quiet on MLK Day. The annual parade, which honors the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his national holiday and traditionally […]
COVID Cancels Some MLK Day Events in Los Angeles Area Los Angeles’ premier annual event to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day — the Kingdom Day Parade in South L.A. — has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still a number of MLK-related events set for Monday holiday. Here are some of them: — at 9 a.m., the Congress of Racial […]
Southland Beaches Reopen After Closing During Day-LongTsunami Warning Most Southland beaches are open Sunday after a tsunami advisory, prompted by an underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, left much of the coastal shoreline closed Saturday. “No further tsunami danger exists, however some areas may continue to experience small sea level changes,” the National Weather Service said in an advisory issued early Sunday. […]
Palm Springs and Coachella to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Sunday Coachella and Palm Springs will host a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance ceremony Sunday. The 2 p.m. commemoration will be held outside the Coachella Library located at 1500 Sixth St., and is themed “Bridging the Communities of the Coachella Valley,” officials said. The program, celebrating the accomplishments of the slain civil rights leader, will […]
COVID-Positive Patients in Riverside County Hospitals Surpass 1,000 The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals has surpassed 1,000, according to the latest state figures. There were 1,006 patients with the coronavirus at county hospitals as of Saturday, up from 991 on Friday. The number of those patients in intensive care was 152, up one from Friday. Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton […]
Union Pacific Train Derails In Lincoln Heights, 17 Cars Off Track A Union Pacific train derailed in Lincoln Heights Saturday. The derailment happened at the intersection of San Pablo Street and Valley Boulevard, which was then blocked for the foreseeable future, according to USC, which has its Health Science Campus nearby. The derailment occurred around 4:30 p.m. near an area where thousands of empty boxes were […]
One Year Ago Today (January 16, 2021)…L.A. County Surpasses 1 Million COVID-19 Cases, Reports 253 More Deaths One Year Ago Today (January 16, 2021)…Los Angeles County surpassed 1 million cases of the coronavirus, as officials reported 14,669 new cases of COVID-19 and 253 additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 1,003,923 cases and 13,741 fatalities. The county’s public health department also confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same […]
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