| | | | The news for Thursday, December 2, 2021
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County Health Officials Again Push COVID Vaccines as Omicron Appears in State  The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County ticked upward slightly in its latest data, while health officials again urged people to get vaccinated or receive a booster shot in response to the discovery in Northern California of the Omicron variant of the virus. The Omicron variant was first identified in South […]
  
Too Early to Tell What Effect Omicron Poses, UCI Expert Says In the wake of the announcement that the first U.S. case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in San Francisco, the head of UC Irvine’s COVID-19 response team said it is too early to gauge the impact the new mutation will have. “It’s in the very, very early days right […]
Suspect in Irvine Domestic Incident Arrested A suspect who was barricaded for several hours in an apartment in Irvine is in police custody Thursday. The suspect, who police say was involved in an earlier domestic incident and who was believed to be armed and dangerous, was arrested by Irvine Police Department officers at approximately 2:30 a.m., ending the seven-hour plus standoff. […]
No-Burn Order Extended for Much of Southland Through Thursday evening  The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Thursday evening due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban was extended for a sixth consecutive day Wednesday, and will be in effect through […]
Riverside County Reports 11 New COVID-Related Deaths Riverside County reported 450 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 new virus-related deaths in its latest data, but coronavirus hospitalizations remained the same. The number of COVID patients hospitalized in the county was 238 Wednesday, the same as Tuesday, according to the Riverside University Health System. The number of those patients in intensive care was […]
Parolee to Be Sentenced for Stealing Humvee from Army Base in Upland A parolee faces sentencing Thursday for stealing a military Humvee worth more than $200,000 from an Army Reserve Center in Upland and leading police on a brief chase. Armando Garcia, 30, of Pomona pleaded guilty in August to a federal charge of theft of United States government property. At the time of the offense, Garcia […]
Average LA County Gas Price Drops for Fifth Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Thursday for the fifth consecutive day after hitting a record high, decreasing four-tenths of a cent to $4.702. The average price has dropped 1.4 cents over the past five days, including three-tenths of a cent Wednesday, according to figures from […]
Indio Prepares for Holiday Tree Lighting Indio will have its annual tree-lighting event Thursday evening. The in-person tree-lighting event will be at 5 p.m. between City Hall and the Indio Public Library, at 100 Civic Center Mall. Festivities include the lighting of Indio’s 14-year-old “Holiday Tree” and performances from the Shadow Hills High School carolers, the Academy of Musical Performance, Desert […]
Los Angeles Marks World AIDS Day with Free Concert, Memorial Ceremony World AIDS Day, which is recognized across the globe as a means of raising awareness of the disease and its continued impact, was observed in Los Angeles Wednesday with a free concert at the Forum organized by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and a ceremony at The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Park. The […]
No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers  There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is expected to grow to $264 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. […]
One Year Ago Today (December 2, 2020)…Del Taco Settles Sexual Harassment Suit One Year Ago Today (December 2, 2020)…Lake Forest-based Del Taco Restaurants Inc. will pay $1.25 million and make changes to settle a lawsuit which alleged sexual harassment and retaliation against female employees at its Rancho Cucamonga-area stores, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Del Taco’s general manager and shift […]
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