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County Preps for Omicron COVID Variant, But No New Health Orders Expected Yet Los Angeles County is preparing for the anticipated appearance of the newly identified Omicron variant of COVID-19, circulating information to health care providers about risks of international travel and protocols for submitting samples to be tested for the new mutation. But the county’s public health director said despite the appearance of the newly designated “variant […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Climb Orange County saw a jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to data recently released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of hospitalized patients ticked up from 181 Monday to 196 on Tuesday, with the number of intensive care patients climbing from 43 to 52. The county had 24.7% of its ICU beds available […]
Man Shot and Wounded in Hollywood Hills by Suspect in Ski Mask A man is hospitalized Wednesday after he was shot in the Hollywood Hills. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded at 3:29 a.m. to the 6000 block of Graciosa Drive after receiving a shots fired call, said an LAPD spokesman. Officers found a man approximately 30 years -old suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken […]
Sentencing Set for Gang Member Convicted of Murdering Whittier Police Officer Sentencing is set Wednesday for a gang member convicted of opening fire on two Whittier police officers, killing one and wounding the other, along with killing a man in East Los Angeles earlier the same morning. Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, was found guilty Sept. 1 of two counts of first-degree murder and one count each […]
Average LA County Gas Price Drops for Fourth Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day, decreasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.706. This is the first time since Oct. 9-13, 2020, the average price has dropped for at least four consecutive days, according to figures from the AAA and […]
Riverside County Reports No New COVID-Related Deaths Riverside County reported 679 new cases of COVID-19 and no new virus-related deaths, along with an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations in its latest data. The number of COVID patients hospitalized in the county increased to 238 Tuesday, up from 214 on Monday, according to the Riverside University Health System. The number of those patients in […]
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, will be 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. […]
Coroner Identifies Victim of Highland Park Fatal Collision A pedestrian who was hit by a car and killed in Highland Park was identified by county authorities Wednesday. Nicole Higgins, 35, whose city of residence was not disclosed, died after she was struck at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday near Avenue 60, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver remained at the location […]
LA County to Honor 1,780 Unclaimed Dead Los Angeles County will host an online ceremony Wednesday to mark the burial of 1,780 people who died in 2018 but whose remains went unclaimed by relatives or loved ones. Supervisor Janice Hahn, who will speak during the memorial, asked that Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors be adjourned in memory of the dead. […]
No-Burn Order Extended for Much of Southland Through Wednesday The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Wednesday evening due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban was extended for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, and will be in effect through […]
One Year Ago Today (December 1, 2020)…Felon Accused of 1990s Rape Arraigned One Year Ago Today (December 1, 2020)…An ex-con accused of sexually assaulting a Riverside woman a quarter-century ago pleaded not guilty to forcible rape and kidnapping charges. Ralph Leslie Kroll, who also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon to perpetrate a sexual offense, was arrested in August following an investigation by the […]
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