| | | | The news for Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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Crews Halt Progress of Brush Fire on Sepulveda Pass Hillside East of 405  More than 200 firefighters supported by five water-dropping helicopters staged ground and aerial assaults Wednesday on a fire that broke out in a burn scar caused by the Skirball Fire and flared east of the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass in Bel-Air, blackening at least 50 acres before it was declared 15% […]
  
More Hot Weather Plagues Southland Very hot temperatures again will bedevil the Southland Wednesday. Just as on Tuesday, a heat advisory will be in effect Wednesday from 11 in the morning until 7 Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Long Beach and in Orange County, both inland and along the coast. “Hot temperatures may cause […]
Paramount Network Cancels ‘Cops’ in Wake of Protests The Paramount Network has canceled the long-running alternative series “Cops,” the latest fallout of the protests against police brutality following the in-custody death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis officer. “Cops’ is not on the Paramount Network and we don’t have any current or future plans for it to return,” a spokeswoman […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Returns to $3 Mark for First Time Since April 8  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County reached the $3 mark for the first time since April 8 Wednesday, rising 1 cent to $3. The average price has risen 21 of the past 23 days, increasing 12.5 cents, including eight-tenths of a cent Tuesday, according to figures from […]
New Chief Health Officer Takes Over in Orange County Dr. Clayton Chau, director of Orange County’s Health Care Agency, is the new chief health officer following the abrupt resignation of Dr. Nichole Quick, who had faced intense pressure over her order requiring face coverings to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. As part of her settlement agreement, Quick was paid $75,000. Quick, who was […]
Riverside County Reports 384 New Coronavirus Cases, 9 More Deaths Riverside County health officials have announced 384 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and nine more deaths in the largest one-day jump in cases since the pandemic began — although officials cautioned the number accounts for more than 24 hours worth of data following a change in how the county tallies its figures. Infections countywide now stand […]
Vigil in Indio Honors George Floyd, Supervisors Condemn His In-Custody Death A candlelight vigil in honor of George Floyd and other black lives lost to alleged police brutality was held in Indio. Members of the group “We Are Indio” were among about 100 people gathered at Miles Avenue Park, 82540 Miles Ave., southwest of Indio Boulevard Tuesday, and wrote the names of nearly 100 black people […]
Southlanders Continue Protests As George Floyd Is Laid To Rest In Houston Another series of anti-police brutality protests took place across the Southland as funeral services were held in Houston for George Floyd, who died after being pinned to the ground by a white Minneapolis police officer who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes even though the man was unarmed and not resisting. […]
More Than 50 New Coronavirus Deaths Reported In L.A. County  More than 50 new deaths from the coronavirus were reported in Los Angeles County, along with 1,225 additional cases of the virus, as health officials again urged people to monitor themselves for an expanded list of symptoms of the illness. The county Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced 56 new deaths from the virus, […]
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