| | | | | The news for Friday, August 14, 2020 |
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‘Dangerous’ Southland Heat Wave Prompts Wildfire Warning A heat wave will create “dangerously hot conditions” in the Southland Friday and over the coming days, along with an “elevated danger” of wildfire, the National Weather Service said. A heat advisory will be in force from 11 a.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday in L.A. County’s coastal zone — beach cities, metropolitan Los Angeles, […]
LA County Health Officer Again Urges Businesses to Heed Virus Prevention Order Los Angeles County’s health officer has urged business owners to follow coronavirus-prevention measures, stressing that lower-income essential workers are paying the price for lapses. Citing continuing outbreaks at large employment centers, Dr. Muntu Davis Thursday highlighted several current outbreaks, including an 84-patient outbreak among 10 UPS facilities scattered across the county. “We continue to see […]
Lakers to Begin Playoffs Tuesday The Los Angeles Lakers will play their 2020 NBA playoffs opener Tuesday against the Portland Trail Blazers or Memphis Grizzlies in their first playoff game since April 28, 2013. After missing the playoffs for a franchise record-six consecutive seasons, the Lakers had a 52-19 record in the coronavirus-interrupted 2019-20 season, the best in the Western […]
OC Reports 348 New COVID-19 Cases and 24 More Deaths Twenty-four more people have succumbed to COVID-19, raising the county’s death toll to 769, with 348 more coronavirus cases reported, hiking the cumulative total to 42,171. Case counts have been up and down since Sunday as officials catch up on the backlog with the state’s system, but Orange County Health Care Agency officials reported Thursday […]
Possible Jumper Prompts Closure of Stretch of Freeway in Pasadena A person threatening to jump from an overpass prompted the closure Friday morning of a stretch of the southbound Long Beach (710) Freeway in Pasadena. A man was spotted on the bridge over the Del Mar Boulevard offramp about 11:45 p.m. Thursday and authorities have been working to get the man down safely, according to […]
Firefighters Reach 5% Containment of 11,000-Acre Lake Hughes Fire A fire burning near the Lake Hughes area has destroyed three structures, scorched 11,000 acres and was 5% contained Friday morning as firefighters braced for dangerously hot weather caused by a heat wave this weekend. “Near critical fire weather conditions could develop Friday afternoon and evening as gusty onshore winds could combine with warm and […]
Fires Spur Air Quality Advisories for San Gabriel, Santa Clarita Valleys Smoke from fires burning in Azusa and near Castaic prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District Friday to issue advisories calling for people to limit their outdoor exposure. Winds may bring smoke and ash from the Lake Fire burning north of Castaic into portions of the Santa Clarita Valley and from the Ranch Fire […]
Small Quake Hits near Salton City A small earthquake Friday rattled a section of Imperial County near Riverside County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor struck with a magnitude of 3.1 at 2:05 a.m. at a depth of nearly 5 miles, its epicenter 3 miles southwest of Salton City and 30 miles south-southeast of Coachella, according to a computer-generated USGS […]
Los Angeles City, County Cooling Centers Open for Hot Weekend Los Angeles city and county will open cooling centers Friday to give residents a place to escape the heat wave expected to continue through the weekend. The city’s Department of Recreation and Parks and the county’s Emergency Operations Center said cooling centers will be activated at specified facilities to help residents as temperatures reach above […]
Ranch Fire Grows To 3,000 Acres, But No Longer Burning Toward Azusa Homes A brush fire in Azusa grew to 3,000 acres Thursday evening and was 0% contained, but no longer burning toward homes. The Ranch Fire was reported about 2:45 p.m. near North San Gabriel Canyon Road and North Ranch Road, according to the Azusa Police Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which called in […]
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