| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, September 4, 2020
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Death Waits For You At Holiday Parties, Beaches: Another 47 Coronavirus Fatalities In LA County  Los Angeles County health officials made a final plea Friday for residents to celebrate the Labor Day holiday safely and without large parties or gatherings, while also reporting another 47 coronavirus-related deaths. The county also confirmed that beaches will remain open over the holiday weekend, despite concerns about large crowds that might flock to the […]
  
Deputy Shooting Autopsy Kizzee Battle: Sheriff Blames Inspector General’s ‘Administrative Incompetence’  In response to accusations by Inspector General Max Huntsman that the sheriff’s department intentionally held an autopsy of one of their shooting victims without him, Sheriff Alex Villanueva responded by blaming him for “administrative incompetence,” saying he was trying to “distort reality.” Dijon Kizzee was fatally shot by deputies Monday in the unincorporated Westmont area […]
Dangerous Heat Wave Begins Baking Southland A heat wave settled into the Southland Friday, creating “dangerously hot conditions” that will create health-threatening conditions through the Labor Day holiday and cause an increased danger of wildfires. “The very hot conditions through Labor Day will bring an increased threat of large fire activity including fires with large vertical growth,” the National Weather Service […]
CHP: Man Jumps To His Death From Freeway Overpass in Santa Clarita A man jumped to his death Friday from an overpass at State Route 126 over the Golden State (5) Freeway in Santa Clarita, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol was notified at 9:53 a.m. of a “male hanging his leg over the rail,” said CHP Officer Moses Marroquin. The unidentified man subsequently jumped and was […]
DA: Pomona Motel to Take Steps to Curtail Prostitution, Human Trafficking A Pomona motel has agreed to take steps to curtail prostitution and human trafficking on its premises, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Friday. A settlement signed last week requires the owner of Pomona Lodge Inc. to install security cameras at the motel on Holt Avenue, stop renting rooms by the hour and […]
L.A. County Receives Nearly 70,000 Requests for Non-English Language Ballots Nearly 70,000 voters in Los Angeles County submitted requests to receive election materials, including Vote by Mail ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election, in a language other than English, in response to a recent county mailer, according to Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. Registered voters can still request to receive their election materials in one […]
Orange County Reports 24 COVID Deaths, 313 New Cases Orange County health officials reported another 24 coronavirus-related deaths Friday, along with 313 new confirmed cases, but the county still appears on track to reach the next level of the state’s tiered economic-recovery roadmap. The new deaths increased the county’s overall fatalities to 1,042, while a total of 49,258 cases have been confirmed in the […]
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting a Child Police Friday said they have arrested a 25-year-old Norco man suspected of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old child and believe that there may be additional victims. At the time of his arrest, detectives learned that Charles Thomas Lopez was currently out on bail, awaiting trial on charges of a previous child sexual assault, accoriding the Brea […]
USC: Tattoo Ink Could Make Tumors Easier to Treat The ink in a tattoo artist’s needle could be a key in improving the detection of cancer, according to new research announced Friday by the USC Viterbi Department of Biomedical Engineering. Early detection is crucial for patients to have the best possible outcomes from cancer, a disease that will affect more than 38% of Americans […]
ICE: LA’s `Sanctuary’ Policy Hampers Enforcement L.A. County’s “misguided” policy of refusing to turn jailed immigrants over to federal authorities is hampering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts to protect the public, an agency official said Friday. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in agreement with Sheriff Alex Villanueva, voted Tuesday to permanently ban cooperation with ICE agents lacking a […]
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