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Four-Alarm Blaze Damages Commercial Building in Orange A fire and explosion at a foam manufacturing company in Orange destroyed a storage area and two vehicles early Wednesday, but no one was hurt. The four-alarm blaze began around 12:20 a.m. at Foamex International, in the 2000 block of Batavia Street, with large orange flames leaping toward the sky that could be seen from […]
Man Barricaded in Building in Downtown LA Area A man who may be armed was barricaded in an apartment in a high-rise building in the downtown Los Angeles area Wednesday, authorities said. Officers went to the building near 12th and Figueroa streets before 6 a.m. to serve a search warrant, and the man refused to come out of the residence, according to the […]
Orange County’s January COVID Death Toll Continues to Mount Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and case rates continued a downward trend Wednesday, but January’s death toll continued to rise with 25 more fatalities logged. All but one of the deaths reported Tuesday occurred in January, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The first fatality for February was also logged, with a death on […]
Mask Mandate Remains in LA County; Barger Again Pushes for Reevaluation Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 indoor mask-wearing mandate will remain in place, despite the state lifting its requirement for vaccinated people next week, but county Supervisor Kathryn Barger renewed her call for a re-evaluation of the local rule, saying it will create confusion among residents. Barger also said the criteria put forward by the county Department […]
Jury Trials to Resume in Federal Courts In light of the declining number of COVID-19 cases among court personnel in the Central District of California, federal courts will resume civil and criminal jury trials on Feb. 22 — the earliest date jurors can be called in for service. The Central District continued its suspension of jury trials last month due to the […]
Man Found Under Palmdale Underpass Identified County authorities Wednesday released the name of a man who was found dead in Palmdale. The Los Angeles County Coroner identified Rafael Nungaray, 56, as the victim deputies from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station found at approximately 10:22 p.m. Monday under an underpass of the Antelope (14) Freeway at West Avenue Q and Division Street, said […]
County Authorities Identify Woman Found Dead in Green Meadows A pedestrian killed in the Green Meadows area of South Los Angeles in a vehicular crash was identified Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified Stephanie Mendoza, 30, as the victim of the collision. The crash occurred just before 11 p.m. Sunday at 105th Street and Avalon Boulevard, according to Los Angeles Police Department […]
Average LA, Orange County Gas Prices Again Rise to Record Highs The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent Wednesday to $4.746, its fifth record high in six days, while the Orange County average price set a record for the sixth time in seven days. The Los Angeles County average price has risen nine of […]
Riverside County’s COVID Hospitalizations Continue to Drop A significant backlog of data from the state created an increase of 110,654 in total confirmed COIVD-19 cases in Riverside County, although COVID-positive patients in county hospitals continue to drop, according to the latest data. The Riverside University Health System announced that the number of COVID-positive patients in county hospitals dropped from 686 to 664 […]
Nine-Day Streak of Rising Gas Prices Ends in Riverside County A nine-day streak of increases that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County to its highest amount since Oct. 12, 2012, ended Wednesday with a decrease of two-tenths of a cent to $4.653. The price rose 6.2 cents during the streak, including a half-cent on Tuesday, according to […]
One Year Ago Today (February 9, 2021)…Authorities ID Armed Assault Suspect Shot, Killed by Authorities in La Quinta One Year Ago Today (February 9, 2021)…Authorities publicly identified a Coachella Valley man who was fatally shot by a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and California Highway Patrol officer following a high-speed pursuit in La Quinta. Javier Magdaleno, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Jan. 29 shooting in the area of Jefferson Street […]
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