| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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Halloween Trick-Or-Treat Ban Rescinded For LA County, But It’s Still Coronavirus Dangerous: New Deaths Revealed  Warning again that holiday gatherings can lead to spikes in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County’s public health director said Wednesday residents should begin planning safer ways to celebrate upcoming fall holidays, but the county backed down from its previously announced ban on trick-or-treating for Halloween. “Our guidelines have been slightly revised, so we’d ask that […]
  
Hilary Swank Sues Film Union Health Plan: Two-Time Oscar Winner’s Ovarian Cysts Not Insured?  Actress Hilary Swank has sued the film and television actors’ health plan in Los Angeles, alleging she was unfairly denied coverage for treatments tied to recurrent ovarian cysts. The two-time Oscar winner alleges in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court that the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan’s trustees stopped covering her treatments five years ago […]
Blind Dad’s Daughter Kidnap Attempt Victim: Suspect Charged A San Diego man is in custody facing a felony charge for allegedly trying to kidnap a 6-year-old girl from her blind father after encountering them on a Metro train as they were making their way home to the Westlake area of Los Angeles, police reported Wednesday. Elijah John Lopez, 24, is charged with one […]
Evacuation Warnings Issued as Bobcat Fire Grows to 11,456 Acres, 0% Contained Evacuation warnings were in effect for seven San Gabriel Valley foothill communities Wednesday as the Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest grew to 11,456 acres with no containment, but Santa Ana winds were not as strong as expected by early afternoon, leading to optimism that the evacuations could be avoided. A wind advisory was […]
Orange County Reports Nine Deaths, 194 New Cases of COVID-19 Orange County reported nine more deaths from COVID-19 and 194 new cases Wednesday, while more businesses and institutions made plans to reopen now that the county has been upgraded from the purple to red tier of the state’s coronavirus monitoring system. The county’s overall coronavirus totals are 50,190 cases and 1,065 fatalities, according to the […]
SCE, DWP Make Major Headway To Restore Power Lost During Heat Wave Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported major progress Wednesday in restoring power to customers who lost electricity during the weekend heat wave. Both utilities were plagued by widespread failures over the Labor Day weekend as temperatures soared to record levels across the Southland. Outage figures fluctuated throughout Wednesday morning […]
Abnormalities Linked To Inbreeding Spotted For 1st Time In Area Mountain Lions Inbreeding has long been identified as a major threat to the survival of mountain lions living in the isolated habitat of the Santa Monica Mountains, and biologists said Wednesday they have spotted the first physical abnormalities to develop in lions as a result of the limited genetic diversity. “This is something we hoped to never […]
Santa Anita Park to Provide Home for Non-Profit Free Animal Doctor Santa Anita Park announced Wednesday that it will provide a home for Free Animal Doctor, a nonprofit organization that uses crowdfunding to provide free veterinary surgeries for animals that are at risk. Free Animal Doctor’s co-founder, Sam Bernardo, is hoping that the 43-foot-long mobile surgical hospital on a bus frame will be fully operational in […]
More Fire Weather Threatens Southland, But Winds Expected to Die Down Parts of Southern California remained under threat of wildfire Wednesday amid strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity, but the winds were expected to decrease in the afternoon, forecasters said. The National Weather Service warned overnight that “critical fire weather conditions are expected across many portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.” As of 1:30 […]
Counterfeit Apple Products Seized at LA/Long Beach Seaport Authorities at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport recently seized 16,620 counterfeit wireless earphones and charging cables arriving from China that violated Apple’s AirPod and Lightning protected trademarks, officials said Wednesday. The items, which were seized on July 2 and July 15, included 2,400 pairs of counterfeit wireless earphones and 14,220 counterfeit charging cables, said Jaime […]
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