| | | | The news for Saturday, July 3, 2021
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LA County’s Daily COVID Cases Top 500 Again—Highest Level Since April  Another 549 COVID-19 infections have been reported in Los Angeles County, the largest number since April and the second straight day the figure has topped 500, prompting more calls for residents to get vaccinated and exercise caution over the Fourth of July weekend. The rolling average rate of people testing positive for the virus also […]
  
Bizarre ‘Fetish’ Of Injecting Black Men With Meth: Two Victims Dead As West Hollywood Political Honcho Ed Buck Faces Felonies  California political donor Ed Buck’s “fetish” for paying Black men to allow him to inject them with methamphetamine — even while they were passed out — turned lethal when two men died of overdoses in his West Hollywood apartment, prosecutors allege in new trial papers. At the apartment, Buck “prepared methamphetamine syringes in a ritualistic […]
Sex Offender Terrorizes Venice Women: He Allegedly Exposes Himself To One Victim, Then Fondles Another  A 46-year-old sex offender was arrested in Venice Friday after allegedly groping one woman as she slept and exposing himself to another woman, police said. The first woman woke up in the “in the early morning hours” at her residence in the 500 block of Rialto Avenue, near Andalusia Avenue, and allegedly found Arnoldo Cruz, […]
UCLA Receives Grant to Study Best Practices for Safe Return to School A UCLA research team has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study how to increase COVID-19 testing access for a safe return to school, particularly for underserved populations. “The goal of our research is to reduce disparities in returning to in-person learning for those vulnerable and underserved […]
CicLAvia’s Open Streets Events on Closed Roadways Begin Again Starting Aug. 15 The nonprofit CicLAvia has announced that it will begin holding events again on closed roadways in Los Angeles to allow people to bike, walk, skate and jog in pop-up public spaces. The three scheduled events are: — Aug. 15 in Wilmington; — Oct. 10 in downtown Los Angeles for CicLAvia’s 11th anniversary; and — Dec. […]
Fatal Collision Closes Three Lanes of Riverside Freeway A fatal collision in Anaheim has forced the closure of three lanes Saturday morning. Officers were called at 3:55 a.m. Saturday to the Riverside (91) Freeway and Imperial Highway, the California Highway Patrol said. The fast lane and the Nos. 1 and 2 lanes of the 91 were closed due to the collision, the CHP […]
LA Valley College Students Offered Bookstore Gift Cards As Vaccine Incentive Students at Los Angeles Valley College can get a financial boost Saturday if they get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Valley Glen campus. Students enrolled in at least one summer session class or upcoming fall semester class will receive a $150 gift card for the college’s bookstore, if they get vaccinated between 10 a.m. and […]
Suspects Arrested In Long Beach Robbery Two suspects allegedly involved in a robbery last month in Long Beach are in police custody Saturday. One suspect, who is a 15-year-old female, turned herself in to police Thursday and was booked on one count of robbery, according to the Long Beach Police Department. A 16-year-old female suspect was arrested June 28 and booked […]
Don’t Let Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus Take a Bite Out of Your Holiday A vector control official is reminding people to take precautions when outside this holiday weekend to protect against West Nile virus, the most common mosquito-borne disease that affects residents in Los Angeles County. The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District advises people to dump stagnant water ahead of any outdoor gatherings, toss unused […]
Pedestrian Killed in Gorman Crash Authorities Saturday were investigating a fatal crash near the Golden State (5) Freeway in Gorman where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a black Dodge Challenger, authorities said. Officers responded at 9:28 p.m. Friday to the 45100 block of Copco Avenue near the freeway, where they found a pedestrian lying in the street, according […]
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