| | | | | The news for Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Los Angeles County Sees Another 38 Coronavirus Deaths Los Angeles County’s coronavirus death toll continues to rise, with another 38 fatalities reported Wednesday, along with an additional 2,277 cases of COVID-19. Health officials say 90% of all COVID deaths during the pandemic occurred in people with underlying health conditions. The most common conditions were hypertension (present in 55% of fatalities), diabetes (43%) and […]
Judge Allows Sexually Violent Predator To Be Placed in Antelope Valley Despite the pleas of thousands of residents, a judge has ruled that a convicted sex offender can be released into the Antelope Valley community of Littlerock. Superior Court Judge James Bianco on Wednesday ordered 66-year-old Calvin Lynn Grassmier to be placed at a four-bedroom home at 10320 East Ave. Q-10 on or before Oct. 1. […]
Trailer Collides With Power Pole in Irwindale, Causing Outage Some Southern California Edison customers in Irwindale were intermittently without electricity Thursday after a trailer slammed into one of the utility company’s poles. Officers from the Irwindale Police Department received a call at 2:22 a.m. regarding a collision at Irwindale Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Foothill (210) Freeway. They learned that a trailer from […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped by more than 20 on Wednesday, dropping from 556 to 534 — a welcome piece of good news in the metric that many health experts consider the most important in tracking the ongoing pandemic. The number of COVID patients in county intensive care units dropped from 150 to 149, according […]
Bacteria-Level Warnings Issued for Santa Monica Pier, Marina Del Rey The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is cautioning people about high bacteria levels at Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey and the Santa Monica Pier. The health department issued an Ocean Water Use Warning for those beaches on Wednesday — urging caution for people planning to swim, surf or play in ocean waters […]
Riverside County’s COVID Hospitalizations Rise Slightly The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Riverside County has seen a slight increase, while an additional seven virus-related deaths have been reported. According to the Riverside University Health System, the number of COVID hospitalizations countywide Wednesday was 669, up five from Tuesday, while the number of intensive care unit patients being treated […]
More Than 500 Imperial Irrigation District Customers Without Power in North Shore Area Utility crews continued working Thursday to restore power to more than 500 Imperial Irrigation District customers in the North Shore area, near the Salton Sea, who have been without power since a Monday night storm. The storm, described by an IID board member as “an act of God,” destroyed more than 30 electrical poles, causing […]
Santa Monica Man to Plead Guilty in Case Involving Arson at Sushi Restaurant A West Hills man accused of starting a fire that caused substantial damage to a Santa Monica sushi restaurant during a night of civil unrest last year is expected to plead guilty Thursday to a federal charge. Micah Tillmon, 20, has agreed to enter his plea to a charge of possession of an unregistered destructive […]
Ex-Long Beach Treatment Head to be Sentenced in $17M Fraud Case The former head of a Long Beach substance abuse treatment provider for at-risk youth faces multiple years behind bars Thursday for running a bogus billing scheme that defrauded a public health insurance program of over $17 million. Richard Ciampa, 67, pleaded guilty in January to a federal charge of health care fraud. The Long Beach […]
Teacher Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child to Appear in Court A onetime adult-education teacher for the Coachella Valley Unified School District is due in court Thursday for a hearing to determine whether he will stand trial on felony charges of sexually assaulting a child over a four-year period. Luis Alfonso Martinez, 42, was arrested Aug. 12 in La Quinta and charged with two counts each […]
One Year Ago Today (September 2, 2020)…Los Angeles World Airports Debuts Online Aircraft Noise Maps One Year Ago Today (September 2, 2020)…Los Angeles World Airports unveiled two mobile-friendly websites that provide information about noise created by aircraft operations at both Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports. The interactive noise portals give users access to data and multimedia content to help residents understand how different aircraft operations affect noise levels […]
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