| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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Parents, Students Rejoice! Kids Can Return In Person To LA Elementary Schools  Numerous elementary schools are expected to resume in-person classes across Los Angeles County, with the county’s rate of new COVID- 19 infections dropping below the state’s threshold Tuesday for reopening campuses for students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. But campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest of about 80 school districts […]
  
No Mercy Deadly Beating Argument In West Hollywood: Alleged Killers – Two Women, Man – Nabbed  A man and two women suspected in the beating death of a 49-year-old Long Beach man in West Hollywood were arrested, deputies said Tuesday. Neko Denson, 23, Natali Gonzalez, 27, and 29-year-old Krissie Morales were all taken into custody Monday afternoon on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The three […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Cases Continue Decline  For the first time in months, Orange County’s COVID-19 positivity rate improved enough Tuesday to qualify for the red tier in the state’s guidelines to reopen more businesses, although the county still doesn’t meet all the metrics required to graduate from the most restrictive purple tier. The county on Tuesday reported 658 new coronavirus cases […]
Best Buy Agrees to Correct Pricing Irregularities Based on Civil Action Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy will make changes to its pricing and refund policies in the wake of an investigation by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and other agencies that uncovered discrepancies, it was announced Tuesday. The Richfield, Minnesota-based company settled a civil suit brought in December by Riverside County, and joined by D.A.’s […]
Officials ID Pedestrian Hit by Two Cars and Killed in Long Beach A man who was struck and killed by two cars in Long Beach was publicly identified Tuesday. Jameon Davis, 26, of Long Beach was struck about 5:45 a.m. Monday in the 3200 block of Long Beach Boulevard and died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office and the Long Beach Police Department. According to […]
State, Federal Partnership Opens COVID-19 Vaccine Site At Cal State LA A COVID-19 vaccination site established in a partnership between the federal government and the state opened Tuesday at Cal State Los Angeles, one of two in the state and the first phase of an effort expected to spread to 100 sites across the nation. The CSULA site — along with a similar site at the […]
COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Riverside County Drop 14% Over Three-Day Weekend Riverside County reported a 14% drop in coronavirus-related hospitalizations over the extended Presidents Day weekend, continuing a downward trend that began a month ago, although an additional 34 virus-related deaths were reported Tuesday. COVID-19 hospitalizations sank to 567 on Tuesday, a decrease of 93. That figure includes 178 patients in intensive care units, a decline […]
Man Fatally Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver in Riverside A 31-year-old man was struck and killed on a Riverside street by a hit-and-run driver who remains at large Tuesday. Hector Cardenas of Ontario was fatally injured about 7:45 p.m. Monday on Jurupa Avenue, just west of Florence Street. He was standing in westbound lanes when a silver Subaru Impreza hit him and kept on […]
OC Judge Concludes No Inmate Releases Needed for COVID-19 A judge who previously ordered that Orange County’s jail population be cut in half to better comply with social distancing to help contain the spread of COVID-19 said Tuesday he is satisfied with what Sheriff Don Barnes has done so far and that it is not necessary to release any inmates at this time. “The […]
Man Arrested in Three Killings Near Homeless Encampments in Compton Area A 56-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two men and a woman to death in separate crimes since last year near homeless encampments in the Compton area, authorities said Tuesday. Tracy Walker was arrested Thursday after detectives located him at a homeless encampment next to the Compton Creek bed, the Los Angeles County […]
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