| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, March 19, 2020
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56% of CA Population Will Be Infected with Coronavirus: Governor Asks Trump For Navy Hospital Ship  Projecting that 25.5 million Californians will be infected with the coronavirus within two months, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking that the U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy be deployed to Port of Los Angeles. In his letter, Newsom wrote that deploying the Mercy, which is based in […]
  
Second Coronavirus Death In LA  A second person has died in Los Angeles County due to the coronavirus, the county’s public health director announced Thursday, while the overall number of cases increased by 40, plus two more cases reported by Long Beach officials. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department of Public Health, said only that the person who […]
Racism, Xenophobia Stopping Immigrants From Coronavirus Health Help?  San Diego County elected officials and human rights and cultural nonprofits denounced xenophobia and racism Thursday, urging immigrant communities to seek medical attention if they are showing symptoms of novel coronavirus. Documentation or immigrant status will not be checked while seeking treatment, and every person is entitled to medical care, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said. “The […]
Concern Raised by Attorneys to Reopened OC Courthouse Several top attorneys expressed alarm about being summoned Thursday to appear for criminal cases at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana despite an order from the county’s chief health officer discouraging assemblies of large gatherings of people during the coronavirus outbreak. Numerous defense attorneys were told Wednesday evening that they and their clients had […]
$500,000 Bribe Of LA City Council Member: Guilty Plea By Political Fund Raiser A federal corruption probe into relationships between developers and Los Angeles elected officials made a major move forward Thursday, with prosecutors saying a political fundraiser will plead guilty to facilitating a $500,000 bribe of an unnamed City Council member. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Justin Jangwoo Kim, 53, will plead guilty to a single […]
Country Stars Planning At-Home Performances for TV Special The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced Thursday that country music’s “biggest stars” will perform from home on April 5 in a two-hour TV special labeled “ACM Presents: Our Country.” The program will air on CBS at 5 p.m. Pacific time. “With appearances and concerts canceled, Country Music’s biggest stars are practicing […]
L.A. Councilman Dispatches Team to Provide Resources to People Amid COVID-19 Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield said Thursday that he has activated his Emergency Preparedness Community Action Team, known as BobCAT, to help provide goods and supplies to vulnerable Angelenos in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Blumenfield said BobCAT has several warehouses of supplies that have been donated for non-emergency times, and they […]
Coronavirus Prompts Mall Closures The four malls in Los Angeles and Orange counties owned by Simon will be closed through March 29 in an attempt to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, joining closures of the Westfield malls and South Coast Plaza. The Brea Mall, Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, The Outlets at Orange and The Shops at […]
Palomar College Hands out 344 Free Computers as Classes Move Online As campus is shuttered and classes prepare to move online, Palomar College gave 344 students a computer and food to help during the quarantine, it announced Thursday. The college is transitioning to online classes starting March 30, but hundreds of students drove up or walked in Wednesday to receive a laptop donated by the college, […]
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