| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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Chipotle Food Unsafe? Record $25 Million Fine To Settle Fed Probe of 1,100 Sickened Customers  Newport Beach-based Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed Tuesday to pay a a record $25 million fine as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over the agency’s probe of a series of tainted food incidents that sickened more than 1,100 people over a three-year period. The company also agreed to institute a […]
  
L.A. County Coronavirus Cases Top 15,000; Skid Row Mission Copes with Outbreak The number of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County surged past 15,000 Tuesday, while more than three dozen more deaths were reported and health officials said they were working to control an outbreak at the downtown Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row. As of midday, the number of deaths in the county due to COVID-19 […]
Need Some `Friends’? Win a Trip to Meet the Cast at Central Perk When news broke in February that the cast of “Friends” will be reuniting on the Burbank soundstage where the show was filmed, fans went into an online frenzy. The cast re-ignited that passion Tuesday, announcing a charity sweepstakes that will allow one lucky fan — and, of course, five of that person’s friends — to […]
Masks Now Required In Orange County For Grocery, Pharmacy Workers Who Must Be Close To Customers The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday narrowly approved a mandate requiring face coverings for employees in many types of retail businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The face coverings will be required, beginning Friday, for employees who interact with the public in grocery, pharmacy and convenience stores, as well as gas stations, restaurants, and other […]
Orange County Expanding COVID-19 Testing; 29 More Cases Reported Orange County’s coronavirus cases increased by 29 Tuesday to 1,691, with no new deaths, as many more test kits were made available and county officials continued to discuss the best ways to handle the evolving pandemic. The death toll, which had risen by 14 in just under a week, remained at 33 on Tuesday. The […]
Fire Burns in Outdoor Recycling Yard in Boyle Heights, No Injuries Reported An outdoor rubbish fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at a recycling yard in Boyle Heights, but nobody was hurt. It took just over an hour for 32 firefighters to extinguish the blaze, which was reported in the 1500 block of South Evergreen Avenue about 1 p.m., according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire […]
Fire Damages Part of Vision Theatre in South L.A. Firefighters extinguished flames that damaged part of the Vision Theatre in South Los Angeles Tuesday, but no one was hurt. The fire was reported about 4:35 a.m. in the 4400 block of Leimert Boulevard and was extinguished in about 25 minutes, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The cause of the fire was under […]
Ex-UCLA Soccer Coach to Plead Guilty in Admissions Cheating Scandal A former UCLA men’s soccer coach has agreed to plead guilty to receiving $200,000 in bribes to arrange the admission of two students to the university, according to court papers released Tuesday. Jorge Salcedo, 47, of Los Angeles, will enter his plea in Boston federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, according […]
Girl, 6, Missing From San Pedro For 10 Months Southland residents Tuesday were urged to be on the lookout for a 6-year-old girl who has been missing from San Pedro for 10 months and who may be in the Los Angeles area with her mother. Talia Jones has been missing since June 17, 2019, and may be in the company of her mother, Melinda […]
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