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The news for Sunday, February 7, 2021

Coffin Tumbles Off Horse-Drawn Carriage As Carriage Tips Over In Funeral Nightmare

While it sounded like something from a Monty Python skit, a funeral nightmare was all too real in Pasadena when the coffin in a procession slid off a horse-drawn carriage as the carriage tipped over. Two people who were riding in the carriage were injured and the horse was trapped for a short time. “Unfortunately, […]
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LAPD, Other Agencies To Conduct Extra DUI Patrols For Super Bowl Sunday

The Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies will conduct extra patrols Sunday to search for impaired drivers in connection with Super Bowl LV. The LAPD announced it will conduct a DUI saturation patrol from 5 p.m.-1 a.m in the Van Nuys area and operate a DUI checkpoint from 6-11 p.m. at Martin […]
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Pasadena Church Wins Right to Worship Indoors Amid Pandemic

A Pasadena-based church was celebrating a legal victory after the U.S. Supreme Court granted a partial injunction against California’s prohibition against indoor worship services to help limit the spread of coronavirus. On a 6-3 vote late Friday, the court cited the Constitution’s protection of the free exercise of religion and ruled that “regulations like these […]
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LA County Confirms 9 Cases of COVID Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Los Angeles County has reported 4,860 new cases of COVID-19 and 193 additional deaths, and confirmed nine new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals was 4,607 Saturday, with 28% of those people in intensive care units. The latest numbers brought the county’s totals since the pandemic […]
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Kroger Giving $100 to Workers Who Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Drive-up vaccinationThe Kroger Co., criticized locally for its planned announcement to close two stores in Long Beach after the city passed an ordinance mandating an extra $4 in hourly pay for grocery workers, is giving $100 to all employees who get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Cincinnati-based company, which operates the Ralphs and Food4Less chains in Southern […]
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Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Case Rate Continue to Drop

Orange County has reported 739 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 237,077 cases and 3,312 fatalities. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals continued its downward trend, declining from 1,233 on Friday to 1,164 Saturday, but the number of patients in intensive care increased from 342 to […]
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Poet Amanda Gorman To Read Tribute Poem At Super Bowl

Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman, who became a national sensation after her acclaimed poetry reading at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, will be back in the spotlight Sunday as she reads another work at the Super Bowl. Gorman, 22, will read a poem before the game honoring three “community heroes,” including Los Angeles educator Trimaine Davis, […]
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Lane Closures to Continue This Week For I-10 Tune-Up Project

Motorists traveling on Interstate 10 between Banning and the Coachella Valley are likely to confront traffic delays in both directions during nighttime hours, starting Sunday evening, due to road work, according to Caltrans. Over the past year, crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and state Route 111 […]
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Riverside County COVID Hospitalizations Continue to Drop

Nurse treats COVID-19 patient in ICUThe aggregate number of coronavirus cases recorded in Riverside County since the public health documentation period began in early March is 280,170, with a total 3,320 deaths stemming from virus-related complications, according to the Riverside University Health System. The agency does not release updated COVID-19 statistics on the weekend. As of Friday, the number of […]
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No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to grow to $42 million. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in North Carolina and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery […]
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