| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, March 26, 2020
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Coronavirus Death Toll Almost Doubles In One Day In LA: Overall Numbers Soar  The coronavirus death toll in Los Angeles County nearly doubled Thursday, reaching a total of 21, while another 421 cases were confirmed, a sharp rise the county’s health director attributed to a significant increase in testing while warning the illness is spreading across the area. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department of Public Health, […]
  
Lowest Of The Low? Suspect In Court For Alleged Fake Coronivus Cure Scam  A man who allegedly sought financing to mass-produce an unproven pill he said would prevent and cure the coronavirus made his initial appearance Thursday in Los Angeles federal court. Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, was arrested Wednesday while delivering the pills to an undercover FBI agent posing as an investor, according to Thom Mrozek, director of […]
NBCUniversal CEO Tests Positive for Coronavirus  NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell announced Thursday that he has tested positive for coronavirus in Los Angeles. “I recently have been feeling under the weather and just learned that I have tested positive for COVID-19,” Shell wrote in an email to company employees. “Although the virus has been tough to cope with, I have managed to […]
Coronavirus Help On Way: Navy Hospital Ship ‘Mercy’ To Arrive Friday In LA  The hospital ship USNS Mercy is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles Friday in an effort to provide relief for Southland hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. The 1,000-bed ship departed Naval Station San Diego Monday and is expected to enter the Port of Los Angeles Friday morning and dock at the […]
Crime Drops in LA County: Residents Stay Home In Coronavirus Pandemic The number of crimes committed in Los Angeles County has declined as people heed stay-at-home orders issued in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to local law enforcement officials. “Crime is down 8% since the onset of the local COVID-19 pandemic,” Burbank police Sgt. Derek Green said Thursday morning. “Calls for […]
Coronavirus Cases on the Rise in OC Orange County’s confirmed coronavirus cases jumped from 187 on Wednesday to 256 Thursday, but no additional deaths were reported by local health officials. The county’s first and so far only fatality was reported on Tuesday and involved a 75-year-old man who was hospitalized March 17 and died two days later. Doctors tested him for COVID-19 […]
Carson Suspends Bus Service Due to Coronavirus, Calls for Regionwide Halt The city of Carson will suspend all of its municipal bus service on Saturday due to the coronavirus, and the mayor called on other transit agencies to do the same. The decision is a departure from other major transit systems in the Southland, which have continued operating, albeit with reduced service and some amended procedures, […]
Sheriff Closing Gun Stores in Unincorporated Areas, 42 Cities in L.A. County The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Thursday is closing gun stores in unincorporated areas of the county and the 42 cities where it provides law enforcement, after suspending efforts earlier this week following the county counsel’s office declaring gun stores essential businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak. “We’re going to shut down gun sales and ammunition […]
Two Suspects Sought in Santa Ana Park Killing Police Thursday were looking for two suspected gang members who shot and killed a man in an apparently unprovoked attack at El Salvador Park in Santa Ana. Police responded at 6:51 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a shooting at the park at 1825 W. Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. […]
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