| | | | The news for Thursday, April 16, 2020
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Coronavirus Deaths Continue to Mount in Los Angeles County  The number of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County is above 400 Thursday, while nearly 500 new cases were reported and the county’s public health director warned that everyday life will look dramatically different even when stay-at-home orders are lifted. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, reported 42 new deaths from […]
  
1 Killed, 1 Wounded in Boyle Heights Shooting Police searched Thursday morning for at least two suspects following an officer-involved shooting in Boyle Heights. Metropolitan Division officers patrolling in the area of East Cesar Chavez Avenue and North Savannah Street about 11 p.m. witnessed a shooting in progress, according to Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department. At least one of […]
OC Coronavirus Cases Rise To 1,376, With Three More Deaths Announced Three more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Orange County, putting the total death toll at 22. Orange County also reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the novel coronavirus — increasing the total to 1,376. The number of hospitalized patients decreased from 122 on Tuesday to 104 on Wednesday, and […]
Carson Suspends Bus Service Due to Coronavirus, Calls for Regionwide Halt Carson’s mayor and City Council have again called for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to temporarily suspend its mass transit services to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “We are in the midst of a health emergency that is unprecedented and dealing with a virus that is unpredictable, and we can’t afford to […]
Hot Spots Flare Up in Fire-Damaged Commercial Building in North Hollywood  Firefighters worked Thursday morning to extinguish hot spots in a one story commercial building in North Hollywood. Crews responded to the Dollar Deluxe at 12020 Victory Boulevard, near Laurel Canyon Boulevard just after 1 a.m. and encountered fire coming from the building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The bulk of […]
Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Garage Fire in Atwater Village Firefighters needed just 19 minutes Thursday morning to extinguish a fire in garage at the rear of a home in Atwater Village. Crews responded to 2956 Finch Street, near Hollydale Drive, at 4:37 a.m. and found the structure well involved with fire and threatening another nearby garage, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles […]
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since July 2017 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Thursday to its lowest amount since July 21, 2017, decreasing 1.3 cents to $2.912. The average price has dropped 46 consecutive days, decreasing 64.5 cents, including 1 cent on Wednesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information […]
Coronavirus: Riverside County Could See 200 Deaths, 13,000 Cases By May 1 Confirmed coronavirus cases have passed the 2,000 mark in Riverside County as public health officials released new modeling indicating that preventive measures appear to be slowing down the spread of the virus. Health officials Wednesday reported 144 new confirmed cases and four additional deaths, bringing the totals to 2,105 cases and the death toll to […]
Laguna Hills Sues to Stop Housing Transients With COVID-19 in Hotel  In what appears to be a first in California, Laguna Hills has sued to stop a state-and-federal program administered by Orange County to house transients infected with COVID-19 in a hotel in the south county city. The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday, alleges a “public nuisance” that will “directly […]
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