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The news for Saturday, April 11, 2020

Coronavirus Deaths Continue To Rise In L.A. County As Health Orders Extended

Testing for coronavirusOn a day the county extended stay-at-home and business-closure orders for another month, the number of coronavirus deaths topped Saturday in Los Angeles County, while more than 400 more cases were confirmed. The county’s mortality rate from the illness — the percentage of people with the disease who have died — also crept upward again, […]
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Woman Assaults Uber Driver, Then Is Killed by Passing Vehicle

An Uber passenger was killed Saturday morning when she walked into the path of oncoming traffic on the eastbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Mission Hills after she allegedly assaulted the driver and was physically removed from the vehicle. Officers received a call about a pedestrian sitting in the No. 3 lane of the freeway […]
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Number of O.C. Jail Inmates With COVID-19 Now Stands at 13

Orange County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by 62, bringing the total to 1,138, while the death toll remained unchanged, for the second day in a row, at 17. Orange County health officials reported 67 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The number of hospitalized patients dipped from 127 on Thursday to 124 on Friday, with […]
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Southland Average Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Level Since July 2017

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Saturday to its lowest amount since July 31, 2017, decreasing 1.1 cents to $2.963. The average price has dropped 41 consecutive days, decreasing 59.4 cents, including 1.3 cents on Friday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information […]
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Social Distancing Order: Walk Counter-Clockwise on Silver Lake Reservoir Path

Starting Saturday, walkers and runners on the Silver Lake Reservoir path will be instructed to go counterclockwise due to concerns about social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Los Angeles City Councilmen Mitch O’Farrell and David Ryu announced the new rule late Friday after receiving numerous complaints about the lack of social distancing on the walkway. […]
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Los Angeles Hospital Workers Have New Child Care Options

Employees at hospitals in Los Angeles will have additional child care options under a plan announced by Mayor Eric Garcetti. The workers can apply for a $100-per-shift stipend to help pay for child care services, receive free referrals to licensed childcare providers, and the city will open five recreation centers from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. for […]
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Man Killed in Florence-Firestone Shooting, Suspect Sought

A man in his 30s was killed in a shooting in the unincorporated Florence-Firestone area near South Los Angeles and Huntington Park and the shooter was at large Saturday morning. Deputies responded to a call of shots fired in a largely industrial area of Wilmington Avenue and 65th Street at 10:10 p.m. Friday and found […]
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Business in Ranch Mirage Strip Mall Damaged by Fire

Fire damaged the exterior of a business in a strip mall in Rancho Mirage Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to the Rancho Las Palmas Shopping Center in the 42500 block of Bob Hope Drive, near Highway 111, at 1:20 a.m., and found a fire burning outside the building, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The […]
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Man Killed in Possible Gang-Related Shooting in Huntington Park

Huntington Park city sealThe shooter who killed a man in his 40s and wounded a man in his 20s in Huntington Park was on the loose Saturday morning. The shooting, the city’s second fatal shooting in just over 24 hours, occurred in the 6000 block of Templeton Street, near the intersection of Soto Street and Belgrave Avenue, at […]
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