| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Coronavirus Kills Hollywood Bowl Summer Season  For the first time in almost a century, the Hollywood Bowl will be silent this summer, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic announcing Wednesday the cancellation of the season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association made the decision, citing the inability to hold its iconic events in a continuing environment of […]
  
Four Dozen More Covid-19 Dead, But LA County Businesses Begin Reopening  On a day that four dozen more COVID-19 deaths were announced, Los Angeles County issued a new, open-ended public health order Wednesday allowing all retail businesses to reopen for curbside merchandise pickup only, except those located inside indoor shopping malls. Also authorized to reopen were manufacturers that supply goods to lower-risk businesses, along with recreational […]
Asian Americans Targeted For Hate Crimes: LA Council Condemns ‘Chinese Virus’ Discrimination In an effort to curb anti-Asian American sentiment that has sprouted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday voted in favor of a resolution to support a federal bill that would direct local authorities to take action against hate incidents. The council’s resolution supports H.R. 908, a U.S. House […]
LAFD Assistant Chief Charged With Crashing Into Car, Fleeing From Scene A Los Angeles Fire Department assistant chief is facing two misdemeanor charges for allegedly crashing his personal vehicle into a parked car in Santa Clarita and fleeing from the scene in January. Ellsworth S. Fortman, 54, was charged last week with one misdemeanor count of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage and driving a motor […]
Beaches Are Open! But Just Don’t Sprawl On The Sand Surfers were back in the water while other recreation-starved residents walked and ran on the sand Wednesday as Los Angeles County beaches reopened for active use only, but parking lots, piers and boardwalks remained off limits. The county’s beaches had been closed for about two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, and they remained off […]
Housekeeper Alleges Socialite/Producer Couple Fired Her For Getting Pregnant A woman who worked as a housekeeper for a former New York socialite and a film producer in Los Angeles is suing the pair, alleging she was wrongfully fired in 2019 after she became pregnant and sought accommodations. Sara E. Rodriguez’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants Lilly Lawrence and Douglas Banker. The […]
Spurred by Trump, Republican Garcia Proclaims Victory in CD25 Race Despite initially hesitating as vote-counting continued, Republican aerospace executive Mike Garcia — possibly spurred on by President Donald Trump — declared victory Wednesday in a special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by Democrat Katie Hill. “After seeing more results last night, it is clear that our message of lower taxes and ensuring we […]
L.A. County Grapples With Cuts to $35.5 Billion Budget The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors began to grapple in public Wednesday with what cuts to programs and services will be necessary to close a two-year budget gap currently projected at $2.5 billion between now and June 30, 2021. At the board’s first public hearing on the recommended $35.5 billion budget for fiscal year […]
Three New Coronavirus Deaths Reported in Orange County Orange County officials reported three new COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 80, and 157 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative number to 3,749. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus jumped from 230 on Tuesday to 248, while the number of patients in intensive care dipped from 100 to 98, according […]
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