| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, July 20, 2020
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Coronavirus Soars In LA County To Another Record: Beware No Masks, No Social Distancing!  For the fourth time in the past week, Los Angeles County reported a record number of COVID-19 patients in area hospitals, while health officials said the recent spike in cases can be attributed to people failing to adhere to social distancing and other infection-control measures. According to the county Department of Public Health, 2,232 people […]
  
Body Found in California Aqueduct in Lancaster Area A body was found Monday in the California Aqueduct in the Lancaster area. The discovery was made about 9 a.m. near 235th Street West and Avenue D, according to the California Highway Patrol. Information was not immediately available on the person’s identity or cause of death. >> Want to read more stories like this? Get […]
Random Attack On Innocent 7-year-old Boy In Desert Hot Springs: Tot Critical, Suspect Nabbed  A man accused in an apparent random attack on a 7-year-old boy in Desert Hot Springs, leaving the tot hospitalized in critical condition, was in custody Monday on suspicion of attempted murder. Daniel Birch Poulsen, 32, was arrested Sunday and booked at the Indio jail, with bail set at $1 million, according to the Desert […]
Orange County Reports 560 More COVID-19 Cases and One Death Orange County health officials Monday reported 560 more cases of COVID-19 and one additional death, raising the death toll to 493 and cumulative case load to 29,986, amid a spike in hospitalizations. The county has 666 patients hospitalized as of Monday afternoon, with 213 in intensive care units, according to the Orange County Health Care […]
‘Escape Rooms’ Business Demands Escape From LA County Health Honchos Shutdown: Legal Action! The owners of a niche business that operates seven “escape rooms” filed a legal action against Los Angeles County health officials, alleging they were ordered to close under threat of criminal action amid the coronavirus pandemic without the opportunity for a hearing. 60out operates a relatively new entertainment form commonly called “escape rooms,” which are […]
Hoag Implants New Pacemaker-Like Device in Brain of Parkinson’s Patient Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced Monday it is the first medical center in California to implant a recently approved deep brain stimulation device, which provides instant feedback to optimize real-time therapy for those with movement disorders, into a Parkinson’s disease patient. Dr. Christopher Duma, medical director of the Brain Tumor Program at Hoag’s Pickup Family […]
Ex-Laguna Beach Cop Charged with Holding Gun to Head of Fellow Officer An ex-Laguna Beach police officer accused of holding a gun to a fellow officer’s head during a night of partying pleaded not guilty Monday to an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Luke Christian Gilbertson, 35, also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation for the personal use of a firearm and faces up to 19 years in […]
L.A. Reports Record Number of Vehicle Thefts During Second Quarter of 2020 Los Angeles has had more vehicle thefts during the second quarter of this year than at any time in at least a decade, according to an analysis released Monday. The report was produced by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization based out of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. A Crosstown analysis of Los Angeles Police […]
SpaceX Launches South Korean Satellite, Bests Rocket Turnaround Record Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched a South Korean military communications satellite into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, in the process beating its own record for turnaround time in the reuse of a rocket. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at about 2:30 p.m. California time, following a roughly half-hour delay due to weather over […]
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