| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, December 7, 2020
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COVID-19 Horror: LA County Shatters Hospitalization Record As Health Care Worker Infections Spike  Los Angeles County reported more than 8,000 additional COVID-19 cases and another hospitalization record Monday, contributing to a spike in health care worker infections that is putting additional staffing pressure on medical centers already struggling to manage rising patient numbers. And the situation will likely worsen in coming weeks, with hospitalization numbers expected to continue […]
  
Priest’s Sex Try Left Woman Janitor In ‘Shock And Terror’: Lawsuit! ‘Mama, I Dream Of You. Let’s Go To Bed’  A former janitor at a Catholic church in Maywood is suing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, alleging she was forced to quit in 2019 after a priest left her in “shock and terror” as he groped her and tried to coerce her into his bed. The Long Beach woman is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive […]
No Death Penalty In LA, No Cash Bail For Some Crimes, No Kids Tried As Adults: DA Gascon Sworn In With Big Changes  After being sworn in Monday as Los Angeles County’s 43rd district attorney, George Gascon announced that his office would no longer pursue the death penalty, try juveniles as adults, seek cash bail for misdemeanor and non-serious, non-violent felonies, or add gang enhancements to criminal complaints. “We will work to correct the injustices of the past,” […]
Buying A Home Is Even Harder During Coronavirus Pandemic: Market Competition Soars A renewed interest in homeownership during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed buyers’ housing choices, widened the imbalance between supply and demand and created a more competitive market than ever before, according to a survey released Monday by the Los Angeles-based California Association of Realtors. With remote working becoming more common since the coronavirus outbreak began, […]
Orange County Reports 2,025 New Cases COVID-19, 15 More Deaths Orange County’s spike in coronavirus transmissions continued to reach alarming rates with the county reporting 2,025 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 additional deaths, bringing its totals to 86,878 cases and 1,633 fatalities since the pandemic began. The number of county residents hospitalized with the virus rose from 842 Saturday to 848 Sunday, and the […]
Huizar Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery, Other Charges Former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar pleaded not guilty Monday to bribery and other federal charges in a racketeering indictment alleging he took cash and other benefits from developers who sought favorable treatment on pending real estate development projects. Huizar, 52, of Boyle Heights, has a June 22 trial date in the case, which […]
Black Longtime Disneyland Employee’s Suit Transferred to OC A Black longtime former Disneyland employee who alleges he was subjected to discrimination, harassment and retaliation and then wrongfully fired earlier this year after being falsely accused of bringing a gun to work will have his case heard by an Orange County jury, a judge ruled. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elaine Lu on Friday […]
Red Flag Warnings Return to Southland Amid Winds, Low Humidity Much of Los Angeles County was under another red flag warning Monday thanks to anticipated gusty winds and low humidity levels raising the possibility of dangerous wildfires. The fire conditions will stretch beyond Los Angeles County, with the red flag warnings stretching into Santa Barbara, San Luis Obsipo and Ventura counties, lasting through Tuesday. “Moderate […]
Jury Trials in Riverside County Suspended for Second Time Because of COVID All jury trials in Riverside County Superior Court will be postponed until at least the first week of 2021 as a precaution to reduce coronavirus exposure risks, court officials announced Monday. Presiding Judge John Vineyard made the decision based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s region-by-region stay-at-home order, which took effect at midnight. The order calls for […]
Newsom Announces Phone-Based Virus-Exposure Tracking System Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday announced a statewide cell-phone-based system designed to notify residents when they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The CA Notify system was originally developed at UC San Diego and UC San Francisco, and it has been deployed on a trial basis on seven UC campuses, with an estimated 250,000 people opting in to […]
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