| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, May 1, 2020
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Dana Point, Huntington Beach Resist Newsom’s Beach Closure Order Attorneys for the cities of Dana Point and Huntington Beach Friday afternoon will seek temporary restraining orders as they resist Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order of a temporary “hard close” of beaches in Orange County, where hundreds of protesters Friday demonstrated against the shutdown and called for the reopening of businesses. The governor, in his daily […]
  
Coronavirus Deaths Up Again in L.A. County; Isolation Rules Amended On a day that saw statewide protests calling for the lifting of stay-at-home restrictions, dozens more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Los Angeles County Friday and health officials warned that people with the virus can spread it longer than originally thought. The county’s death toll from the coronavirus rose to 1,172 on Friday, with county […]
Orange County Reports One More Death From Coronavirus Orange County health officials reported Friday that five more people have succumbed to COVID-19, the largest jump in the death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began. Orange County’s death toll now stands at 50, with the number of confirmed cases increasing by 163 to total 2,537. But the number of hospitalized patients dipped from 190 […]
Protesters Confront Each Other in Downtown L.A. over Stay-at-Home Orders Protesters confronted one another Friday in downtown Los Angeles, some to decry the stay-at-home orders from the city and state while others counter-protested against those who did not want to follow the COVID-19 guidelines. It was difficult to tell how many people gathered downtown, but it was enough to shut down Spring Street adjacent to […]
DA Wants Some Witnesses in Robert Durst’s Trial to Testify Via Videoconference Prosecutors in Robert Durst’s murder trial filed papers Friday asking that some witnesses be allowed to testify through video conferencing instead of appearing in court before jurors in a case in which the New York real estate scion is charged with killing his longtime friend at her home in the Benedict Canyon area of Los […]
L.A. Authorities Agree to Release More Than 250 Inmates from Jails The presiding judge of Los Angeles County announced Friday that more than 250 inmates facing misdemeanor and lower-level felony charges have been ordered released from jail to limit the spread of coronavirus by reducing the number of people behind bars. In a written statement, Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile said orders have been signed to […]
Rights Organization in L.A. Urges State Supreme Court to Stop ICE Transfers A human rights organization with a Los Angeles office Friday issued a letter to the state Supreme Court, urging judges to stop the transfer of deportable non-citizens from jails and prisons to federal immigration detention centers during the Covid-19 crisis. In the friend of the court letter, Human Rights Watch submitted what it claims is […]
Woman Sues Amazon After Skin Therapy Wand Head Explodes During Use A 36-year-old Santa Monica woman sued Amazon Friday, alleging the explosion of the glass head on a skin therapy wand machine she bought through the e-commerce company’s website gave her a shock so strong it sent “blood splattering on the walls and as far as the ceiling.” Azin Espahbod’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also […]
Los Angeles Attorneys Say Company Sold Antibody Tests Not Approved by FDA City Attorney Mike Feuer and Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey Friday announced a lawsuit against a company that allegedly sold COVID-19 blood serum tests that were not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The attorneys alleged Applied Biosciences Corp. sold and marketed the antibody test kits for $35 each and claimed the […]
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