| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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Death On The Tracks: Adult And Child Killed By Metro Train In Monrovia  A Metro train struck and killed two pedestrians in Monrovia Wednesday, including one who was a child, authorities said. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred about 8:45 a.m. near California Avenue and Duarte Road, according to Ramon Montenegro of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau. […]
  
Hubby Died On Princess Ship: ‘Shocking’ Coronavirus Cruise Line Decision Targeted In Lawsuit  A woman is suing Princess Cruise Lines for negligence, alleging in Los Angeles federal court that the company knowingly exposed her and her husband to the coronavirus and prevented the husband from leaving the ship, resulting in his death days later, according to court papers obtained Wednesday. On Feb. 21, Susan Dorety and her retired […]
LA Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 400: New Normal Will Not Be Normal Once Restrictions Ease The number of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County officially topped 400 Wednesday, while nearly 500 new cases were reported and the county’s public health director warned that everyday life will look dramatically different even when stay-at-home orders are eventually lifted. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, reported 42 new deaths […]
Laguna Hills Sues to Stop Housing Transients With COVID-19 in Hotel In what appears to be a first in the state, Laguna Hills has sued to stop a state-and-federal program administered by Orange County to house transients infected with COVID-19 in a hotel in the south county city. The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday, alleges a “public nuisance” that will […]
It’ll Be Easter To Find A Drink In LA The Los Angeles Department of City Planning Wednesday announced the framework for a program intended to make it easier for sit-down restaurants to obtain permits to serve alcoholic beverages once stay-at-home orders are lifted. “Restaurant owners invest not only in their employees but also in the well-being of our city, its economy and the neighborhoods […]
Recovered COVID-19 Patients Sought for Plasma to Aid in Battle Against Virus Inland Empire residents who have recovered from the novel coronavirus are being asked to consider making blood donations that clinicians can use to develop enhanced screening methods, and possibly vaccines. San Bernardino-based LifeStream Blood Bank, which has donation centers in Riverside, La Quinta, Murrieta and Rancho Mirage, is in the process of collecting so-called “convalescent […]
OC Coronavirus Cases Rise To 1,376, With Three More Deaths Announced Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported Wednesday in Orange County, putting the total death toll at 22. Orange County also reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the novel coronavirus — increasing the total to 1,376. The number of hospitalized patients decreased from 122 on Tuesday to 104 on Wednesday, and […]
Son, Mother Sue Burbank School District, Club Team Over Basketball Fall A man who says he was seriously injured in a fall while playing in a club basketball tournament at a Burbank high school in 2019 is suing the Burbank Unified School District and the owner of the league. Cooper Mason Ney is joined as a plaintiff in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit by his […]
Former Assistant Dean Alleges Pregnancy Discrimination A former UCLA assistant dean is suing the university and the University of California Board of Regents, alleging she was fired in 2019 for getting pregnant and taking maternity leave. Margaret Purnell’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, failure to prevent discrimination and retaliation, harassment because of pregnancy, sex discrimination, failure to […]
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