| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Dozens Of COVID-Infected Migrant Children At Long Beach, Pomona Intake Centers  About four dozen migrant children being housed at an intake center at the Long Beach Convention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, along with 14 more at the Pomona Fairplex, and all are in isolation and receiving on-site medical care, federal officials confirmed Wednesday. As of Wednesday, the Long Beach center was housing 710 migrant […]
  
Court Order Fails Dead Wife As Husband Nabbed For Irvine Murder: He Beat Her Before  A 42-year-old Irvine man was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of killing his wife, who he was convicted of beating last year, police said. Yunlong Bai called his probation officer at about 1 p.m. Tuesday to report that he killed his 33-year-old wife, Chao Chen, according to Sgt. Karie Davies of the Irvine Police Department. […]
Giant Falling Tree Kills Happy Mom At Daughter’s Whittier Wedding: Family Settles With Tree Care Firm  Family members of a 61-year-old woman who was killed by a falling 80-foot tree at her daughter’s 2016 wedding party in Whittier, who previously reached a tentative $28 million settlement with the city, have now settled with a tree care company hired by the city. The lawsuit stemming from San Pedro resident Margarita Mojarro’s death […]
Possible Suicide Victim Found Near Palm Desert Roadway The body of a man who apparently took his own life was discovered Wednesday near a busy Palm Desert roadway sheriff’s officials reported. Deputies were sent to the area of Berger and Frank Sinatra drives, just east of the UC Riverside-Palm Desert campus, about 10:20 a.m., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Deanna […]
Orange County Reports Just 47 New Cases of COVID-19 Orange County reported just 47 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death Wednesday as hospitalization rates continued a downward trend. Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dropped from 97 Tuesday to 89, and the number of patients in intensive care decreased from 26 to 25. The county had 37.6% of its ICU beds and 77% of […]
San Pedro Man Gets 11 Years for Credit Union Heist A San Pedro man was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in federal prison for wielding a gun in the violent, takeover-style robbery of a Gardena credit union, where an employee helped with the planning and execution of the heist. Toyrieon “Phat” Sessions, 30, was convicted two years ago of armed bank robbery, conspiracy, and use […]
If You See An Anti-Asian Hate Crime, Do Something! In response to the alarming surge in hate incidents targeting the Asian American community, a Los Angeles-based legal and civil rights organization is launching its first bystander intervention initiative. The effort by Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles includes a public service announcement narrated by actor Ken Jeong and a series of free training workshops designed […]
Long Beach, Pasadena Enact Eased Yellow Tier Rules; County Waits For Thursday While Los Angeles County will wait until Thursday to loosen business restrictions in accordance with its move into the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state’s economic-reopening blueprint, Pasadena and Long Beach enacted eased guidelines Wednesday, including the reopening of indoor bars. Weekly statistics released by the state Tuesday showed the county’s rate of daily new […]
Man Arrested in West Covina After Leading Sheriff’s Deputies on Pursuit A man was taken into custody Wednesday in the West Covina area after leading sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit in a Ford Mustang convertible. Deputies began following the man, who was driving recklessly and on the wrong side of the road at times, in the Industry area at about 2:20 p.m., according to CBS2. Deputies […]
Man Shot and Killed in South L.A. Area A shooting victim was found dead in a car Wednesday morning in the South Los Angeles area. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were sent to the area of West 94th Street and Budlong Avenue just before 9 a.m. and found the man sitting in a car parked along the north curb of West 94th Street, […]
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