| | | | The news for Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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DUI Murder Trial Over Head-On San Juan Capistrano Crash That Killed 77-Year-Old Woman: Prior DUI Makes It Murder  A 41-year-old man had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he crashed head on into another car, killing a 77-year-old woman and injuring her boyfriend, on Ortega (74) Highway in San Juan Capistrano three years ago, a prosecutor told jurors Monday while the defendant’s attorney said his client’s fatigue caused the […]
  
LA County Steps Up Mobile Vaccination Efforts to Target Lagging Communities More than 230 mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites will be in operation this week in Los Angeles County, the highest level of the pandemic, as inoculation efforts continue shifting from large-scale locations to localized outreach efforts targeting under-represented communities. According to statistics released Monday, 65% of the county’s population age 16 and over have received at […]
Charges Possible Tuesday for Couple Accused in Road-Rage Killing of Aiden Leos Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday in Orange County against two suspects in the fatal road-rage shooting of 6-year-old Aiden Leos on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, were arrested Sunday at their home in Costa Mesa. Police said they recovered the weapon used in the crime […]
Motorcycle Metal Chain Death Lawsuit OK For Trial Against LA County: Dead Rider’s Parents Win Round In Court  The parents of a 20-year-old man killed when his motorcycle struck a metal chain stretched across a paved pathway near the Lincoln Dam in Montebello in 2018 won a round in court Monday when a judge ruled they can move forward with their lawsuit against Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard J. […]
Sheriff’s Deputies to Meet with Homeless in Venice Despite LAPD Jurisdiction Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies will be on Venice Beach Tuesday morning — technically, in the LAPD’s jurisdiction — talking with the homeless and determining what they are doing to move from being homeless to having a place to stay. Sheriff Alex Villanueva made the announcement Monday, saying the homelessness crisis within Los Angeles city […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Numbers Continue Downward Trend Orange County’s encouraging COVID-19 trends continue, with just 19 new infections reported and the number of patients in intensive care dropping below 10. Monday’s new cases boosted the county’s cumulative total to 255,473. Hospitalizations increased from 61 Sunday to 64 Monday, but the number of intensive care unit patients dropped from 10 to eight. The […]
Fire Rips Through Three-Story Commercial Building in Downtown Los Angeles  Fire tore through a three-story commercial building in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded about 1:50 a.m. to the 100 block of Third Street, near Los Angeles Street, and found flames shooting from the building, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Video from the scene showed flames coming out of […]
Average LA County Gas Price Unchanged The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was unchanged Tuesday, remaining at $4.245, one day after rising four-tenths of a cent to its highest amount since Oct. 10, 2019. The average price is 1.7 cents more than one week ago, 10.9 cents higher than one month ago and […]
One Killed in Artesia Freeway Crash in Cerritos At least one person was killed Tuesday morning in a solo vehicle traffic crash on the westbound Artesia (91) Freeway in Cerritos. The crash was reported about 2:30 a.m. near Carmenita Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details of what led to the crash were not immediately available. The age, gender and name of […]
Riverside County Reports Five Total ICU Hospitalizations for COVID The number of coronavirus patients under intensive care in Riverside County has fallen to five — the lowest total in more than a year — though two additional virus-related deaths were reported. According to data released Monday by the Riverside University Health System, 32 people countywide were hospitalized with coronavirus, one more than on Friday. […]
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