| | | | The news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Every 6 Minutes: COVID Death Toll Mounts In LA County  COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in Los Angeles County, with another 288 fatalities reported Tuesday despite signs locally and across the state that hospital admissions due to the virus are leveling off. Health officials have warned that the apparent slow-down in people being hospitalized with the virus does not mean the dangerous surge that began […]
  
Dog Owners Warned About Midwestern Pet Food Recall After 70 Deaths Southland dog owners and those across the United States are being warned to avoid several dog food products from Midwestern Pet Foods that are being recalled after at least 70 canines died, possibly as a result of ingesting dangerous levels of toxins in the company’s products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating potentially […]
Long Beach Will Use Convention Center As COVID-19 Vaccination Site Mayor Robert Garcia said Tuesday that the Long Beach Convention Center will become a coronavirus vaccine distribution site, the first of several that will become available throughout the city in the coming weeks and months. In his annual State of the City speech, Garcia said grocery and food distribution workers would be the first people […]
LAUSD Board OKs $233M Lincoln High School Modernization Project The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved an investment of more than $233 million in voter-approved bond funds to conduct massive upgrades at Lincoln High School. The money will be used to construct approximately 10 general and specialty classrooms and associated support spaces within a new classroom building and a Performing Arts Building. The […]
Prosecutors Recommend 2 Years Imprisonment for Ex-LA Councilman  Federal prosecutors are recommending a two-year prison sentence for former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander, who pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into allegations of bribery in City Hall politics, according to court papers obtained Wednesday. Englander was a “powerful and wealthy Los Angeles city councilmember who swore an oath to serve the interests […]
Disneyland To Serve As ‘Super Site’ For COVID-19 Vaccinations Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday to hire a public-relations firm to help encourage acceptance of vaccines for COVID-19 as officials ramped up use of Disneyland as a “super site” for coronavirus vaccinations. The news comes as the Orange County Health Care Agency reported 28 more COVID-19 fatalities and 3,258 new cases, raising the death toll […]
UCLA Scientists Warn of ‘Ghastly Future’ Without Immediate Climate Action Scientists from UCLA and elsewhere warn in a new paper of a “ghastly future” for humanity with declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics in the coming years unless extraordinary action is taken soon. “Without fully appreciating and broadcasting the scale of the problems and the enormity of the […]
Suspect Named in Two Baseball Bat Killings in Hacienda Heights A 44-year-old man identified as the suspect in the baseball bat killings of his 73-year-old stepfather and 65-year-old mother inside a home in Hacienda Heights was sought by authorities Wednesday morning. Detectives named Nelson Fermin Garibay as the suspect wanted in connection with the deadly attack that took place Monday in the 14400 block of […]
Drive-In Movie Fun: Here’s Where To Go  It’s time to hit the drive-in movie theater! Most of these are big-screen modern theaters, but you’re in your vehicle safe from the coronavirus while complying with lockdown rules. So search no more for drive-in info for the rest of the week and through the weekend. We break it down for you by day, when, […]
Suspect Named in Two Killings in Hacienda Heights A 44-year-old man was identified Tuesday evening as the suspect in the baseball bat killings of his 73-year-old stepfather and 65-year-old mother inside a home in Hacienda Heights. Detectives named Nelson Fermin Garibay as the suspect wanted in connection with the deadly attack that took place on Monday in the 14400 block of Marwood Street […]
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