| | | | | The news for Thursday, September 8, 2022 |
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Flex Alerts Extended by 2 Hours as California Enters Ninth Day of Heat Wave As Southern California enters a ninth straight day of record-setting heat Thursday, the state’s power regulators are hoping to continue their streak of avoiding rolling blackouts, asking all residents to conserve electricity during the hours of 3 to 10 p.m., extending the previous Flex Alerts by two hours. The Flex Alert issued by the California […]
Suspect Arrested in Attempted Burglary at Elementary School A man who police said allegedly attempted to burglarize an elementary school in San Marino is in custody Thursday. Officers from the San Marino Police Department responded at 4:03 a.m. Wednesday to an audible alarm call for service at Carver Elementary School, located at 3100 Huntington Drive. Upon their arrival, officers noticed a suspect attempting […]
LA County Reports 10 More COVID Deaths; New Booster Shots Available Los Angeles County reported 10 more COVID-19-related deaths and more than 1,700 new infections in its latest data, while a newly approved vaccine booster shot targeting the Omicron variant of the virus started being offered in the county. The 10 new fatalities lifted the county’s overall death toll from throughout the pandemic to 33,227. With […]
Average Los Angeles County Gas Price Rises for Sixth Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Thursday for the sixth consecutive day after decreasing 78 of the previous 80 days, increasing 3.1 cents to $5.342. The average price has increased 9.6 cents over the past six days, including 2 cents Wednesday, according to figures from the […]
No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is expected to grow to $186 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. […]
Silver Alert Issued for Missing Man in Hemet A 64-year-old at risk man last seen in Hemet was reported missing Thursday, authorities said. Alvaro Caceres was last seen at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday near Stanford Street and Florida Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol, which issued a Silver Alert for Caceres on behalf of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Caceres is Latino, […]
High Wind, Flood Warnings in Forecast Amid Heat Wave As the nearly two-week-long heat wave draws to a close, high winds and possible flash flooding are in the forecast going into the weekend as a weakening hurricane approaches the California coast, according to the National Weather Service. The agency posted a flash flood watch for Riverside County mountains, the Coachella Valley and the San […]
Energy Firm Behind OC Oil Spill to Admit Violating Federal Clean Water Act The company that operates an underwater oil pipeline that ruptured last year, spilling 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Huntington Beach — forcing a closure of beaches and fisheries — is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday along with two of its subsidiaries to violating the federal Clean Water Act. In a plea agreement […]
Famed Prado Dam Mural Slated for Replacement with New Display A formal announcement is scheduled Thursday on plans to remove and replace a nearly five-decade-old patriotic mural in Corona’s Prado Dam, created by a phalanx of volunteers to celebrate America’s 200th birthday. The famed Bicentennial Mural painted on the spillway crest is set to be wiped away this fall by the U.S. Army Corps of […]
Results From 2022 Los Angeles County Homeless Count Set for Release The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is scheduled to release the results of its 2022 Greater Los Angeles Point-in-Time Homeless Count Thursday. The count, which took place from Feb. 22-24, is an annual, mandated means for LAHSA to obtain an accurate count of the number of unhoused people in the county. LAHSA officials and County […]
One Year Ago Today (September 8, 2021)…Judge Rules Social Workers Can’t Escape Liability in Sex Abuse Suit One Year Ago Today (September 8, 2021)…A judge denied a motion by attorneys for two social workers to dismiss them as defendants in a lawsuit brought by a 16-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sister, who were allegedly abused sexually by one of their foster parents in 2012-14. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elaine Lu rejected […]
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