| | | | The news for Saturday, January 23, 2021
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Former CNN Host Larry King Dies at 87 After COVID Hospitalization  Former CNN talk show host and broadcasting legend Larry King died Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 87. His company, Ora Media, announced the news on Twitter. He was hospitalized in late December after contracting COVID-19 and spent time in the hospital’s intensive care unit, according to multiple media reports. […]
  
Catholic Cemeteries, Mortuaries to Offer Contactless Options amid Pandemic The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has announced that its Catholic Cemeteries and Mortuaries started offering contactless burial options due to state and local public health restrictions and high demand for funeral services. “We follow our Church’s teachings of the Corporal Works of Mercy, which includes burial of the dead. Just as when we give water […]
Committee for Greater LA Argues Against Return to Post-Pandemic ‘Normal’ The Committee for Greater L.A., along with researchers at UCLA and USC, released a report arguing that Los Angeles should not go back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic but should instead build an economy that works for everyone. The “No Going Back” report was conducted with businesses, nonprofits, government officials and academic researchers, and […]
Stretch of Jamboree Road in Irvine Closed Saturday A planned, nine-hour partial road closure of Jamboree Road at the San Diego (405) Freeway in Irvine goes into effect Saturday morning. The north- and southbound lanes of Jamboree Road will be limited beginning at 6 a.m. through 3 p.m., according to the Irvine Police Department. Vehicles exiting the southbound San Diego Freeway at Jamboree […]
Detectives Investigate Man’s Suspicious Death in Mercedes Found in Lancaster  A man was found dead inside a vehicle in Lancaster and an investigation was underway Saturday morning to determine the circumstances that led to his death. Deputies responded at 9:25 p.m. Friday to the intersection of 25th Street East and Avenue J, where they located the victim, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. […]
One Killed in Rollover Crash on Highway 74 in Homeland One person was thrown from a vehicle and killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash Saturday morning in the unincorporated Homeland area near Perris. The crash was reported at 2 a.m. in the 32000 block of state Route 74, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver was the only one in the vehicle and was […]
Orange County’s Second Vaccine Mega Site Set to Open Orange County’s second mega COVID-19 vaccine distribution site is set to open Saturday at Soka University in Aliso Viejo. The opening of the second Super POD — or Point of Distribution — site will come 10 days after the first one opened at Disneyland. County officials are aiming to have up to five sites throughout […]
LA County Officials Urge Patience As COVID Vaccine Supplies Continue to Lag Los Angeles County continues to urge patience among residents anxious to get a COVID-19 vaccination, with supplies remaining woefully short and the overburdened online reservation system leaving many people frustrated as they try to schedule appointments. Meanwhile, county health officials continued to note a leveling-off of new COVID infections and hospitalizations, while warning that the […]
Attempt to Overturn Flavored Tobacco Sales Ban Qualifies For Ballot An attempt to overturn a ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products has qualified for the November 2022 ballot, acting Secretary of State James Schwab announced Friday. The referendum needed valid signatures from 623,212 registered voters — 5% of the total votes cast for governor in the November 2018 general election — to […]
Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $1 Billion  The numbers in Friday evening’s draw of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery are 4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and the Mega number is 24. The estimated jackpot is $1 billion, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The only larger jackpots were $1.586 billion for the Jan. 13, 2016, Powerball drawing and $1.537 billion for […]
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