| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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Grim Coronavirus Milestone In LA County: 75,000 cases, 3,000 Dead As A Thousand Newly Opened Restaurants Fail Safety Tests  The number of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County crossed the 75,000 mark Tuesday, while more than 30 additional fatalities were reported, pushing the countywide death toll to nearly 3,000. The grim numbers came as businesses reopen across the county, although officials said around 1,000 newly operating restaurants were failing to provide safe conditions that […]
  
LA School Police Targeted By Black Lives Matter: Defund Cops As ‘Black Students In Harm’s Way’  Dozens of protesters rallied and marched in the downtown area Tuesday in support of cutting funding from the Los Angeles School Police Department. The protest, organized in part by Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, began at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, and the group then marched to Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters. “We are here […]
OC Union Group Calls for Reinstatement of Mask Mandate As Orange County union, faith and business leaders called Tuesday for a reinstatement of a mask mandate that was rolled back to a “strong recommendation” last week, opponents of face coverings drowned them out in a raucous scene outside the Board of Supervisors meeting. The Orange County Labor Federation, an umbrella group that represents about […]
Family Seeks Independent Autopsy in Palmdale Hanging Death Lawyers for the family of a 24-year-old Black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale said Tuesday that they will seek an independent investigation and autopsy to determine his cause of death. Robert Fuller was found with a rope around his neck about 3:40 a.m. Wednesday in Poncitlan Square, across from Palmdale City Hall. […]
Orange County Reports 248 New Cases of COVID-19, 12 more deaths The Orange County Health Care Agency Tuesday reported a dozen more people have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the cumulative death toll to 233 with 59 coming over the past week and a half. The county also reported 248 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 8,999. Of the total fatalities, 117 were residents of skilled […]
Cedars-Sinai Study: Gender Conflict Manifests Early in Childhood Gender conflict manifests early in childhood and can persist for years before patients undergo counseling and treatment, according to a Cedars-Sinai study. The findings also reveal that untreated gender dysphoria can result in poor quality of life for transgender people, beginning in childhood and lasting throughout adolescence and adulthood. Gender dysphoria refers to the strong […]
L.A. County’s Economic Task Force Underlines Need for PPE, More Testing Returning to some form of economic normalcy may come with a big price tag for Los Angeles County, as leaders representing hospitals, the arts, nonprofits, labor and faith-based organizations looked to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday to help source personal protective gear, expand COVID-19 testing and implement a host of other safety measures. Members of […]
L.A. County Sheriff to Begin Rolling Out Body Cams in 3rd Quarter The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to roll out body-worn cameras for its deputies at the end of the third quarter this year — five years after the LAPD initiated its own program — according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of Inspector General. “LASD has lagged far behind other major […]
No Prison for SoCal Man Who Helped Deputy Rob Pot Warehouse A Pomona man who helped an off-duty deputy sheriff stage a fake drug raid and steal more than a half-ton of marijuana from a downtown warehouse was sentenced Tuesday to five years of federal probation. Jay Colby “Monte Jay” Sanford — who appeared in court by videoconference — was among six defendants convicted of plotting […]
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