| | | | The news for Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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High Winds Expected to Pound Southland Wednesday  High winds were expected to hit throughout the Southland Wednesday — with a high wind warning in effect in the Los Angeles County mountains, excluding the Santa Monica Range, and less severe wind advisories in effect for most other areas. The warning and most advisories are in effect until noon — except for the San […]
  
Producers Guild Awards To Be Presented Virtually, Shed Light On Oscar Race The race for this year’s best-picture Oscar will solidify Wednesday evening with the presentation of the Producers Guild of America Awards, an honor that often portends success on Oscar night. Nominated for the top award for motion pictures are producers of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank,” “Minari,” […]
LA County COVID Numbers Drop to Orange Tier Level; Move Possible In Early April Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 case rate continues to fall — putting the county on pace to move into an even less-restrictive tier of the state’s economic-reopening blueprint by early April, a step that would allow for higher capacity at many businesses. According to the state’s weekly update of county-by-county COVID figures, announced Tuesday, Los Angeles […]
Investigation Continues Into Shooting Outside LAPD’s Olympic Station Police Wednesday continued their investigation into the circumstances surrounding an officer who shot an allegedly armed man outside the department’s Olympic Community Police Station in Pico-Union. The man underwent surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition, according to a police statement. He approached the entrance of the station, near the intersection of 11th […]
Water Main Break Floods Streets in South Los Angeles Neighborhood  A water main break flooded streets in a south Los Angeles neighborhood Wednesday. The break was reported some time before 3 a.m. near 69th Street and Budlong Avenue, and utility crews were sent to handle the problem. The cause of the break was not immediately known. >> Want to read more stories like this? Get […]
Orange County Continues Encouraging COVID-19 Trends Orange County has met the COVID-19 metrics to move to the less-restrictive orange tier under the state’s blueprint for reopening the economy, but will have to wait until March 31 or April 7 to officially graduate to that level. The latest weekly update from the state, issued on Tuesdays, shows the county’s test positivity rate […]
Wind Advisory in Place for Riverside County Valleys, Inland Empire Until Noon Wednesday Windy conditions were expected to prevail in the Riverside County valleys and Inland Empire Wednesday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a wind advisory for those areas until noon. The forecast called for northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts to 55 — with the strongest winds after sunrise, subsiding in the […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Rises Slightly The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose four-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $3.928, one day after dropping two-tenths of a cent. The average price is at its highest amount since Nov. 22, 2019. It is 1.5 cents more than one week ago, 24.7 cents higher than […]
Activists, Homeless To Stage Protest Against Planned Clearing Of Echo Park A group of activists and homeless residents plans to gather at Echo Park Lake Wednesday to stage a protest against plans by the city to clear the park of a large homeless encampment and close it for what’s being described as repair work. Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell’s communications director, Tony Arranaga, told City […]
Fire Chars About Three Acres of Brush Near Foothill Freeway in Irwindale  Firefighters have stopped the progress of a brush fire that charred about three acres Tuesday evening near the Foothill (210) Freeway in Irwindale. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:04 p.m. to the area of Irwindale Boulevard and the Foothill Freeway, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher. Firefighters stopped the progress of the fire […]
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