| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, January 5, 2021
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Hospital Horror As 8,000 COVID Cases In LA County: Short On Staff, Short On Oxygen, Short On Everything  Hospitalization numbers continued soaring in Los Angeles County Tuesday, with the number of COVID patients surpassing the 8,000 mark and medical centers contending with limited staffing and difficulties discharging less-critically ill patients to free up beds. As of Tuesday morning, however, there were no longer any hospitals on “internal disaster” status, which occurred at some […]
  
Where’s The Vaccine? Scared Residents Face Surprisingly Slow Distribution  Mirroring a problem seen nationwide, distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is moving slower than expected in Los Angeles County, but the public health director expressed cautious optimism Tuesday the pace will pick up, possibly completing vaccination of highest-priority health care workers by early February. And while the problem of people being hesitant to get the vaccine […]
Road Rage Extreme: Motorists Threaten To Shoot Each Other After Crash  A pair of motorists involved in a collision Tuesday on Highway 79 north of San Jacinto turned hostile and reportedly threatened to shoot each other, but law enforcement officers quelled tensions and no one was arrested. The crash happened about 10:30 a.m. on the northbound 79, near Gilman Springs Road, according to the California Highway […]
‘Charlie’s Angels’ Star, ‘Bond Girl’ Tanya Roberts Dead At 65: This Time It’s Real Tanya Roberts’ publicist said Tuesday that the 65-year-old actress died Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from a urinary tract infection. Early Tuesday afternoon, publicist Mike Pingel released a statement saying, “With a heavy heart I can confirm the death of Tanya Roberts … on January 4, 2021, around 9:30 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai […]
Santa Monica Woman Pleads Guilty to Price-Gouging N95 Masks A Santa Monica spa owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to accumulating N95 respirator masks at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic and then selling the scarce items at up to $15 each — sometimes charging nearly 1,100% over list price. Niki Schwarz, 55, owner of Tikkun Holistic Spa, admitted a misdemeanor count of hoarding and price […]
L.A. County Plans To Require $5 Per Hour `Hero Pay’ For Grocery Workers The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted in favor of drafting an ordinance that would require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour in “hero pay.” Supervisors Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell co-authored the motion calling for a […]
LA Metro Encourages Riders To Be Vigilant Of Victims Of Human Trafficking In an effort to education Angelenos during Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Metro Tuesday encouraged riders to be on the lookout for potential victims of human trafficking on public transit. Officials said there hasn’t been widespread reports of human trafficking on the Metro system, but more people may be trafficked due to hardships created […]
L.A. County Supervisors Expand Rent Relief Program, Extend Eviction Moratorium Anticipating Los Angeles County’s fair share of $25 billion in federal rent relief, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to extend and expand both a local rent relief program and eviction moratorium. Supervisors Hilda Solis and Janice Hahn co-authored a motion calling for more flexibility in the rent relief program, which will now also […]
Ex-President of Union Gets 12 Years for Embezzlement, Lying to Feds The former president of a Colton-based labor union was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles to a dozen years in federal prison for stealing nearly $800,000 from the union’s health plan trust fund, which he used for personal expenses including legal bills and a sports car loan for his son. John S. Romero, 74, of Loma […]
Grammy Award Ceremony Pushed To March Due To COVID Surge The 63rd annual Grammy Awards became the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday, with the Jan. 31 Staples Center ceremony rescheduled for March. The Recording Academy had not issued a formal statement or responded to a request for comment as of early Tuesday afternoon, but unnamed show officials told select media outlets including Variety […]
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