| | | | The news for Friday, May 15, 2020
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Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Ship to Depart Port of Los Angeles  The hospital ship USNS Mercy, which sailed into the Port of Los Angeles to serve as a relief valve while Southland medical centers coped with the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic, will leave the area Friday and return to its home port in San Diego. According to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, some medical personnel from […]
  
Pasadena Man Killed in Crash on Foothill Freeway in Sylmar A 39-year-old Pasadena man was killed in a crash between a vehicle and a semi truck on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Sylmar and a stretch of the freeway was closed Friday morning for an investigation into the accident. The crash occurred near the Polk Street exit about 10:55 p.m. Thursday and spread debris […]
Strip Mall in Koreatown Burns, Causing Portion of Building to Collapse Firefighters needed 45 minutes to extinguish a fire in a strip mall in Koreatown that had previously burned and caused a portion of the building to collapse. The fire was reported in the 200 block of South Vermont Avenue, near Third Street, at 12:08 a.m., according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. […]
Structure Fire Near Church in Exposition Park Area Quickly Extinguished Firefighters made quick work Friday of a fire in a vacant home behind a church in the Exposition Park area, and no injuries were reported. Crews responded to the fire in the 1100 block of 39th Street, near Budlong Avenue, at 5:32 a.m. and found heavy smoke and fire coming from the approximately 1,000-square-foot structure, […]
Santa Anita Park to Resume Live Horse Racing—Without Spectators  Santa Anita Park will resume live racing Friday — without spectators — for the first time in nearly two months, with the blessing of the county Department of Public Health. The Arcadia racetrack had been closed for live racing since March 27 in accordance with orders from the health department in the midst of the […]
Average Southland Gas Prices Rise Slightly The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose two-tenths of a cent Friday to $2.865, the eighth increase in 10 days. The average price has risen 4.3 cents over the past 10 days after dropping to its lowest amount since Jan. 1, 2017, according to figures from the […]
Man, 43, Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Kill 55-Year-Old Woman A 43-year-old man was in custody Friday morning on suspicion of trying to kill his significant other and barricading himself inside a Garden Grove home. Officers responded to a domestic dispute between a couple at a residence in the 8600 block of Meadow Brook Avenue, north of the Garden Grove (22) Freeway at 5 p.m. […]
Orange County Coronavirus Cases up by 229 Orange County officials have reported 229 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 3,968, but the death toll remained unchanged at 80. The Orange County Health Care Agency also reported that the number of hospitalized patients dropped from 248 on Wednesday to 227 on Thursday, with intensive care unit patients falling from 98 to […]
Coronavirus Deaths Rise In L.A. County As More Businesses Open  As more businesses were permitted to reopen with restricted operations, health officials again warned that more open businesses means more public interaction and the threat of spiking COVID-19 case numbers, as another four dozen coronavirus deaths were reported in Los Angeles County Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, on Thursday also […]
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