| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, July 30, 2020 |
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Illegal Indoor Church Services In LA County ‘Great Concern’ For Coronvirus Danger: Health Officer Warning Los Angeles County’s health officer said Thursday investigators are looking into reports of area religious institutions continuing to hold indoor services despite coronavirus restrictions barring such gatherings, and he said violation notices will be issued to offenders. Dr. Muntu Davis also said three food-processing facilities that had been shuttered due to outbreaks of 40 cases […]
Fire That Killed 4-Year-Old In Pasadena Blamed On Refrigerator Electrical Glitch: Mom, Brother, 3, Critical, Dog Dead Authorities Thursday said the preliminary cause of a fire in a Pasadena apartment that left a 4-year-old boy dead, critically injured his mother and 3-year-old brother, and killed a dog, was an electrical problem involving the refrigerator. Firefighters were dispatched at 2 p.m. Wednesday to 169 E. Washington Blvd., near North Summit Avenue, according to […]
Sex Charges Could Bring Harvey Weinstein To LA For Trial: Disgraced Producer Now Behind Bars In New York The District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that it has filed court papers to move the extradition process forward for imprisoned former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is facing sex-related charges in Los Angeles involving three women. A hearing date is expected to be set in New York, where Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting two […]
Terror On The Tracks: Metrolink Train Kills Pedestrian In Northridge A Metrolink train carrying passengers from Ventura County to downtown for Los Angeles struck and fatally injured a pedestrian Thursday in Northridge. The VC Line 102 train struck the person about 6:40 a.m. near the 8600 block of Lindley Avenue, according to Metrolink and the Los Angeles Police Department. Information was not immediately available on […]
Hot, Dry And Dangerous: Heat Wave Threatens Kids, Pets, Elderly And Fire-Prone Brush A heat wave began washing over the Southland Thursday, creating an elevated danger of wildfire and prompting National Weather Service forecasters to urge area residents to guard against “dangerously hot conditions.” The NWS warned of hot, very dry conditions, with humidity levels in the single digits, and strong gusty winds. But no red flag warnings […]
`Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols – ‘Lt. Uhura’ – Suffers From Dementia: Son Battles Property Tax Assessment The only child of “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols filed a legal action to void two ownership transfers of his 87-year-old mother’s Woodland Hills home by her former manager that more than doubled the property taxes to $12,130. A court earlier ruled that Nichols suffers from dementia and named her son as her conservator. Kyle […]
LA Zoo Euthanizes Two Cuddling 21-Year-Old Lions with Health Problems Two 21-year-old lions, Hubert and Kalisa, were euthanized Thursday at the Los Angeles Zoo due to their declining health and age-related illnesses. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the loss of our African lion pair,” zoo officials stated on Twitter, adding that the decision to euthanize them was difficult. Zoo officials said […]
Brush Fire Burns in Hollywood Hills A stubborn fire burned about three acres of brush Thursday in the Hollywood Hills, but crews extinguished the blaze before any homes were damaged. The fire was reported about noon near the 2500 block of North Laurel Canyon Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Air and ground crews were sent to the scene. […]
Orange County Reports 439 New COVID-19 Cases, Six More Deaths Orange County health officials Thursday reported another 17 COVID-19 fatalities, raising the death toll over 600, along with 506 more coronavirus diagnoses to bring the cumulative case total to 35,778, but hospitalization numbers declined. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in Orange County hospitals dropped from 626 to 592, while the number of […]
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