| | | | The news for Saturday, January 15, 2022
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Incoming LAUSD Superintendent: COVID is `Here to Stay’  The incoming superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District visited with administrators, staff and students at an Elysian Heights elementary school and warned that there is no end in sight to the difficulties COVID-19 will present for the district and students. “I’m one who believes in science, and we recognize that probably COVID-19 is here […]
  
New COVID-19 Testing Site Opens At Steinmetz Park In Hacienda Heights A temporary COVID-19 testing site with a daily capacity of 1,000 tests has opened at William Steinmetz Park in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis announced. The site, at 1545 S. Stimson Ave., is in partnership with CORE and will operate Tuesday through Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. until moving to […]
Culver City Unified Cancels Classes Next Week Due to COVID Surge The Culver City Unified School District has announced that all classes have been canceled next week due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. In a message to parents, district officials cited the “ongoing rapid spread of the Omicron variant” in opting to cancel three days worth of classes. District classes were previously canceled Monday for […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increases Again Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped again after a one-day stabilization, according to data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The patient load in the county’s hospitals has been building day to day from 188 on Dec. 20 to 215 on Dec. 21. Hospitalizations inched up from 1,071 on Wednesday to 1,072 on Thursday, […]
LA County Reports Another 40,000-Plus COVID Cases; Hospital Number Up Again  Another 40,000-plus cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Los Angeles County as the easily transmitted Omicron variant of the virus continued to make its impact felt, particularly in hospitals, where patient numbers continue to climb upward. According to state figures, there were 4,257 COVID-positive people in county hospitals as of Friday, up from 4,175 […]
Man Killed In Cudahy Shooting A man was fatally shot in Cudahy Saturday. Deputies were called at 2:37 a.m. to the 4500 block of Clara Street regarding a shots fired call and found the victim with gunshot wounds, said Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. There is no additional information […]
Indio Hosts Monthly Center Stage Events At Outdoor Living Room Downtown The city of Indio is taking Center Stage with a new, free monthly event series being held at the Outdoor Living Room starting Saturday. The Center Stage event series gets started from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday near Smurr Street and Miles Avenue with a country theme. Attendees will enjoy music from The Sarah Winchester […]
Private Funeral Service Held in LA for Actor-Comedian Bob Saget A private funeral service has been held in Los Angeles for comedian Bob Saget, who was found dead in a Florida hotel room this past Sunday. “Today will be the hardest day of my life,” Saget’s “Full House” co-star, John Stamos, wrote on Twitter Friday morning. Early Friday afternoon, Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, responded to […]
More Than 2,700 Active COVID Cases Reported Among Desert Schools Three school districts in the Coachella Valley have reported a combined 2,787 active COVID cases among students and staff. The Desert Sands Unified School District, along with Palm Springs Unified and Coachella Valley Unified report the number of active COVID cases among students and staff on their own online case tracker websites. All three of […]
One Year Ago Today (January 15, 2021)…California Lawmakers Blast Trump’s Push to Open up Protected Desert Lands One Year Ago Today (January 15, 2021)…A Coachella Valley congressman joined other California lawmakers in criticizing a last-ditch effort by the Trump administration to open up millions of acres in the Southern California desert to mining, energy development and broadband infrastructure, a move environmentalists say would be catastrophic to desert wildlife populations. “This eleventh-hour attempt […]
DA Investigator Who Accused Spitzer of Corruption Wins Job Back  A fired Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigator suing the county alleging he was retaliated against for uncovering corruption won his job back in arbitration. Arbitrator Michael H. Leb ruled this week that the county “did not have reasonable cause to terminate” Damon Tucker, who is “to be reinstated with all back pay and benefits […]
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