| | | | The news for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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L.A. County Could Give Workers ‘Right of Recall’ to Jobs Lost to Virus  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to consider an ordinance Tuesday that would give janitors, maintenance workers, security guards and hospitality industry employees a “right of recall” to jobs fom which they were laid off during the coronavirus crisis. Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis co-authored the motion, which covers an additional […]
  
Doctors Treat Critically Ill Coronavirus Patients With Lab-Grown Heart Tissue Some critically ill COVID-19 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center showed significant improvement after receiving an experimental treatment of lab-grown human heart tissue, researchers reported Tuesday. Four of six coronavirus patients who were intravenously given cardiosphere-derived cells, or CDCs, got well enough to be discharged from the hospital, according to a case series published Tuesday by […]
O.C. Reports No New Deaths, 55 More Cases of COVID-19 Orange County health officials have reported 55 new COVID-19 cases and a jump in hospitalizations, but no new fatalities. The cumulative number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the county rose to 3,557 Monday, and the death toll was unchanged at 76. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus jumped up from 178 on Sunday, […]
Special Election Tuesday to Fill Katie Hill’s Congressional Seat  Tuesday is the deadline to submit ballots in the mainly mail-in special election to fill the Santa Clarita Valley congressional seat formerly held by Katie Hill, a race that has gained national attention in recent days thanks to online comments by President Donald Trump. Santa Clarita Assemblywoman Christy Smith is trying to become the second […]
Riverside Supervisor’s Proposal for Accelerating Post-Virus Recovery on Agenda Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries will ask his colleagues Tuesday to support a comprehensive plan for advancing the process of removing regulatory hurdles connected to the statewide coronavirus emergency to open most sectors of the regional economy faster. “The `Readiness & Reopening Framework’ provides a path to reopen our economy with the proper health and […]
Riverside County Reports 12 More Coronavirus Deaths, 150 New Cases Riverside County health officials have reported a dozen coronavirus fatalities and 150 new confirmed cases, bringing the death toll to 217 and case total to 5,189. Of the 199 Riverside County residents currently hospitalized with the disease, 74 are being treated in intensive care units, one more than Sunday, the Riverside University Health System said […]
Arraignment Set For Father Accused of Stabbing Child, Throwing Her Off Cliff A Palm Desert registered sex offender accused of fatally slashing his 1-year-old daughter prior to throwing her off a cliff in the mountains south of the Coachella Valley is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on first-degree murder and other felony charges. Adam Slater, 49, was arrested Thursday night in connection with a sequence of events […]
Assemblywoman, School Board Member Vie for Senate Seat in Special Election A Riverside County assemblywoman and a Board of Education member will know Tuesday who’s ahead in the special election to fill an open state Senate seat. The vote-by-mail election for the 28th Senate District seat was called last fall, and a total of five candidates entered the race, culminating in Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, […]
Manson Follower Van Houten’s Lawyer Pleads for Release Amid COVID-19 Pandemic ![Charles Manson was convicted of the first-degree murders of nine people, and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to death, which was commuted to life in prison, and died of heart failure in a Bakersfield hospital. By California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://mynewsla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Charles-Manson-150x150.jpg) The attorney for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten Monday pushed a state appeals court to release his client on her own recognizance or be given bail after an inmate in Van Houten’s housing unit tested positive for coronavirus. The motion to California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal was submitted by Rich Pfeiffer, who […]
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