Members of Los Angeles County Urban Search and Rescue teams who flew to earthquake-ravaged Turkey this week helped pull a woman and her son out of a collapsed building alive, authorities said Saturday. Representatives from the sheriff’s and Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue teams were involved when the 52-year-old woman and […]
SoCal Football Fans Reminded to Drive Sober on Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday continually ranks as one of the most dangerous times of the year for drunk driving deaths — so officials are urging fans planning to go out to watch Sunday’s matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles to “Drive Sober Or Game Over!” One-third of all crashes in the state […]
Annual Lincoln Remembrance Set For Sunday in Westwood
The first Abraham Lincoln Remembrance Day since 2020 will be held Sunday at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, featuring a recitation of the Gettysburg Address by a Lincoln tribute artist. The program on the 214th anniversary of the birth of the 16th president will begin at 10 a.m. and also include an appearance […]
Person Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Freeway in Dana Point
A person was killed Sunday when a vehicle overturned, flipping onto its roof on the San Diego (5) Freeway in Dana Point, authorities said. The crash on the northbound freeway, just south of Camino De Estrella, occurred about 2 a.m. and involved at least three other vehicles, the California Highway Patrol reported. A representative from […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline
The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals has dropped by 12 to 166, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients hospitalized as of Saturday, 17 were being treated in intensive care, down from 21 the previous day. Some patients were hospitalized for other reasons and learned they had COVID after a […]
Los Angeles County’s COVID Numbers Holding Steady
The number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals is holding steady, rising by eight people to 697, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients hospitalized as of Saturday, 69 were being treated in intensive care, down from 70 the previous day. COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates held steady at a relatively […]
No Tickets Sold With All Six SuperLotto Plus Numbers
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest SuperLotto Plus drawing and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing will grow to $33 million. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a gas station in San Luis Obispo and is worth $41,160, the California Lottery announced. […]
Anti-DUI Saturation Patrols Planned Countywide for Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl celebrants planning to consume alcoholic beverages during the big game Sunday should stay off of Riverside County roads unless they’re sober — or else they could be arrested in any one of a number of anti-DUI operations planned countywide. Saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints are scheduled before, during and after Super Bowl 57, […]
The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals is holding steady, rising by just one to 103, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients hospitalized as of Saturday, 17 were being treated in intensive care, also up one from the previous day. Overall last week the number of patients hospitalized with a […]
Firefighters Attack Blaze in Downtown Commercial Building
Los Angeles firefighters put out a non-injury blaze at a downtown commercial building Saturday in under 25 minutes. The fire was reported at 5:29 p.m. in a 16,000-square-foot building at 1068 S. San Julian St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas Prange. “The first 66 LAFD firefighters to arrive found a 400-foot-by-40-foot structure […]
One Year Ago Today (February 12, 2022)…LA County’s COVID Hospitalizations Fall Again, 84 More Deaths Reported
One Year Ago Today (February 12, 2022)…COVID-19-positive hospitalizations continued to fall in Los Angeles County, moving residents closer to a lifting of outdoor mask mandate for large events, but another 84 virus-related deaths were reported. The deaths reported Saturday gave the county a pandemic death toll of 29,846. The county also reported 4,760 new positive […]
