| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, October 27, 2020
|
|
LA County Board of Supervisors Postpones Vote on Potential Ouster of Sheriff The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors postponed a decision Tuesday about whether it will consider avenues to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva from his post before voters have a chance to do so in 2022. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl had recommended that the board round up its lawyers, inspector general, civilian oversight commissioners […]
  
Orange County Reports 255 New COVID-19 Cases, Seven Deaths Orange County reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths Tuesday, bringing the county’s totals to 58,980 cases and 1,454 fatalities. The relatively high number of daily cases continues to jeopardize the county’s chance to move into a less-restrictive tier of the state’s re-opening road-map. County officials have said the daily average would […]
South LA Elementary School On Lockdown While Officers Search For Suspect An elementary school in the Hyde Park area of South Los Angeles was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon while police searched for a grand theft auto suspect in the area, and three people were later taken into custody. Officers were dispatched to the area of Third Avenue and 59th Street at about 1:30 p.m., according […]
Crews Battle Silverado Fire as 76,000 OC Residents Forced From Homes More than 70,000 Orange County residents have been forced from their homes by a wind-whipped wildfire that severely injured two firefighters and was only 5% contained Tuesday. The Silverado Fire had blackened 11,200 acres by Tuesday morning, with 70,000 people under evacuation orders in Irvine and another 6,000 evacuated in Lake Forest, according to the […]
Blue Ridge Fire Explodes to Over 15,000 Acres in Yorba Linda, Chino Hills A wind-driven brush fire that broke out on the west end of Corona in Riverside County and quickly spread into Orange County — threatening homes in Yorba Linda and blackening 15,200 acres — was 0% contained Tuesday. Initially called the Green Fire and later renamed the Blue Ridge Fire, the blaze was reported at 12:55 […]
Fire Weather Threatens the Southland For One More Day The risk of new wildfire outbreaks again threatened Los Angeles and Orange County Tuesday amid high winds, very low humidity and an abundance of bone-dry vegetation. “The combination of a strong offshore pressure gradient, strong upper-level wind support, and significant cold air advection is producing the strongest Santa Ana wind event we have seen so […]
Attention Dodger Fans: Health Officials Warn Against Celebratory Gatherings On a day the Dodgers could clinch a World Series title, Los Angeles County residents were being warned Tuesday that large public celebrations or even small private game-watching or celebratory gatherings can become super-spreaders of COVID-19. The county’s health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, issued a health advisory Monday night warning of the dangers of public […]
ICE Responds to Court-Ordered Detainee Reduction at Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement claimed Tuesday that a Los Angeles federal judge’s order that drastically reduced the detainee population at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center amid a major outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in the release of dangerous criminals into various communities. The reduction ordered by U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. is […]
L.A. County Moves to Buy Up Eight Motels for Homeless Housing The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve funding for a range of new housing projects, including the acquisition and conversion of eight motel properties to apartments for formerly homeless residents under the state’s Project Homekey. Homekey is the next phase in the Project Roomkey effort to find temporary housing for individuals living on the […]
LA County Board of Supervisors Postpones Vote on Potential Ouster of Sheriff The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors postponed a decision Tuesday about whether it will consider avenues to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva from his post before voters have a chance to do so in 2022. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl had recommended that the board round up its lawyers, inspector general, civilian oversight commissioners […]
|
|
| Read more news on the MyNewsLA.com website |
|
|
| |
| | |
|
