| | | | The news for Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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LA County COVID Hospitalizations Appear to Level Off Following Sharp Rise  After weeks of steady increases, the number of people hospitalized in Los Angeles County due to COVID-19 appeared to be leveling off, with an increase of only two patients following four days of declines, the most recent data shows. According to state figures released Monday, there were 1,724 COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals, […]
  
Man Hospitalized After Culver City Shooting A man underwent surgery after being shot in the leg in Culver City early Tuesday, police said. Officers responded about 2:30 a.m. to a “shots fired” call near Culver Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, said Sgt. Robert Casey of the Culver City Police Department. There was no immediate suspect description, and Casey said the shooting was […]
Riverside County COVID Hospitalizations Pass 600 Mark Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have climbed past 600 in Riverside County, which also is reporting 2,027 new coronavirus infections and four additional virus-related deaths. According to data released Monday by the Riverside University Health System, 64 new COVID-related hospitalizations were reported over the weekend, bringing the countywide number to 621. The number of patients admitted […]
Orange County Logs 2 More COVID Deaths, 1,855 Cases Over 3 Days Orange County recorded another 1,855 COVID-19 cases over three days, while logging two more fatalities from the virus, according to the most recent figures. The number of people hospitalized, meanwhile, fell by one, reaching 570 as of Monday. Of those patients, 116 were in intensive care, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. According […]
Two Former Chicano Arts Buildings Could Become LA Historic-Cultural Monuments The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday is scheduled to consider adding the Centro de Arte Público and the Mechicano Art Center in Highland Park to the city’s list of Historic-Cultural Monuments as locations important to the Chicano arts movement. The City Council’s vote Tuesday comes after the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission and the City […]
Air Pollution Monitor Issues Advisory Due to Smoke from Wildfires  Winds are expected to bring some of the smoke from massive wildfires in northern and central California into portions of the South Coast Air Basin, including parts of the San Gabriel Mountains, prompting an air pollution agency to issue an advisory through at least Wednesday morning. “While smoke will be present in the upper atmosphere […]
Registrar of Voters to Provide Update on Improvements to Election Processes The Riverside County Registrar of Voters office is scheduled to update the Board of Supervisors Tuesday on operational modifications that have been made to improve transparency and efficiency as well as additional proposed changes for which the agency is seeking additional funding. Registrar Rebecca Spencer is slated to update the board on what policy changes […]
Equestrian Riders, Hikers Plan Protest at Supervisors Meeting Over Trails A group of equestrian enthusiasts, hikers and others are slated Tuesday to appear before the Board of Supervisors to denounce what they say is a failure of Riverside County officials to halt the loss of access to trails around Lake Mathews. A “Save Our Trails” rally is planned outside the board chamber, with some of […]
Man Killed in La Puente Shooting  A man was killed in La Puente and sheriff’s homicide detectives Tuesday are investigating. Deputies were called about 8 p.m. Monday to the 1000 block of Hacienda Boulevard, said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Koerner said. […]
One Year Ago (Monday, August 24, 2020)…American Film Institute and Universal Pictures to Spotlight Black Films One Year Ago (Monday, August 24, 2020)…The American Film Institute and Universal Pictures Monday launched a week-long AFI Movie Club event called “Black Stories Matter,” spotlighting celebrated Black films. Born from a recent AFI/Universal collaboration honoring “Do The Right Thing” and Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee, the expanded partnership will pay tribute to the films […]
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