| | | | | The news for Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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LA County Health Director Warns Against Non-Essential Activities to Slow COVID Amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 infections, Los Angeles County’s public health director has urged residents to avoid non-essential activities in the coming weeks, particularly those that are indoors and involve mingling with unvaccinated or higher-risk people. Fueled by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the county is experiencing pandemic-high levels of daily infection reports and […]
County Approves $1M Settlement with Inmate/Informant at Center of Baca Case The inmate-turned-informant at the center of a scandal that led to the conviction of former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca and other sheriff’s department officials will get a $1 million payout from the county, according to documents obtained Wednesday. Anthony Brown filed a civil rights suit against the county, Baca and others in March 2015, […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Exceed 1,000 Patients Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations surpassed 1,000 for the first time since last February, according to data recently released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Hospitalizations ballooned from 964 on Monday to 1,013 on Tuesday, with the number of intensive care unit patients rising from 140 to 159, according to the OCHCA. “It’s hard to […]
Family Dispute Leads to Stabbing, Police Say A man was allegedly stabbed to death by his son after an argument escalated into violence in Playa del Rey, according to broadcast reports. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 6 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the 200 block of Redlands Street after a report that two people had been stabbed, including […]
One Victim of Deadly Baldwin Park Fire Identified County authorities Wednesday identified one of the two victims who died in a fire in Baldwin Park. Helen Lucero, 55, was identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. Sheriff’s detectives were called at 9:56 p.m. Monday to the 14700 block of Clark Street to assist the Baldwin Park Police Department with a structure fire […]
U.S. Senate Committee to Consider Garcetti’s Ambassadorial Nomination The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday will consider his nomination of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India, about a month after the mayor appeared before the committee. The Foreign Relations Committee is expected to forward the nomination to the full Senate, which will later vote on whether to confirm Garcetti. […]
Little Change to Average Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped one-tenth of a cent Wednesday to $4.674, one day after decreasing three-tenths of a cent. The average price is seven-tenths of a cent less than one week ago and nine-tenths of a cent lower than one month ago but $1.376 […]
Awards Season Gears Up with SAG Award Nominations Announcement Days after a lackluster Golden Globe Awards ceremony that garnered little attention, nominations will be unveiled Wednesday for the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, an honor highly coveted by performers because they are bestowed by fellow actors. The SAG Awards are also traditionally a strong indicator of which performers will achieve success on Oscar […]
Red Cross Urges Blood Donations for ‘Critical’ Shortage, Offers Super Bowl Tix The American Red Cross is warning of a dangerously low supply of blood both around the country and in the Los Angeles area — and hopes to induce donations by automatically entering donors into a raffle for Super Bowl tickets and other prizes. Meanwhile, with the Red Cross also facing staffing shortages as it looks […]
COVID-Positive Patients in Riverside County Hospitals Climb Above 900 The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals climbed above 900, increasing by 15 people to 901, according to the latest data. The number of those patients in intensive care was 139, up two from Monday. Tuesday’s numbers came as the county reported four virus-related deaths and 1,890 new cases of COVID-19, bringing its […]
One Year Ago Today (January 12, 2021)…Police Seek Person Who May Be Suspect In Several Sexual Battery Crimes One Year Ago Today (January 12, 2021)…Police were looking for a person who may be the suspect in at least eight separate sexual battery crimes that took place in close proximity in Long Beach since September. The first incident happened Sept. 28, when Long Beach police were called to the area of Locust Avenue and […]
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