| | | | | The news for Wednesday, April 13, 2022 |
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LA County Looks to Step Up COVID Booster Distribution at Nursing Homes Amid slowly rising infection numbers and continued spread of the BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19, Los Angeles County health officials said they are accelerating efforts to provide additional booster doses of vaccine to residents of skilled nursing facilities. According to the county Department of Public Health, 91% of nursing facility residents are fully vaccinated, while 85% […]
Hilary Duff Settles Suit Over Diaper, Feminine Care Promotions Hilary Duff reached a settlement of her lawsuit against Irvine-based Naturalena Brands in which she alleged company officials used the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to claim a deal signed in 2019 for the actress to promote environmentally friendly diapers and feminine care products was over when in reality they were unhappy with the sales […]
Orange County’s COVID Hospitalizations and Cases Remain Stable Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and infection rates have remained relatively steady since last week, according to data recently released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county’s COVID-related hospitalizations inched up from 77 on Sunday to 86 on Monday, with the number of patients in intensive care increasing from 13 to 16. The county […]
Average LA County Gas Price Drops For 16th Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the 16th consecutive day, decreasing 1.7 cents to $5.832. The average price has dropped 23.8 cents over the past 16 days, including 1.3 cents Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average […]
Application Deadline At Hand for LA County Guaranteed Income Program Wednesday is the deadline for residents to apply for Los Angeles County’s guaranteed income program, which will provide 1,000 randomly selected residents with $1,000 a month for three years. To qualify for the “Breathe: LA County’s Guaranteed Income Program,” people must be at least 18 years old, have a household income under $56,000 for a […]
LA City Council To Consider Doubling Staff That Responds To Illegal Dumping As part of a plan to address illegal street dumping across Los Angeles, the City Council will consider a recommendation by the Bureau of Sanitation Wednesday to significantly increase the number of staff that responds to calls about illegal dumping and to expand the city’s Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement (CARE/CARE+) program at encampments. The […]
Sentencing Due for Ex-LA Port Engineer in Intentional Train Wreck Case A former locomotive engineer at the Port of Los Angeles who intentionally ran a train at full speed off the tracks near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, claiming the vessel was docked at the port as part of a possible “government takeover,” faces sentencing Wednesday. Eduardo Moreno, 46, of San Pedro, pleaded guilty last year […]
Caltrans Completes Reinforcement Work on 5 LA County Bridges Caltrans announced Tuesday the completion of an $11 million seismic-upgrade and restoration project on five bridges on three Los Angeles County freeways. The bridges included in the project were the Zachary Padilla Avenue overcrossing and the Vernon Avenue overcrossing on the Foothill (210) Freeway, the Getty Center Drive undercrossing on the San Diego (405) Freeway, […]
Three Suits Filed Against Dodgers Alleging Security Personnel Attacked Fans Three lawsuits were filed against the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday in connection with 2021 alleged beatings of fans by the team’s security force. The Los Angeles Superior Court complaints allege assault, battery, false imprisonment, violation of civil rights and emotional distress. All the suits seek unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. “The answer is not more […]
Two Charged With Catalytic Converter Thefts Two men from Central California have been charged with stealing catalytic converters and then trying to flee before crashing into a sheriff’s vehicle in Valencia, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Vue Xiong, 31, of San Luis Obispo, and Fong Vang, 38, of Merced, each face three felony counts of grand theft […]
One Year Ago Today (April 13, 2021)…Videographer Settles Suit Alleging Assault, Battery by Former Police Chief One Year Ago Today (April 13, 2021)…A freelance videographer has reached a settlement of his lawsuit against the city of Beverly Hills and former police Chief Sandra Spagnoli, in which he alleged she ran over his foot when he tried to interview her in 2019. No terms were divulged and Jacob Rogers’ attorney, Michael Carrillo, […]
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