| | | | The news for Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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LA County Prepping for COVID Vaccines; First Doses Expected Next Week  Los Angeles County could receive its initial allocation of roughly 84,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses as early as next week, with initial priority given to health care workers, according to the county’s public heath director. The news came Tuesday as the county confirmed another 8,547 cases of the coronavirus, while Long Beach health officials announced 816 […]
  
Small Brush Fire Breaks Out in Santa Clarita A brush fire that scorched six acres and prompted evacuations in Santa Clarita was 65% contained Wednesday morning and progress of the flames has been stopped by firefighters. The fire was reported at about 11 p.m. Tuesday near Center Pointe Parkway and Isabella Parkway, and was burning uphill, according to the city of Santa Clarita. […]
Fire Scorches 1 Acre of Brush in West Hollywood Area Firefighters extinguished a one-acre brush fire on a hillside in the West Hollywood area early Wednesday. The fire was reported at about 5 a.m. near Sunset and La Cienega boulevards, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Los Angeles city firefighters also went to the scene. The flames were extinguished in about a half […]
Woman, 26, Missing, Last Seen in Gardena A 26-year-old woman was reported missing Wednesday morning after last being seen in Gardena. Junelly GamboaVasquez was last seen in the 1100 block of West Redondo Beach Boulevard, west of Vermont Avenue, at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. GamboaVasquez is 5-feet-5 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds with […]
Orange County Reports 1,671 New COVID-19 Cases, 946 in Hospitals COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Orange County, with 69 more patients since Monday’s report for a new record of 946, including 235 in intensive care, just 10 short of a mid-July peak. The Orange County Health Care Agency also reported 1,671 new diagnoses of the coronavirus Tuesday, increasing the total to 90,513. With no […]
Riverside County Reports Record Number Of New COVID-19 Cases  Citing a backlog in testing results, Riverside County reported nearly 11,000 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, by far the highest single-day number recorded during the pandemic, pushing the county over the 100,000 mark in cumulative cases. The 10,949 new cases gave the county a cumulative total of 103,221, according to Department of Public Health Director Kim […]
Little Change to Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County remained unchanged Wednesday at $3.152. The average price is three-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, two-tenths of a cent more than one month ago, and 58.7 cents cheaper than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA […]
UCLA Forecast: Pandemic Keeps State’s Economic Future in Question With the coronavirus pandemic surging in California, leading again to restrictive health measures, the state’s economic future is in flux, but its ultimate recovery should be on pace with the rest of the country, although slower in key sectors such as leisure and retail, according to a UCLA forecast released Wednesday. “Although the timing may […]
Preliminary Hearing Set For Bartender Accused of Raping Patron in Palm Springs A judge is scheduled to rule Wednesday on whether a bartender accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman after serving her drinks for several hours at a Palm Springs hotel will stand trial on a half-dozen felony charges. Alejandro Adan, 31, is suspected of raping the woman at the Kimpton Rowan Hotel at 100 W. […]
Daily Flights From Long Beach to Maui to Begin in March  Direct flights to Maui will be offered daily from the Long Beach Airport starting in March, Hawaiian Airlines announced Tuesday. The new flight will leave Long Beach daily at 8:35 a.m. and arrive in Maui at 12:35 p.m. local time, according to Kate Kuykendall, public information officer for the Long Beach Airport. Returning flights will […]
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