| | | | The news for Tuesday, September 28, 2021
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LA County Reports 5 New COVID-19 Deaths as Hospitalizations Hold Steady  Los Angeles County’s number of COVID-19-positive hospital patients held mostly steady according to the latest data, increasing by one, while the county reported just five new virus-related deaths. Numbers of new fatalities and COVID infections tend to be low on Mondays due to delays in reporting from the weekend. The five new COVID deaths reported […]
  
LA Metro Hit With PETA Lawsuit Over Animal Rights Ads on Local Transport Metro has been hit with a free speech lawsuit brought by PETA challenging its advertising policy and alleged refusal to run animal rights ads on buses in Los Angeles. According to PETA, Metro’s policy permits popcorn chicken ads from Jack in the Box, but refuses to allow “I’m Not Popcorn Chicken” spots from PETA. The […]
Press Conference Will Announce Reward for Student Killed in Compton In an effort to renew public interest and generate information regarding the killing of a Long Beach State University student, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives will have a press conference Tuesday morning in Compton on the four-year anniversary of the murder of Estephan Hernandez. Friends and family will be joined by members of […]
Redistricting Process for County Supervisorial Districts Begins Tuesday The Board of Supervisors Tuesday will hold its first public hearing on redrawing supervisorial district boundaries in Riverside County, inviting residents seeking to express their thoughts on the subject to testify. The redistricting process was delayed five months because of the coronavirus public health lockdowns that hampered the publication of 2020 Census data by federal […]
Police Commission to Consider Plan with More Funding, Training for LAPD The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday will review a report from the police department outlining a $18.5 million plan to improve how it handles protests and civil unrest. The department had initially submitted a budget of $66.7 million to incorporate 106 recommendations from three reports that found the department mishandled aspects of its response to […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue Ticking Down Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continued a gradual descent as 21 more fatalities were logged since Friday, according to the most recent figures released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of hospitalized patients dropped from 308 on Friday to 300 on Monday, with the number of intensive care patients increasing from 76 to […]
LA City Council to Elect New President Pro Tempore  The Los Angeles City Council will hold a vote Tuesday to pick a new president pro tempore to replace Councilman and 2022 mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino with Councilman Mitch O’Farrell. “The time has come for Joe to run his race for mayor and I will continue to focus on leading this city and this council […]
Riverside County Reports Decrease in COVID Hospitalizations, 12 Deaths The number of people hospitalized with coronavirus in Riverside County dropped while an additional 12 virus-related deaths were reported in the most recent data. Numbers released Monday by the Riverside University Health System showed COVID-related hospitalizations countywide were at 381, down 41 from Friday. That number includes 111 intensive care patients, down six from Friday. […]
Charges Expected Against Man Suspected in Knife Assault Felony charges are expected to be filed against a 32-year-old man suspected of slashing a Riverside resident who confronted him after catching the suspect looking inside parked cars. Joshua Sweeten of Riverside was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail on Friday on suspicion of assault resulting in great bodily injury, battery and making […]
LA County Gas Price Drops Slightly After Reaching 2021 High  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped one-tenth of a cent Tuesday one day after reaching its high for 2021. The average price of $4.409 is eight-tenths of a cent more than one week ago, nine-tenths of a cent higher than one month ago and $1.206 greater […]
One Year Ago Today (September 28, 2020)…Victim of Sex Assaults Sues Santa Ana Unified School District One Year Ago Today (September 28, 2020)…A victim of an after-school instructor at a Santa Ana elementary school has filed suit against the Santa Ana Unified School District, attorneys for the victim said. The lawsuit filed Thursday alleges school district officials knew Eddy Bustamante Infante, 26, of Santa Ana, engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with […]
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