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The news for Sunday, January 9, 2022

LA County Reports Another 34,448 Cases of Coronavirus

Covid test site in West L.A.Los Angeles County has reported 34,448 new positive COVID-19 tests and 16 additional deaths associated with the virus amid an accelerated surge in transmission driven by the Omicron variant. The county has seen more than 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 7 days, the highest number in one week since the beginning of the […]
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Songwriter Marilyn Bergman, Who Penned `The Way We Were,’ Dies at 93

Marilyn Bergman, who co-wrote Barbra Streisand’s classic 1973 song, “The Way We Were,” and won three Academy Awards in a career spanning more than five decades, has died at her home in Los Angeles at age 93. The cause of death was respiratory failure but was not related to the coronavirus, according to multiple media […]
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Public Viewing, NoHo March to Police Station Ahead of Slain Girl’s Funeral

Scores of people lined up for the public viewing of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta ahead of her funeral Monday and prior to a demonstration demanding justice for her Dec. 23 death from a stray bullet fired during a police shooting at a North Hollywood clothing store. The Saturday viewing at Angelus Funeral Home on Crenshaw […]
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Ruth Ann Moriarty, Matriarch of OC’s Segerstrom Clan, Dies at 99

Ruth Ann Moriarty, considered the matriarch of one of Orange County’s most prominent families and a noted philanthropist in her own right, has died at the age of 99. Moriarty was the older sister of Henry T. Segerstrom, who developed South Coast Plaza and the adjacent Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. She […]
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Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Keep Climbing

Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to climb, rising to 875 Saturday — up from 779 on Friday and 724 on Thursday, according to the latest state figures. The number of those patients in intensive care was 116, down from 122 the previous day. “Our hospitals are full,” Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, the county’s deputy health […]
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Tarnished Golden Globes Press On With Sunday Event — But No Livestream

Once one of Hollywood’s most star-studded affairs, the 79th Golden Globe Awards will be presented Sunday evening — but without any stars, without a TV partner and without even a livestream of the winners announcements. “This year’s event is going to be a private event and will not be livestreamed,” the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press […]
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Signs of Inbreeding Among SoCal Mountain Lions Raise Extinction Fears

Mountain lionScientists tracking two local mountain lion populations, one in the Santa Monica Mountains and another in the Santa Anas, have identified the first reproductive signs of inbreeding among these groups, which are cut off from breeding options by busy freeways. According to the UCLA-led study — which is available online and will be published in […]
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COVID-Positive Patients in Riverside County Hospitals Surpass 800

The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals has surpassed 800, rising to 823 Saturday, up from 791 on Friday, according to the latest state figures. The number of those patients in intensive care was 134 Saturday, up from 126 the previous day. The latest numbers come one day after the county reported an […]
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No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing is expected to grow to $27 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. […]
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LAPD Chases Attempted Murder Suspect On Freeways, Surface Streets

los angeles police arm patchLos Angeles police were involved in a dangerous high-speed pursuit Saturday evening of an attempted murder suspect on freeways and surface streets in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, but lost the suspect vehicle. The pursuit began in the Encino area just after 6:30 p.m., according to the LAPD. Police and two TV news helicopters […]
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One Year Ago Today (January 9, 2021)…Anti-Trump Protest Starts Downtown, Heads Toward Beverly Hills

One Year Ago Today (January 9, 2021)…Demonstrations for and against President Donald Trump were being held in the Southland, amid calls for the president’s ouster three days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a melee that resulted in five deaths. The group Refuse Fascism held a demonstration and “car caravan” […]
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