| | | | The news for Thursday, December 24, 2020
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LA County Sets Daily Record for COVID Deaths and Worse Times Ahead  Los Angeles County set another grim record on Wednesday, confirming another 145 deaths due to COVID-19 — the highest single-day number reported since the pandemic began. They also warned that hospitalization and fatality numbers are certain to get worse during the next two weeks. With the Christmas holiday at hand, health officials again urged residents […]
  
Red Flag Warnings In Effect as Santa Ana Winds Return A red flag warning of severe wildfire threat is in effect until noon Thursday for portions of Southern California as Santa Ana winds and low humidity levels combined to created dangerous fire conditions. The warning, which took effect Wednesday morning, is for the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County Mountains, the Angeles National Forest, the […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue At Record Pace Orange County set another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations Wednesday, with officials also reporting another 4,406 coronavirus cases and two additional deaths. Hospitalizations increased from 1,806 on Tuesday to 1,854 Wednesday, with 394 of those people in intensive care. The cumulative case count increased to 134,820, and the overall death toll rose to 1,781. One of […]
Missing Santa Ana Teenager Found, Reunited with Family A 17-year-old Santa Ana girl missing for nearly three weeks has been located and reunited with her family, authorities said Thursday morning. On Dec. 5, Angela Sierra walked away from her home in the 2600 block of North Jessee Drive, near Santiago Street, and sent messages on Dec. 7 to a relative via Instagram stating […]
Man Found Shot to Death in Monrovia  A man was shot and killed in Monrovia and a suspect was on the loose early Thursday. Monrovia police officers responded about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday to a shots fired call in the 400 block of West Duarte Road, between Mayflower and Magnolia avenues, where they found the victim lying on the ground, unresponsive with a […]
COVID-19 Deaths, Hospitalizations Continue to Climb in Riverside County The coronavirus death toll and hospitalizations continue to rise in Riverside County, where an additional 5,121 cases were confirmed on Wednesday. The aggregate number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began in early March has risen to 156,834, compared with 151,713 on Tuesday, according to the Riverside University Health System. The number of deaths […]
UCLA Basketball Game at Oregon Postponed Due to COVID Tests of Officials Wednesday’s UCLA men’s basketball game at the University of Oregon was postponed due to COVID-19 testing protocols for game officials. The game was originally set to begin at noon, but delayed until 2 p.m. while the Pac-12 Conference was awaiting the results of COVID-19 test results for game officials, according to the conference. At about […]
No Tickets Sold With All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is expected to grow to $341 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Massachusetts and New York. They are both worth $1 […]
Judge Denies Release of Moreno Valley Man Accused of Managing Nationwide Drug Ring A federal judge Wednesday denied pretrial release for a Moreno Valley man who allegedly handled the day-to-day operations of an Inland Empire-based drug trafficking ring that used the U.S. Postal Service and private vehicles to ship millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine and other narcotics to buyers across the nation. Noel “Big Show” Granados, 41, […]
Police Investigating After Fetus Found in Koreatown Alley  A fetus was found Wednesday in an alley in Koreatown. Officers were called about 5:10 p.m. to the area near West 7th Street and South New Hampshire Avenue, near Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, after someone reported seeing a baby, said Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department. Im initially described the fetus […]
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