| | | | The news for Friday, September 24, 2021
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LA County Stands Ready to Administer COVID Vaccine Booster Shots  Los Angeles County remains poised to ramp up administration of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots once federal authorities give final approval to the additional doses, the public health director said, noting that the county will continue prioritizing getting more first doses into arms of the unvaccinated. An advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]
  
Homeless Man in Custody in Shooting at Canoga Park Restaurant A homeless man who allegedly fired shots that damaged an occupied restaurant in Canoga Park was in custody Friday, authorities said. Sebastiano Cummings-Cruz, 23, was booked on suspicion of “attempted murder with enhancements,” and was held on $2.15 million bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Cummings-Cruz, a transient who frequents the Canoga Park […]
Man Dies After Being Shot by Deputies in Lancaster  A man shot by sheriff’s deputies following a pursuit in Lancaster has died and Friday Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department’s Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting. Deputies were called at approximately 4:10 p.m. Thursday to Deputy Pierre W. Bain Park at 45045 Fifth Street East where a man was brandishing a firearm in the park […]
Orange County Sees Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalizations Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped and the county is nearing 2.1 million fully vaccinated residents, according to the latest data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 326 Wednesday to 304 Thursday, with the number of patients in intensive care ticking up from 85 […]
Woman With Dementia Missing in Pico Rivera A 94-year-old woman who has dementia is missing in Pico Rivera and investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public’s help in locating her. Esperanza Justina Anaya was last seen at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 11100 block of Whittier Boulevard, according to LASD. Anaya is Latina, 4 […]
More Drifting Wildfire Smoke Expected to Blanket Inland Empire Friday Layers of drift smoke from fires in Central and Northern California were expected to blanket the Riverside metropolitan area for a second straight day Friday. “Riverside is experiencing drift smoke due to the fires north of us,” the Riverside Fire Department said via social media Thursday. “We have no active fires at this time.” The […]
Riverside County Reports Decrease in COVID Hospitalizations The number of people hospitalized with coronavirus in Riverside County dropped slightly, but other figures were unreported in the latest data update due to technical issues, Riverside University Health System officials said. Numbers released Thursday by the RUHS showed COVID-related hospitalizations countywide were at 425, down nine from Wednesday. The number includes 125 intensive care […]
Smoke from Central California Wildfires Continues to Affect LA County  Smoke from Central and Northern California wildfires is expected to affect areas of Los Angeles County for a second straight day Friday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District said. The heaviest smoke will be present in the upper atmosphere, so air quality index levels throughout the South Coast Air Basin, which includes the southern […]
LA County Gas Price Moves Closer To Year’s High The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose four-tenths of a cent Friday to $4.403 one day after increasing two-tenths of a cent. The average price is two-tenths of a cent more than one week ago, 1.7 cents higher than one month ago and $1.195 greater than one […]
Man Arrested on Arson Charges in Irwindale A man was arrested after police identified him as a suspect of a stolen car that was set on fire in Irwindale and authorities Friday are continuing their investigation. Matthew Thomas Dyer of Pasadena, 46, was arrested on suspicion of felony arson Thursday by the Irwindale Police Department, booked and later released on a citation […]
One Year Ago Today (September 24, 2020)…Woman Alleges Rape at Pechanga Resort in Temecula One Year Ago Today (September 24, 2020)…A $10 million claim was filed against the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula on behalf of a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by an individual described as an employee, which Pechanga officials insist is false. The woman’s attorney, Gloria Allred, identified her client as “Michele” during a […]
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