LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn ‘Feeling Better’ Following COVID Diagnosis
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said she is “feeling a lot better” after testing positive for COVID-19 roughly a week ago. Hahn announced Tuesday that she had tested positive for the virus over the weekend, and she missed that day’s Board of Supervisors meeting. On Friday, she wrote on Twitter, “8 days after my […]
OC COVID-19 Hospitalizations Inch Up Again
The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Orange County hospitals continued ticking back up as the death toll for past month nears 100, but testing-positivity rates are declining, according to the latest data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. From Monday through Thursday, the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 went from 282 to […]
Tributes Pour in for Actress Anne Heche, Dead at 53 After Mar Vista Crash
Tributes continued in the hours since actress Anne Heche was declared brain dead at Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, although she was being kept on life support so her viable organs could be harvested for donation. “My brother Atlas and I lost our Mom,” her 20-year-old son Homer Heche Laffoon […]
King’s Hawaiian Company Recalling Pretzel Products over Supplier Ingredient
The Gardena-based King’s Hawaiian baking company is voluntarily recalling its Pretzel Slider Buns, Pretzel Hamburger Buns and Pretzel Bites products “out of an abundance of caution” following the recall of an ingredient used by one of its suppliers. The supplier, Lyons Magnus, is recalling the ingredient due to the potential of microbial contamination, including from […]
Deputy Accused of Sex Assaults on 2 Inmates in Santa Ana Jail
An Orange County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on suspicion of sex assaults on two women in Orange County Jail. Arcadio Rodriguez, 30, was booked Friday in the Santa Ana Jail. He is accused of molesting inmates and showing them pornographic videos while they were in custody at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, said […]
Man Fires Shots At Suspects Inside Sherman Oaks Home, But No One Injured
A man fired at three suspects inside his Sherman Oaks home Saturday morning, authorities said. No one was injured and the suspects fled, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division. Police received the “hot prowler” call about 1:30 a.m. about suspects inside a home in the 3600 block of […]
UCLA Study: Risk of ‘ArkStorm’ Flooding Vastly Increased by Climate Change
The effects of climate change have doubled the chance of a catastrophic storm and devastating flood like the one that ravaged the state in 1862, with a similar event likely to displace millions of people and leave areas like Los Angeles under water, according to a UCLA study. “In the future scenario, the storm sequence […]
Continued COVID Precautions Urged After LA County Moves to `Medium’ Virus Category
One day after Los Angeles County escaped the federal government’s “high” COVID-19 activity category, advancing to the “medium” level, the public health director urged residents to maintain precautions against virus spread, saying transmission remains high. The county moved into the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “medium” virus-activity category on Thursday, when the average […]
UCLA Dropping Indoor Masking Requirement on Campus
UCLA will drop its indoor masking requirement Monday, with the exception of areas where face coverings are still mandated by county health officials, such as health care facilities and on public transportation, campus officials announced. “As the pandemic evolves and the severity of illness seems to be waning, we are adjusting our campus protocols to […]
Trial Resumes Monday in Lawsuit Over Kobe Crash Site Photos
Testimony is expected to resume Monday in the federal civil trial of a lawsuit brought by Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, and another family alleging misuse of photos from the scene of a January 2020 helicopter crash that took the lives of their loved ones and five others. The plaintiffs allege Los Angeles County’s […]
One Year Ago Today (August 13, 2021)…Judge Refuses to Dismiss Indictment Against Ex-UCLA Campus Gynecologist
One Year Ago Today (August 13, 2021)…A judge rejected a defense motion to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a former UCLA campus gynecologist/oncologist who is charged with sex-related crimes involving seven patients. James Mason Heaps’ attorney, Leonard Levine, contended that the prosecution failed to present exculpatory evidence — medical records and chaperones he claimed […]
