| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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LA County to Consider Requiring Vaccine Proof in Some Indoor Venues  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to consider requiring proof of vaccination against the coronavirus to enter some indoor public spaces. Supervisor Janice Hahn, who recommended the review, said she wanted to gather advice from public health and other experts over the next two weeks, but stressed, “This motion […]
  
Christina Applegate Says She Has Multiple Sclerosis  Actress Christina Applegate has announced that she has multiple sclerosis. “Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS,” Applegate tweeted late Monday night. “It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we […]
Man Fatally Shot While Sitting in Car in North Hills Area; Suspect Sought A 30-year-old Winnetka man was fatally shot while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car in the North Hills area, and his killer was being sought Tuesday, authorities said. Christian Rangel died at the scene of the shooting, which occurred at about 11:45 p.m. Monday near Superior Street and Columbus Avenue, according to the […]
Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run; Suspect Taken Into Custody A 26-year-old Inglewood woman was taken into custody for allegedly fatally injuring a 60-year-old woman in a hit-and-run in the Leimert Park area, authorities announced Tuesday. Gwendolyn Pointer of Baldwin Hills was driving southbound on Crenshaw Boulevard, just south of Coliseum Street, at about 2:50 a.m. Monday when she stopped her car near the intersection […]
COVID Cases Expected To Keep Rising As LACO Schools, Business Mandate Tests Saying the area is enduring an “explosion” of COVID-19 infections, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned Tuesday that case numbers will continue to rise through September in large part due to wide-ranging testing mandates at schools and businesses, but she continued to profess the effectiveness of vaccines. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department […]
LA City Council Sets Goal To Add 25,000 Units of Homeless Housing by 2025 The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion Tuesday setting a homeless housing goal of creating at least 25,000 new housing units in the city by 2025. The motion, which passed 13-0, was introduced by Councilman Kevin de León as part of his “A Way Home” initiative on Jan. 13. It seeks to create resources […]
COVID-19 Stats on the Rise in OC, But Officials See Some Silver Linings Propelled by the more contagious Delta variant, Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 averages saw significant increases Tuesday as hospitalizations crept up. According to weekly averages released on Tuesdays, the county’s average daily case rate per 100,000 residents increased from 12.7 last week to 19, and the test positivity rate jumped from 6.9% to 8.3%. The county’s […]
Deputies Injured In Compton Ambush Shooting Sue Alleged `Ghost Gun’ Maker A pair of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who were seriously injured in an ambush shooting near a Compton transit center have sued a company they claim manufactured and sold parts of the “ghost gun” used in the attack. Deputies Claudia Apolinar and Emmanuel Perez-Perez contend in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that an […]
Long Beach Schools Requires Staff To Be Vaccinated Or Take Weekly COVID Tests All Long Beach Unified School District staff will be required to show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing when classes resume at the end of the month, the district confirmed Tuesday. District staff were notified of the requirement on Monday. In a message to district families, Superintendent Jill Baker said COVID-19 “continues to […]
LA City Council To Consider Requiring Vaccinations To Enter Indoor Spaces The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday is scheduled to consider requesting an ordinance to require the public to show proof of at least partial vaccination against COVID-19 to enter most public indoor spaces in the city, including restaurants, bars, gyms, concert venues, movie theaters and even “retail establishments.” Council President Nury Martinez and Councilman Mitch […]
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