| | | | The news for Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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LA County Tops 15M COVID Vaccine Doses, But More Shots Urged  Los Angeles County health officials marked a significant milestone Tuesday, announcing that more than 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the county, but they said more needs to be done to reach people still resistant to the shots — especially as new variants emerge. As of last Thursday, more than 15.2 […]
  
Deliberations Begin in Trial of Ex-Weight-Loss Doctor and Co-Defendant Jury deliberations are set to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of the operators of the now-defunct 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign, who allegedly used fabricated sleep studies to convince insurance companies to pay out tens of millions of dollars for Lap-Band surgery. The defense argued during the nearly three-month trial that former weight-loss doctor Julian Omidi, […]
Orange County’s COVID Hospitalizations Remain Stable Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained relatively stable as nine more fatalities have been logged since Friday, according to data recently released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county logged 1,169 new infections since Friday, raising the cumulative count to 317,553. The newly logged fatalities increase the overall death toll to 5,823. The agency […]
‘Powerful’ Storm Set to Douse Southland  A strong storm system is expected to drench much of Southern California with rain and cover mountaintops with snow peaking later Tuesday, raising fears of flooding and potential debris flows. National Weather Service forecasters previously dubbed it “the most significant storm of the season.” Coastal areas and the valleys could get up to 3 inches […]
COVID Hospitalizations Increase in Riverside County, New Mask-Mandate The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Riverside County increased by one, bringing the total to 292 in the most recently released data, while the number of those patients in intensive care was 72, down three from Sunday. According to the Riverside University Health System, the aggregate number of COVID cases recorded since the […]
Man Killed on Culver City On-Ramp Identified County authorities Tuesday identified a man who was killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on an on-ramp to the San Diego (405) Freeway in Culver City. The man who died on the on-ramp was identified as Martin Gray, 35, by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The crash was reported 2:50 a.m. Monday on the Jefferson […]
Storm to Bring Rain, Snow and Damaging Winds to Riverside County A powerful storm is expected to bring showers, snow and gusty conditions to Riverside County peaking Tuesday. Temperatures fell below average Monday ahead of the storm’s arrival from the northwest. Inland areas west of the Riverside County mountains could see up to 1.5 inches of rain while the low desert could see between a quarter […]
Average LA County Gas Price Drops Slightly The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped four-tenths of a cent Tuesday to $4.682, one day after rising three-tenths of a cent. The average price is a half-cent less than one week ago but 1.7 cents more than one month ago and $1.527 higher than one year […]
Riverside County Supervisors Set to Adopt Voters’ Choice Act Tuesday  The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to adopt all provisions of the California Voters’ Choice Act, making Riverside County the 16th county to change its election processes to ensure a ballot is mailed to every registered voter — regardless of whether an election is local, state or federal — while still allowing for in-person […]
Coroner Identifies Pedestrian Killed in Palmdale A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Palmdale was identified Tuesday by county authorities. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Daniel Ricozapata, 26, whose city of residence was not known. Deputies were dispatched at 2:14 a.m. Sunday to the area of 25th Street East and Joshua Hills […]
One Year Ago Today (December 14, 2020)…Licensed ICU Bed Capacity in Riverside County Drops to 0%, Officials Say One Year Ago Today (December 14, 2020)…Riverside County health officials reported 6,741 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases and 13 virus-related deaths since, as the number of available licensed intensive care unit beds countywide dwindled to zero. “The number of ICU beds has reached capacity, however, the hospitals themselves have the ability through their surge plans to […]
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