| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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LACo Health Director Warns Against Non-Essential Activities to Slow COVID Amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 infections, Los Angeles County’s public health director Tuesday urged residents to avoid non-essential activities in the coming weeks, particularly those that are indoors and involve mingling with unvaccinated or higher-risk people. Fueled by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the county is experiencing pandemic-high levels of daily infection reports and […]
  
Pete Buttigieg Visits LA Port Complex To Mark Supply Chain Progress  U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Tuesday to discuss progress being made to supply chain disruptions and the backlog of container vessels off the coast over recent months. “When there is an issue affecting ports here, you will feel it as far away as my Indiana hometown. […]
Oscars Will Again Have a Host; Show Director Named  For the first time since 2018, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony will have a host. Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, broke the news Tuesday during the Television Critics Association’s press tour, telling reporters, “You heard it here first.” “I can confirm that this year’s Oscars will have a host,” he said. […]
Appeals Court Allows UCLA Discrimination Suit to Go Forward A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California brought by a Chinese national graduate student who alleges UCLA violated his civil rights in a disciplinary proceeding instituted after a former student accused him of misconduct. Based on the former student’s allegations, and before beginning a formal Title […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Exceed 1,000 Patients Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations surpassed 1,000 for the first time since last February, according to data released Tuesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Hospitalizations ballooned from 964 on Monday to 1,013 on Tuesday, with the number of intensive care unit patients rising from 140 to 159, according to the OCHCA. “It’s hard to […]
LAUSD Students Return to Campuses Amid COVID Surge, Testing Mandate Tens of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students headed back to classes Tuesday amid a dramatic countywide surge in COVID-19 cases, but officials continue to insist on the effectiveness of infection-control measures on campus. The district required all students and staff to be tested for COVID before returning to in-person activities, even distributing […]
Man Pleads Guilty in Kidnapping of Elderly Woman at VA Center in West LA A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from the abduction of a 68-year-old woman with dementia at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. David R. Tscherny, whose age and hometown were not immediately available, entered the plea to one count each of kidnapping and interference with commerce by extortion, according to […]
Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shot and Killed; Suspects Sought An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed in an apparent exchange of gunfire with as many as three armed robbery suspects in the unincorporated Firestone-Florence neighborhood, and authorities Tuesday sought public help to solve the crime. Sheriff’s deputies responded about 9:15 p.m. Monday to the 8700 block of Beach Street, west of South […]
What’s Next in Investigations into LAPD Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girl One day after 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta was laid to rest, the Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday heard a status update on the LAPD’s internal investigation into her accidental shooting by an officer’s stray bullet — one of multiple investigations that are expected to take months. The LAPD’s Force Investigation Division and Inspector General’s Office are […]
LA County Says Crime Has Spiked Near RV Encampments, Crackdown Proposed The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to take steps to break up RV encampments that have proven to be hot spots for crime and provide safe overnight parking alternatives. Supervisor Holly Mitchell recommended updating data on locations where crime has increased around RV encampments and also encampments within 500 feet of schools. […]
LA City Council Supports Ellis Act Eviction Restrictions The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday called for the state to pass legislation requiring a minimum of five years of ownership before a homeowner can invoke the Ellis Act to evict tenants and take the property off the rental market. The resolution to support Assembly Bill 854 was passed unanimously by the council after being […]
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