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LAUSD Board to Consider COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Students

Youth vaccinatedAll eligible students age 12 and over in the Los Angeles Unified School District would be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes under a proposal going before the district’s Board of Education Thursday. The board has called a special meeting for 2 p.m. Thursday to consider the mandate. According to the […]
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Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Awards $3.7 Million in Grants

The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Thursday announced it awarded $3.7 million in “Reimagine Grants” to help 45 local nonprofits and synagogues during the pandemic, making it the most successful grant cycle in the foundation’s history in terms of the amount of money given and the number of recipients. The foundation — which over […]
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LA Man to Plead Guilty to $7.3M Coronavirus Fraud

A Los Angeles man has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he fraudulently obtained at least $7.3 million in coronavirus relief funds and gambled away some of it in Las Vegas. Andrew Marnell, 41, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors last week and is expected to formally enter his plea on Sept. 27 […]
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Average LA County Gas Price Unchanged

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was unchanged Thursday, one day after dropping four-tenths of a cent. The average price of $4.403 is one-tenth of a cent more than one week ago, 2.1 cents higher than one month ago and $1.176 greater than one year ago, according […]
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Orange County Exceeded 100 COVID-19 Deaths in August

Orange County’s COVID-19 death toll for last month has eclipsed 100, but hospitalizations have gone down again, according to the latest figures. Data released Wednesday show the county logged 16 more fatalities, raising the cumulative death toll to 5,286. Of those deaths logged Wednesday, 15 happened in August, raising the death toll for last month […]
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Riverside County Reports 17 New Coronavirus Deaths, 1,000-Plus New Cases

The coronavirusRiverside County reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases and an additional 17 virus-related deaths, according to the latest data. Numbers released Wednesday showed total COVID hospitalizations countywide at 617, up four from Tuesday, while the number of intensive care patients being treated for the virus increased to 132, up eight from Tuesday, according to […]
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Woman Missing In Inglewood

An 83-year-old woman was missing in Inglewood and authorities Thursday are seeking the public’s help in locating her. Maria Ochoa was last seen around noon Wednesday near Walnut and East Arbor Vitae streets, according to the California Highway Patrol, which activated a Silver Alert on behalf of the Inglewood Police Department. Ochoa is Latina, 5 […]
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Deputies Arrest Armed, Barricaded Suspect in Bellflower

A suspect armed with a deadly weapon was in custody Thursday after a standoff of more than five hours with deputies in Bellflower. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau were called at 4:57 p.m. Wednesday to the 9400 block of Pacific Avenue regarding reports of a person armed with a […]
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Daily COVID Deaths Remain High in LA County as Hospital Numbers Fall

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped for a ninth straight day in Los Angeles County, while the number of virus outbreaks in non-school settings also dipped from last week, but another 49 COVID deaths were reported, according to the latest data. The numbers, reported Wednesday, lifted the county’s overall death toll from the pandemic to 25,514. […]
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Guilty Plea Expected in L.A. Plant Poaching Case

A South Korean national who was extradited to Los Angeles is expected to plead guilty Thursday to trying to illegally export thousands of lotus-like California succulents worth $600,000 in Asia that he and two others pulled out of the ground at remote state parks. Byungsu Kim, 46, has agreed to enter his plea in Los […]
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One Year Ago Today (September 9, 2020)…Young Man Indicted for Killing Inglewood Man in Alleged Hate Crime

Riverside Hall of JusticeOne Year Ago Today (September 9, 2020)…A Riverside man accused with a relative in the racially motivated murder of a partygoer in Moreno Valley is facing special circumstances allegations of targeting the victim because of his race and of lying in wait, a grand jury indictment unsealed shows. Darren Peter Zesk, 19, was arrested and […]
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