| | | | The news for Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Lawsuits Over Gang Culture Among Sheriff’s Deputies Cost L.A. County $55 Million  Los Angeles County has paid out roughly $55 million in settlements in cases in which sheriff’s deputies were alleged to belong to a secret society, records obtained by the Los Angeles Times show, illuminating the entrenched nature of a subculture that has plagued the Sheriff’s Department for years. The figure comes from a list that […]
  
Family Mourns Mother Killed in Shooting at Mansion Party near Beverly Hills Authorities Wednesday morning sought the persons responsible for a gang-related shooting at a large party taking place at a mansion in Beverly Crest north of Beverly Hills that killed a 35-year-old mother of three and left two other people hospitalized. Police responded to the 13200 block of Mulholland Drive about 12:45 a.m. Monday and found […]
L.A. County Fire Department Adds Two Firehawk Helicopters The Los Angeles County Fire Department has added two Firehawk helicopters to its arsenal. The helicopters arrived Tuesday at the Barton Heliport in Pacoima, each equipped with 1,000-gallon water tanks and extended landing gear. The department announced their purchase in July 2019. With the addition of the new Firehawks, H-21 and H-22, the department now […]
57 More Coronavirus Deaths In L.A. County, But Under-count Likely Technological flaws in the state’s electronic laboratory system have led to an under-reporting of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County for at least two weeks, health officials say, prompting outreach to individual testing facilities to verify results. According to the county Department of Public Health, the issues with the state lab have impacted the county’s […]
Orange County Reports 253 New COVID-19 Cases, 2 More Deaths  Orange County have reported 253 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, raising the cumulative total to 38,066 cases and 653 fatalities since the pandemic began. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in county hospitals dropped from 555 Monday to 539 Tuesday, while the number of patients in intensive care dipped from […]
COVID Count Goes up 350 in Riverside County Riverside County has reported 356 new coronavirus infections and one additional death, bringing the cumulative caseload to 38,487 and the number of fatalities to 738. The number of known active virus cases countywide is 17,670, compared to 17,695 a day earlier. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current total, […]
Trial Date to Be Scheduled for Suspended LA Councilman Jose Huizar A hearing will be held Wednesday to set a trial date for suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, who faces federal charges alleging he ran a $1.5 million pay-to-play scheme in which developers were shaken down for cash bribes and campaign donations in exchange for his support of downtown-area development projects. Huizar, 51, of […]
Little Change to Average L.A. County Gas Price The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose two-tenths of a cent to $3.183, one day after increasing four-tenths of a cent. The average price is 1.4 cents more than a week ago and 8.5 cents higher than one month ago but 50 cents less than one year […]
Apple Fire 20% Contained, Evacuation Orders in Riverside County Lifted  The Apple Fire raged Wednesday morning in the mountains within the San Bernardino National Forest as firefighters worked to increase containment of the blaze, which has blackened 26,850 acres, destroyed 12 structures and was 20% contained. The fire erupted in Cherry Valley about 5 p.m. Friday in the area of Apple Tree Lane and Oak […]
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