| | | | The news for Thursday, March 26, 2020
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Los Angeles County Coronavirus Cases Surpass 800 with 13 Deaths Reported  The number of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County now surpasses 800, and there have been 13 deaths, prompting officials to announce more stringent quarantine and isolation rules for people who either have the virus or are presumed to be infected. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department of Public Health, said Wednesday the latest […]
  
Riverside County’s Confirmed Cases Surge to 107 with 2 New Deaths Riverside County health officials report 48 more coronavirus cases and two new deaths, including the first outside of the Coachella Valley, bringing the countywide death toll to eight and the number of cases to 107. The latest death was a man in his 70s living in an area public health officials call the county’s mid-region, […]
Crime Drops As Angelenos Stay Home During Coronavirus Pandemic The number of crimes committed in Los Angeles County has declined as people heed stay-at-home orders issued in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to county officials. “We took a pulse of the overall county crime numbers yesterday, and it was for violent crimes … a 10% drop and for overall […]
Garcetti Tells City Departments to Take Further Actions against Coronavirus Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says he has authorized city department heads to take “any action necessary within their budgets” to obtain materials, construction equipment, services and anything else that can help keep people safe during the coronavirus pandemic. “This might sound small, but this is a big deal,” Garcetti said Wednesday. “We haven’t just […]
Snow Makes Travel Difficult in San Gabriel Mountains  A winter weather advisory, which signifies exceedingly challenging travel conditions, including roads covered by ice and snow, is in effect in the San Gabriel Mountains Thursday because of a storm having only a negligible impact at lower elevations. The advisory went into effect at 6 p.m. Wednesday and is scheduled to expire at 11 Thursday […]
Southland Average Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since January 2018 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Thursday to its lowest amount since Jan. 4, 2018, decreasing 2.8 cents to $3.188. The average price has dropped 25 consecutive days and 28 of the past 29, decreasing 37.9 cents, including 2.7 cents on Wednesday, according to figures from […]
Proposed Homelessness Solutions to be Discussed at Downtown L.A. Hearing Possible immediate solutions to the Skid Row homeless crisis in light of the worsening coronavirus pandemic are expected to be discussed at a federal court hearing Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. Specifics on what is being considered were not immediately known because U.S. District Judge David Carter barred news media representatives and members of the […]
Man Arrested For Allegedly Soliciting Investments For Fake COVID-19 Prevention A man who allegedly sought financing to mass produce an unproven pill he said would prevent and cure the coronavirus is due in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, was arrested Wednesday while delivering the pills to an undercover FBI agent posing as an investor, according to Thom Mrozek, director of […]
Suspected Female Car Thief Crashes After Pomona Police Give Chase  A 35-year-old woman suspected of driving a stolen vehicle was in custody Thursday morning after she led police on a pursuit through Pomona that ended in a crash. Officers with the Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Task Force were in the area of Garey and Fernleaf avenues about 12:10 a.m. when they spotted and attempted […]
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