| | | | The news for Thursday, June 18, 2020
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Los Angeles County Reports Record COVID Cases, But Key Metrics Holding  Los Angeles County health officials say coronavirus hospitalization and transmission rates are holding steady in spite of a record-high single-day number of cases toda — a spike they blame on a “dump” of test results from a single lab. The county Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced 2,129 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, pushing […]
  
Man Fatally Shot in Willowbrook, Suspect Sought A man was shot and killed while sitting in a car in the unincorporated Willowbrook area near South Los Angeles and the shooter was at large Thursday morning. Deputies from the Century Station responded to a call of shots fired in the 11700 block of Alabama Street, south of the Century (105) Freeway, about 11:10 […]
Transient Accused in a Series of Brush Fires Set Over Two Days in Palm Desert A transient accused of igniting nine brush fires over two days along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert is scheduled to appear in an Indio courtroom Thursday in his first court hearing stemming from the blazes. Jose Ruben Rodriguez, 34, was arrested at a transient encampment in Palm Desert late last month and booked at the […]
Orange County Reports 205 New Cases of COVID-19, 10 More Deaths Orange County’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 243, with 26 of the deaths coming this week. Health Care Agency officials on Wednesday reported that 10 more people have succumbed to the disease. Since June 5, 69 people have died from the disease caused by the coronavirus in Orange County. The agency also reported 205 new […]
LAPD Motorcycle Officer Hurt in Crash with Civilian Vehicle in Granada Hills  A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was injured in a crash with a vehicle in Granada Hills. The crash occurred near the intersection of Balboa Boulevard and Westbury Drive, close to Knollwood Golf Course, about 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, the department said. The officer was taken to a hospital with stable vital signs, but the […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Rises For 29th Time in 31 Days The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Thursday for the 29th time in 31 days, increasing eight-tenths of a cent to $3.041, its highest amount since April 4. The average price has risen 16.6 cents over the past 31 days, including four-tenths of a cent on both […]
LA City and County to Discuss Resolution of Freeway Homeless Issue Los Angeles city and county officials have apparently agreed on a plan to pay for the emergency housing of thousands of indigent people living near the freeway system and will discuss their efforts at a hearing Thursday. A federal judge last month appointed a mediator to oversee efforts to resolve the financial sticking point which […]
LACSD Deputy Fatally Shoots Robert Fuller’s Half-Brother in Kern County Detectives investigated Thursday morning the fatal shooting by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies of a kidnap, domestic assault suspect who opened fire on them during a traffic stop in Kern County. The man was later identified as a half-brother of Robert Fuller, whose body was found hanging last week from a tree in Palmdale, a […]
Officials: Road Work on Avenue 62 in Thermal Postponed  Plans to shutter a stretch of Avenue 62 in Thermal starting Thursday until the end of next month for road work were pushed back to an undetermined date due to a train derailment. The roadway was scheduled to close between Highway 111 and state Route 86 to allow for the installation of a new traffic […]
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