| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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March Of Death Won’t Stop: Almost 200 Coronavirus Dead In LA County, 7,500 Cases  More than two dozen new coronavirus deaths were reported in Los Angeles County Wednesday, pushing the total close to 200, while the overall number of cases topped 7,500 and the county’s health director warned that stay-at-home and other protective orders will remain in effect for weeks to come. “I want to thank so many of […]
  
Nursing Home Evacuated As Worker Fails To Show Up: Lots Of Virus Infections Already Wednesday’s evacuation of more than 80 patients from a Riverside nursing home, where multiple coronavirus infections were verified and a large number of staff failed to show up for work, was expected to last until nightfall. “We’ve got everybody packed and ready to go, but it’s slow,” Riverside University Health System spokesman Jose Arballo told […]
O.C. Weighs Order on Face Coverings as COVID-19 Cases Increase Orange County officials were awaiting guidance from the county’s chief health officer about requiring face coverings for food industry workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, as another 91 cases of the disease and two additional deaths were announced. The county now has 1,016 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 17 deaths. The number of hospitalized patients […]
L.A. Councilman, Housing Officials Discuss City’s Emergency Rental Laws Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu Wednesday conducted a conference call with officials from the city’s Housing and Community Investment Department and organizations that work with tenants to discuss issues with the city’s emergency rent laws in place during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the emergency laws, most renters cannot be evicted, but residential tenants still […]
DA in `Self-Quarantine,’ Tests Negative for Coronavirus Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey revealed Wednesday that she has tested negative for coronavirus but is in “self-quarantine” after coming in close contact with one of two employees in her office who tested positive. “I am writing this message from self-quarantine after coming in close contact with one of the two employees in […]
Suspect Detained in Fountain Valley Hospital Shooting A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of firing what appeared to be a flare gun at a Fountain Valley hospital, but no one was hurt, police said. Officers were sent to MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center at 18111 Brookhurst St. at about noon, Fountain Valley Police Chief Matt Sheppard said. “A suspect […]
Pedestrian Injured in Hit-Run Dies at Hospital; Suspect Facing Charges Police Wednesday reported the death of one of two pedestrians injured in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach two weeks ago, for which an alleged repeat DUI offender is in custody and facing criminal charges. Police said they were notified Tuesday that Bryan Bogan, 61, of Long Beach, died Saturday at a hospital. A 71-year-old […]
Religious Leader Remains Jailed While Awaiting Court Hearing The leader of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch remained behind bars Wednesday, one day after a state appeals court panel ordered a judge to dismiss a case charging him with rape and other sexual acts against children in Southern California. Naason Joaquin Garcia — the 50-year-old leader of La Luz del Mundo or The Light of […]
Rose Parade Float Volunteer Says She Was Injured Building Cruise Line Entry The company that produces one of the largest number of Tournament of Rose Parade floats is being sued by a volunteer who alleges she was injured at the Irwindale-based business while working on the Carnival Cruise Line 2019 entry. Susan Vasquez’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges negligence and premises liability on the part of […]
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