| | | | The news for Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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More Than 400 Terminal Island Inmates Test Positive for COVID-19  Nearly half of the inmates at Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island in San Pedro have tested positive for coronavirus. As of Tuesday, 443 of the prison’s 1,055 inmates have the virus, along with 10 staff members. Two inmates have died from COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Prisons. The bureau reports a total of 1,313 […]
  
Southland Heat Wave Eases — But Not for Long The Southland’s first heat wave of 2020 will ease Wednesday thanks to the return of the marine layer, with highs reverting to the 80s everywhere except the Antelope Valley. Temperature will resume climbing Thursday and revert to the 90s in many communities on Tuesday. The weather service forecast partly cloudy skies in L.A. County Wednesday […]
Coronavirus Deaths Hit 1,000 in L.A. County Los Angeles County has reached a grim milestone, with COVID-19 deaths topping 1,000. The county Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 59 more deaths due to the coronavirus, although six of those deaths were reported Monday by Long Beach and Pasadena, which both have their own municipal health agencies. Long Beach and Pasadena both […]
Orange County Reports 3 More Deaths From Coronavirus Orange County’s coronavirus toll stands at 2,151 cases Wednesday, with 42 fatalities. The number of hospitalized patients increased from 157 on Monday to 178 on Tuesday, with the number of intensive care patients rising from 62 to 74, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Men make up 54% of the county’s cases and […]
Firefighters Extinguish Blaze in Commercial Building in Pomona, One Injured  A firefighter was hurt Wednesday morning while battling a second-alarm fire that caused significant damage to a business in Pomona. Crews responded to a building near First and Reservoir streets about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and encountered heavy fire and smoke coming from the approximately 100-foot-by-100-foot structure, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A […]
Torrid Heat Persists in Riverside County Palm Springs tied a high temperature record for the date when it hit 106 degrees on Tuesday, and the mercury is expected to rise even higher Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Building high pressure will keep temperatures hot Wednesday throughout Riverside County and highs in the Coachella Valley could reach 108, forecasters said. […]
Riverside County Reports 92 New Cases of COVID-19 Riverside county’s coronavirus toll stands at 3,735 cases Wednesday, with 141 fatalities. The figures reflect another 92 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Riverside County, but no new deaths. Officials on Monday announced 23 new virus-related deaths, a jump attributed to fatalities that occurred as far back as April 21, according to the Riverside University Health […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 59th Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the 59th consecutive day, decreasing a half-cent to $2.834, its lowest amount since Jan. 4, 2017. The average price has dropped 72.3 cents during the streak, including a half-cent on Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and […]
Senate Candidate to Join Female Palm Springs Council Members For Zoom Chat  Three Palm Springs councilwomen and former Councilwoman Ginny Foat will join Democratic state Senate candidate Elizabeth Romero for a virtual campaign event this evening. “Cocktails & Conversation” is set to begin at 6 p.m. over Zoom video conferencing. Romero will be joined by Palm Springs Councilwomen Lisa Middleton, Christy Holstege and Grace Garner, who, along […]
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