| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, June 1, 2020
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More Violence Tonight? Southern California Cops Ready, Curfews Imposed  As cleanup efforts continued in areas devastated by weekend looting and vandalism amid police-brutality protests, Southland law enforcement agencies braced Monday for renewed protests as communities issued sweeping curfews in hopes of quelling violence. Police agencies in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Long Beach combined to report nearly 1,200 arrests during protests that occurred Sunday, […]
  
Beware Of Coronavirus Dangers In Mass Protests, Looting  Los Angeles County elected and health officials Monday urged residents to heed curfew restrictions amid continuing protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, while also expressing concern about crowded demonstrations leading to a spike in coronavirus cases. “Peaceful protests are so important, but I ask you all to look out for each other […]
Beverly Hills Lockdown, Early Curfew Right Now  A citywide curfew in Beverly Hills went into effect at 1 p.m. Monday, three hours earlier than planned, “out of an abundance of caution due to continued demonstrations planned in the area,” Keith Sterling, Beverly Hills’ public information manager, told City News Service. The curfew prohibits anyone from being on public streets, alleys, in parks […]
L.A. County Temporary Closes 11 COVID-19 Testing Sites Due to Unrest Many Los Angeles County COVID-19 testing sites were closed or closing early Monday due to the state of emergency countywide, with officials saying more closures may be announced. “Los Angeles County is in the midst of fighting an unprecedented pandemic while also facing a state of emergency that impacts public safety. Public health remains a […]
Woman Who Allegedly Fatally Stabbed Woman in Her 80s Wounded by Police A woman who allegedly stabbed a woman in her 80s to death in the Larchmont area of Los Angeles was shot and wounded by Los Angeles police and remained hospitalized Monday, authorities said. Officers responded at 9:25 p.m. Sunday to a report of a stabbing in the 600 block of North Wilton Place, said Officer […]
Watts Community Leaders Call for Peace Amid Police Protests, Looting Community leaders and Los Angeles city officials gathered in the Watts area Monday to voice support for peaceful police protests, but they said they would not allow anyone to commit violence and vandalism. “We are here for the peaceful protest that might happen in our community, but we will not tolerate any destruction in our […]
USC Revokes Booster’s Season Ticket In Response to Racist Tweets USC has revoked a football booster’s season ticket and Trojan Athletic Fund membership privileges in response to racist tweets, the university’s athletic director confirmed Monday. “Racism and hate speech will not be tolerated,” USC athletic director Mike Bohn posted on Twitter. The athletic director said the university was made aware of “abhorrent and blatantly racist […]
Police Protests Planned Throughout the Coachella Valley Upwards of 50 demonstrators gathered in downtown Palm Springs Monday, many of them chanting “Black Lives Matter,” in response to death of George Floyd, whose police custody death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day has sparked civil unrest nationwide. The demonstration was organized by the Coachella Valley arm of the advocacy group Courageous Resistance, with no […]
Census Workers Won’t Work During Protests, Violence Census workers were supposed to hit the streets of L.A. County Monday, but local health officials haven’t yet given approval for that effort to begin due to the coronavirus pandemic. But efforts are going forward in Orange County, with census workers expected to deliver paper questionnaires to more than 1,700 households. Patricia Ramos of the […]
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