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New Lockdown Set for Sunday Night as COVID-19 Hospitalizations Soar

ICU patient and nurseSouthern California will fall under sweeping new health restrictions Sunday evening due to the rapidly increasing number of hospitalizations from the coronavirus, state officials confirmed just hours before the county reported one of its largest daily totals of new coronavirus cases. A state-mandated “regional stay-at-home” order goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, triggered when […]
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David Lander, Squiggy on ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ Dead at 73

People who knew and admired actor David Lander paid tribute to him Sunday via social media. Lander, who gained fame as Squiggy on the long-running ABC sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” in the 1970s and ’80s, died from multiple sclerosis Friday evening at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, TMZ reported. He was 73. Lander’s appearances as Sguiggy were […]
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Bond Fire 45% Contained in Silverado Canyon

A wind-driven brush fire in Silverado Canyon sparked by a house fire has burned 7,375 acres, destroyed at least five buildings and was 45% contained, with residents still under evacuation orders in the Modjeska, Silverado and Williams Canyon areas. Firefighters continued to look for and mop up hot spots Saturday while clearing more vegetation around […]
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Man Who Died in Solo-Vehicle Crash in Seal Beach ID’d

A man who died in a solo-vehicle crash in Seal Beach was a resident of that city, authorities said Sunday. Kurt Barsotti was 66-years-old, according to Supervising Deputy Orange County Coroner Inez Chavez. An autopsy is pending to determine Barsotti’s cause of death. The crash happened about 10:45 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Seal […]
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No-Burn Alert in Effect This Weekend in Many Parts of RS County

Residents in much of the South Coast Air Quality Management District are prohibited from indoor and outdoor wood burning this weekend due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The mandatory wood-burning ban is in effect through 11:59 p.m. Sunday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert […]
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SpaceX Plans Rescheduled Mission to International Space Station

SpaceX DragonHawthorne-based SpaceX is scheduled to launch a re-supply mission to the International Space Station Sunday, after postponing the launch Saturday due to poor weather. The cargo mission was scheduled to launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 8:39 a.m. PST Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Due to poor weather in the recovery area, a […]
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Teen Killed While Playing with Handgun ID’d

The 17-year-old boy killed while playing with a loaded handgun with another boy in a residential portion of Bell Gardens was publicly identified Sunday. Angel Ornelas was a Bell Gardens resident. The victim now identified as Ornelas and a 16-year-old boy were playing with the handgun at about 3:15 p.m. Friday in the 6600 block […]
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Coroner ID’s Man Killed in Downtown Crash

A La Crescenta man was identified as the person killed in a downtown crash in which a fire hydrant was sheared. Patrick Galstians was 31-years-old, according to the coroner’s office. The crash occurred near Fifth and Wall streets at about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to police. No further details were available. >> Want to read […]
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Fire Burns Commercial Building in Panorama City

It took 82 firefighters 51 minutes to put out flames in a commercial building in Panorama City, authorities said Sunday. The fire was reported at 10:23 p.m. at 14545 W. Lanark St., Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Smoke was coming from the two-story building when firefighters arrived, Stewart said. No injuries […]
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Police Search for Suspect in Patrol Car Shooting

Police lights on a patrol vehicle. Courtesy of LAPDOfficers were searching a Pacoima neighborhood Saturday evening after someone fired shots that shattered the windshield of a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car. The shooting occurred at 7:10 p.m. near Osborne Street and Osborne Place, said a desk officer at the LAPD Operations Center. Neither of the two officers inside the patrol car were […]
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