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Newsom Signs $6.6B School-Reopening Bill, But Will LAUSD Return to Class?

Children at a Los Angeles schoolGov. Gavin Newsom has signed a $6.6 billion legislative package that offers incentives for schools to resume in-person instruction for students up to second grade by April 1 and provides funds to help recoup learning lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly by extending the school year. But it remains unclear when Los Angeles Unified School […]
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Man Opens Fire with AR-15 Style Rifle in Garden Grove Neighborhood

A 27-year-old man who fired shots from an AR-15 style rifle into the air of a Garden Grove neighborhood was in custody Saturday morning after a standoff with police that ended when a K-9 was sent into a garage to subdue the suspect. Officers received calls about 9:50 p.m. Friday of a suspect shooting multiple […]
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Seven Years of Sex Terror For Helpless Little Child in Glendale: Nabbed Suspect falls for Cops’ Fake Child Text Sting

Glendale Police headquartersA 63-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a child over seven years in Glendale was in custody Saturday after cops used a sting operation in which a detective pretended to be a victim in a text message. Barry Clark was taken into custody Thursday at his home in Missouri, where police served a search warrant […]
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LAUSD to Resume High School Sports Competition

In accordance with state and local guidelines that cleared the way for a resumption of youth sports, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner has authorized students aged 13 and older to participate in outdoor competitions. COVID-19 new-case rates fell low enough in the county last month to allow the resumption of youth competition […]
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Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Torrance Gym Owner

A judge has issued a preliminary injunction against a Torrance gym owner, directing him to refrain from indoor operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary H. Strobel handed down the ruling Friday against David Fischer, the owner of Powerhouse Gym. The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against Fischer on […]
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Long Beach to Start Inoculating People With Disabilities

The city of Long Beach will offer COVID-19 inoculations to anyone from age 16 to 64 who has physical or developmental disabilities beginning Monday. The city received permission to vaccinate the new group from the state due to the Health and Human Services Department success in vaccinating people in the current available phases, according to […]
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Orange County Continues to See Encouraging COVID-19 Trends

Orange County’s push to graduate to the less-restrictive red tier for the state’s COVID-19 program to reopen the economy — which now includes an April 1 reopening of Disneyland — is continuing as cases and hospitalizations decline. But the county also logged 62 fatalities Friday, raising its death toll to 4,075. The county reported 232 […]
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Vaccine Supplies On The Rise in LA County, With Largest Allotment Next Week

Drive-up vaccinationIn what Los Angeles County officials hope is the beginning of the end of severe COVID-19 vaccine shortages, the county next week will receive its largest vaccine allotment to date, with nearly two-thirds of the supply being used to administer first doses. Dr. Paul Simon, the county Department of Public Health’s chief science officer, said […]
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Mercedes-Benz Slams into La Canada Flintridge Home, Driver Arrested

A Mercedes-Benz driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a home in La Canada Flintridge and the driver was in custody Saturday morning. The crash occurred at 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 5000 block of Crown Way, near Knight Way, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The homeowner told a news photographer […]
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Two People Seriously Injured in Crash on State Route 60 in Moreno Valley

Two people were freed from the wreckage of a crash involving a semi truck and SUV on state Route 60 in Moreno Valley Saturday morning and taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The crash was reported at 2:45 a.m. near the Day Street exit, according to the California Highway Patrol. The SUV went down […]
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