| | | | The news for Friday, December 31, 2021
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OC COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Case Rates Continue Soaring Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have continued to soar with concerns mounting about health care staffing shortages. The number of hospitalizations zoomed up from 376 Wednesday to 420 Thursday, with the number of intensive care unit patients jumping from 72 to 86. Hospital levels have not been this high since Sept. 11. “It’s going to be […]
  
Rain Inundates Parts of Southland, Causing Flooding, Mudslides Intense rain poured over most of the Southland, causing mudslides, debris flows and flooding that frustrated motorists and prompted evacuation orders for hours in Orange County canyons. Snowfall forced the closure of Interstate 5 through the Grapevine early Thursday morning in northern Los Angeles County, while a mudslide blocked traffic and trapped some vehicles on […]
LL Cool J Tests Positive for COVID-19, Cancels New Year’s Eve Performance After testing positive for COVID-19, hip-hop singer LL Cool J has canceled his performance in “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022,” according to a report posted on the ABC 7 website. The actor and rapper was expected to perform from Times Square in New York before midnight on Friday. “We were […]
Ahead of New Year, LACo Tops 20,000 New COVID Cases As predicted, Los Angeles County has topped 20,000 new COVID-19 cases amid what has become a dramatic surge in virus transmission that is continuing to drive up hospitalization numbers and raising fears that a higher death count will soon follow. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported 20,198 new COVID infections on Thursday, a number […]
Coroner Identifies Woman Killed in Vicious Dog Attack County authorities Friday identified a woman whose four dogs attacked and killed her in the unincorporated East Valinda area of the San Gabriel Valley. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Karen Rosa Madrid, 26. The attack occurred about 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 18000 block of Elizondo Street, according to Sgt. […]
City’s Favorite Fruit to Fall from Tower to Mark New Year Residents and officials of Temecula will greet 2022 Friday evening with a salute to fruit — as an outsized, illuminated batch of grapes is lowered from the city’s clock tower to mark the final moments of the current year and the beginning of the new one. The annual “grape drop” celebration will begin at 6 […]
No-Burn Order Issued for Much of Southland for Friday The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland for Friday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect from midnight to at least 11:59 p.m. Friday. It affects all […]
Crowds Gather in Anticipation of 133rd Rose Parade Thousands of spectators hoping to secure prime viewing for the 133rd Rose Parade, its elaborate floats and high-energy marching bands will begin claiming spots along the route Friday to witness the return of a New Year’s tradition after a one-year hiatus. The 2021 parade was called off because of a winter surge in COVID-19 cases. […]
Presiding Judge Advises Public to Make Use of Remote Options Amid COVID Surge Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor strongly encouraged the public and attorneys to rely on remote courtroom appearance technology and virtual service options at all Los Angeles County courthouses because of the winter COVID-19 surge. Taylor Thursday encouraged those seeking services to schedule appointments and use the available online services. He asked […]
Victim of Fatal Crash in Willowbrook Identified The person who was killed in a crash in unincorporated Willowbrook was identified by county authorities Friday. Darlyn Chitica Perez, 25, was identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. Officers responded at 10:17 p.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle collision at Avalon Boulevard and East Rosecrans Avenue where they found Perez, said a California Highway […]
One Year Ago Today (December 31, 2020)…Ex-Maintenance Supervisor Loses Appeal in Sexual Battery Case One Year Ago Today (December 31, 2020)…A state appellate court panel rejected an appeal filed on behalf of a former maintenance supervisor who was convicted of sexually assaulting or battering three female underlings at an Arcadia shopping mall. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal turned down the defense’s contention that there […]
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