| | | | The news for Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Orange County Expanding COVID-19 Testing as 29 More Cases Reported  Orange County’s coronavirus cases increased stand at 1,691 Wednesday, with no new deaths, as many more test kits were made available and county officials continued to discuss the best ways to handle the evolving pandemic. The death toll, which had risen by 14 in just under a week, remains at 33. The number of hospitalized […]
  
Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Inglewood An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 rattled parts of Southern California Wednesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake, centered near the unincorporated View Park-Windsor Hills area, near Inglewood, struck at 12:03 a.m. at a depth of just over 7 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It […]
Concert Supporting COVID-19 Response Averages More Than 20 Million Viewers “One World: Together At Home” drew prime-time television’s largest audience since the Oscars, averaging 20.738 million viewers, airing simultaneously on 26 broadcast and cable networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW and the Spanish-language network Univision. The global concert in support of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic being led by the World Health Organization […]
Prepaid Debit Cards Distributed Wednesday, L.A. County COVID-19 Cases Top 15,000 Los Angeles police officers will be stationed Wednesday at 16 sites across the city to “keep the peace” during the distribution of prepaid debit cards to qualified applicants who have been financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles will distribute the prepaid debit cards, which are pre-loaded with $700, $1,100 […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 52nd Consecutive Day  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday to its lowest amount since Feb. 2, 2017, decreasing eight-tenths of a cent to $2.873. The average price has dropped 52 consecutive days, decreasing 68.4 cents, including eight-tenths of a cent on Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA […]
Man Dies in Shooting in Pomona, Suspect Sought A man died at a hospital Wednesday morning from wounds he suffered in a shooting in Pomona and police announced a stretch of the street where the shooting occurred will be closed until further notice. Officers responded to a shots fired call in the 1000 block of East Mission Boulevard around 1:30 a.m., but did […]
Strong Winds Buffet Southland: Heat Wave Headed our Way Strong winds will blow across the San Gabriel Mountains Wednesday amid a warming trend that will send highs to the 90s later this week, forecasters said. “We’ll be flirting with record highs,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Stewart early Wednesday morning, attributing the heat to a ridge of high pressure above the region and […]
Webinar To Feature Superintendents From Coachella Valley School Districts How local schools are handling the transition to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic will be among the discussion topics during a free webinar Wednesday that will feature superintendents from three Coachella Valley school districts. The panel discussion over Zoom video conferencing is the first in a multi-part series titled “Destination Talent Coachella Valley: 2020 […]
Person Found Dead in Ashes of Rubbish Fire in Downtown Los Angeles  A person was found dead Wednesday morning after firefighters extinguished a trash fire in downtown Los Angeles. Crews responded to the 2200 block of Eighth Street, near the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, about 1:10 a.m. and quickly extinguished a large trash fire, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Once the flames […]
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