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Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Set Record At 1,893

Nurse treats COVID-19 patient in ICUOrange County has continued to set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, with the number rising to 1,893, while officials also reported another 3,490 confirmed virus infections. The number of people hospitalized was a 39-patient jump from Wednesday to Thursday. Of the 1,893 hospital patients reported Thursday, a pandemic-high 405 were being treated in intensive care. Orange […]
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One Dead in Crash on 110 Freeway Transition in Harbor Gateway

One person was killed Saturday morning in a crash on the transition road from the Harbor (110) Freeway in the Harbor Gateway South area of Los Angeles. The crash was reported at 2:11 a.m. on the transition from the southbound Harbor Freeway to 190th Street and the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the California […]
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Midnight Mission Supplies Take-Out Meals to 400 People on Christmas

An estimated 400 homeless people, including families, lined up outside the Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles for a Christmas take-out lunch. The annual Christmas event Friday, which usually includes a massive toy giveaway and sit down meal at Sixth and San Pedro streets, had to be changed because of the coronavirus, Mission Director of […]
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Kwanzaa Begins Saturday with Motorcade, Online Events

The seven-day African American festival of Kwanzaa begins Saturday with many celebrations in Los Angeles County canceled, altered or moved online because of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The event known for the past 43 years as the KwanZaa Gwaride Parade in South Los Angeles is billed as a motorcade, with participants asked to […]
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Man Killed in East Los Angeles Shooting ID’d

A man shot to death in East Los Angeles was publicly identified Saturday. Daniel Rivera, 30, was an East Los Angeles resident, according to the coroner’s office. The shooting was reported at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of Clela Avenue, near Olympic Boulevard, said Deputy Eric Ortiz of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s […]
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Free Coronavirus Testing Events Planned For Blythe, Cathedral City

Testing for coronavirusFree coronavirus testing will be done at two eastern Riverside County Catholic churches this weekend, including one set for Saturday in Cathedral City. The testing effort is spearheaded by Riverside County and the Desert Healthcare Foundation. Testing is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Louis Catholic Church in Cathedral City, 68-633 […]
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No-Burn Alert in Effect in Parts of Riverside County

Residents in much of the South Coast Air Quality Management District are prohibited from indoor and outdoor wood burning Saturday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The mandatory wood-burning ban is in effect through 11:59 p.m. Saturday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions […]
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Health Officials Fear Post-Christmas Surge Of Virus Infections

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported that there are now 6,708 people hospitalized countywide with COVID-19, and 20% of them are in the ICU. On Friday, Public Health also noted it is “experiencing a service interruption caused by an outage with Spectrum Service in the Los Angeles area. While Spectrum construction […]
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Search On for Suicidal Walnut Man

Detectives Saturday asked the public for help locating a 38-year-old Walnut man who is missing and believed suicidal. Johnny Guang Chi Yang was last seen at 3 p.m. Thursday in the 20900 block of Granite Wells Drive in Walnut, according to Deputy James Nagao of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Yang is described as Asian, 5 […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Crash on Harbor Freeway in Watts Area

CHP patchA man died Friday when he was struck while standing on a dirt embankment on the side of the Harbor (110) Freeway in the Watts area. The crash occurred at 2:53 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway at the Century Boulevard off-ramp, California Highway Patrol Officer S. Brown said. A 23-year-old Los Angeles […]
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