| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, April 27, 2020
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Outraged Gov. Newsom Blasts OC Beach Crowds: Virus `Doesn’t Take The Weekends Off’  Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday lashed out at crowds who flocked to some Orange County beaches over the hot weekend, most notably Newport Beach, saying ignorance of social-distancing mandates is dangerous and could delay the state’s ability to reopen businesses and ease health orders. “Those images are an example of what not to see, … what […]
  
Death Toll’s Grim March While Coronavirus Cases Top 20,000 in LA County  On the day testing was ramped up at nursing homes in hopes of slowing spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19 cases surged past 20,000 in Los Angeles Monday, with another 900 cases announced along with more than two dozen additional deaths. As of midday Monday, the total number of deaths in Los Angeles County due to […]
Orange County Coronavirus Cases Top 2,000  Orange County officials Monday reported 54 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 2,126, but the death toll remained unchanged at 39. The number of hospitalized patients increased from 148 on Sunday to 157 on Monday, with those being treated in intensive care units jumping from 55 to 62, according to the Orange County […]
Coronavirus Forces Cancellation of OC Fair The board that oversees the Orange County Fair voted unanimously Monday to cancel this year’s event because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The board opted to scrub the event based in part on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s comments two weeks ago that large gatherings would be unlikely through August, said Terry Moore, a spokeswoman for the fair. […]
Most Wanted List? Long Beach Ice Cream Truck Robbed, Four Nabbed A young man arrested along with three teenage boys following the armed robbery of a Long Beach ice cream truck was being held Monday in lieu of $50,000 bail, police reported. Officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of Pasadena Avenue, near East Burnett Street, in Long Beach about 5 p.m. Sunday, where the ice […]
Don’t Smell Anything? You May Be COVID-19 Victim Researchers at UC San Diego Health have found that loss of smell related to COVID-19 suggests the resulting illness is more likely to be mild to moderate, a potential early indicator that could help health care providers determine which patients may require hospitalization. The findings come in the wake of a similar study involving some […]
Big Cuts Coming To LA County Budget Los Angeles County officials released a $35.5 billion proposed budget Monday, but immediately acknowledged that major revisions would be coming as they maneuver through the fallout of an unprecedented pandemic. County CEO Sachi Hamai is projecting a $1 billion drop in revenues this fiscal year, set to end June 30, and estimates that revenues will […]
Bell Gardens Police Say Man, Boy Injured in Illegal Fireworks Explosion Two people, including a juvenile, were injured Monday after igniting illegal fireworks in Bell Gardens, police reported. Several people called 911 about 12:15 p.m. to report an explosion in the west alley of Eastern Avenue, near Gotham Street, according to Lt. Dano Neslen of the Bell Gardens Police Department. Police found a man and a […]
L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Opens N95 Mask Decontamination Center Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva unveiled a decontamination center Monday that he said can disinfect up to 30,000 much-needed N95 masks daily and save the county more than $18 million. The Sheriff’s Department is the “first law enforcement agency in the entire nation” to open such a center, the sheriff said. The N95 masks […]
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