| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, December 18, 2020
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Overwhelming Relief For Docs, Nurses Vaccinations: `Felt Like 30 Pounds Lifted off My Shoulders’  Frontline health care workers at Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley lined up Friday to be among the first to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccines, and while none reported negative reactions, they shared the same sensation — relief. “I felt like 30 pounds had been lifted off my shoulders, knowing I had been vaccinated,” Dr. […]
  
`We’re Getting Crushed’: Hospitals Desperate As Zero ICU Beds Open To COVID-19 Patients  Fueled by the continued surge in COVID-19 cases, available space continued to dwindle Friday at Los Angeles County hospitals, with health-care professionals imploring the public to take the virus seriously to prevent medical centers from being overrun and unable to care for patients. “We’re getting crushed. I’m not going to sugarcoat this. We are getting […]
Dead Man On United Flight To LAX: Was It COVID-19? Should Passengers Worry?  Federal health officials were working with United Airlines Friday to determine if passengers aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight that was diverted when a man suffered what was initially deemed a heart attack may have been exposed to COVID-19. United Airlines confirmed in a statement Friday that it had been contacted by the U.S. Centers for […]
Sex Rejected By Teen Girls, So He Launched Online Harassment: Guilty! A 34-year-old Covina man pleaded guilty Friday to carrying out an online harassment campaign against two teenage girls who rejected his sexual advances. Carl De Vera Bennington faces up to 10 years behind bars as a result of his guilty plea to two federal cyberstalking charges. However, prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of no […]
Vaccination Drive In LA ‘Going Very, Very Well’ More health care workers across Los Angeles County received initial doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Friday, part of an ambitious effort to ensure the health and availability of doctors, nurses and other front-line workers amid surging virus cases and hospitalizations. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services began operating vaccination clinics at three of […]
Teachers, District Reach Agreement on Classes amid COVID-19; Details Remain Members of the United Teachers Los Angeles stated Friday that they have come to an agreement with school district officials on a plan for distanced learning in the spring semester but some details remain to be worked out. UTLA officials announced that at 2:30 p.m., they will speak about an agreement with Los Angeles Unified […]
Another Construction Death At Inglewood Development That’s Part Of Rams Stadium Authorities Friday identified a worker who died in a construction accident in the retail district in the 298-acre development in Inglewood that includes SoFi Stadium. Luis Escobar, 34, of Inglewood, died at scene about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to the coroner’s office. The death was the third this year of a worker at the development. […]
Will You Ever Be Able To Retire? Most Workers Say Maybe Not, Blame Coronavirus One in five U.S. workers indicate their confidence in their ability to retire comfortably has declined in light of the coronavirus pandemic — and just 27% are confident they can look forward to a lifestyle free of financial worry, according to findings released Friday by the Los Angeles-based Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. The October […]
OC Jails Records First COVID-19 Inmate Death A 68-year-old murder defendant was the first Friday to succumb to COVID-19 while in Orange County Jail custody. Eddie Lee Anderson of River Ridge, Louisiana, tested positive while being housed at the Theo Lacy branch jail within the last week, one of hundreds infected in a recent outbreak at the county’s lockups. Anderson was taken […]
Academy Museum Moves Opening to Next September Due to Pandemic The opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is being delayed from next spring to the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Friday. With rising virus infection rates and other museums remaining closed amid continued restrictions on public gatherings in Los Angeles, the museum decided to push back its opening to […]
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