| | | | The news for Saturday, December 4, 2021
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Rapid COVID Testing Site Opens at LAX International Terminal  One day after confirming the county’s first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a rapid-testing site has opened at Los Angeles International Airport to offer free — but voluntary — COVID tests for arriving international passengers. The COVID testing at the Tom Bradley International Terminal is being offered strictly on a voluntary basis, since […]
  
Two-Year Investigation into Drug Dealing in Skid Row Nets 50 Arrests A two-year investigation into narcotics dealing in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles has resulted in 50 arrests and the seizure of various quantities of drugs, including more than 46,000 fentanyl pills, according to authorities. The multi-agency operation included personnel from the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and targeted those […]
COVID-19 Test Kits Soon to be Available to Travelers at John Wayne Airport Starting next week, John Wayne Airport travelers will be able to get free COVID-19 test kits, officials announced. Public health professionals have been encouraging all travelers to get tested in the hopes it will catch more infected people who can quarantine and help curb the spread of the virus. “This is another example of the […]
Orange County Man Facing Federal Charges in Capitol Breach An Orange County man has been arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including unlawful entry, disorderly conduct and demonstrating in a restricted government building, according to court papers. Michael G. McCormick, 51, of Orange, was charged last month in the District of Columbia after he was allegedly identified in […]
Long Beach Police Officers Arrested for Allegedly Filing False Police Reports  Two Long Beach Police Department officers suspected of filing false police reports have been arrested. Warrants for the arrest of South Patrol Division officers Dedier Reyes and David Salcedo were issued Friday and the two voluntarily surrendered, according to the LBPD. LBPD detectives uncovered discrepancies in the police reports and surveillance video regarding a firearms […]
UCLA Basketball Game at Washington Scrubbed Due to COVID in Husky Program The UCLA men’s basketball game scheduled for Sunday at the University of Washington has been canceled due to COVID-19 issues in the Huskies’ program. According to UCLA, the game will not be rescheduled under the Pac-12 policy regarding COVID-impacted games for which the two schools cannot agree on a new date. As such, the game […]
Third Victim Found in Shooting in Unincorporated Area of South Los Angeles A third victim was found Saturday in a shooting that left one man and a woman dead in an unincorporated area near South Los Angeles. Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives were called at approximately 9:52 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Firestone Boulevard and Graham Avenue and found the victims lying in the street and on […]
1st LA County Patient With COVID-19 Omicron Variant in Isolation An unidentified Los Angeles County resident was in isolation, recovering from what was confirmed as the county’s first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant originally detected in South Africa. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the case late Thursday afternoon, saying the patient is a person who returned to Los Angeles after […]
Average LA County Gas Price Drops for Seventh Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Saturday for the seventh consecutive day after hitting a record high, decreasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.693. The average price has dropped 2.3 cents over the past seven days, including six-tenths of a cent Friday, according to figures from […]
CicLAvia Returns to South Los Angeles for Open-Streets Event Sunday  More than five miles of roadway in South Los Angeles will be closed to vehicles Sunday to make way for CicLAvia, clearing the street for pedestrians, bicyclists and skaters. CicLAvia: South Los Angeles connects the neighborhoods of South Central, Exposition Park, Leimert Park and Crenshaw, encompassing Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition and Martin Luther King Jr. […]
One Year Ago Today (December 4, 2020)…Man Sentenced to Death for Abduction, Slaying of MoVal Teen One Year Ago Today (December 4, 2020)…More than 10 years after he kidnapped and killed a 17-year-old Moreno Valley girl during an attempted sexual assault, a Long Beach man was sentenced to death. A Riverside jury in March 2019 convicted 44-year-old Jesse Perez Torres of first-degree murder and a special circumstance allegation of killing in […]
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