| | | | The news for Saturday, July 25, 2020
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Reporting Delays Lead To Dip In Daily Coronavirus Cases In LA County  Los Angeles County has reported one of its lowest recent daily totals of new coronavirus cases, but attributed the dip to delays in tests results from the state, indicating higher numbers will likely result in coming days as the backlog clears. The county reported 1,949 new cases, down from daily reports over the past week […]
  
$50,000 Reward Offered in Fatal Hit-and-Run of Bicyclist A $50,000 reward was being offered Saturday morning for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit-and-run driver who killed a 37-year-old father of two while he was riding a bike with his kids in the South Los Angeles area. Jorge Guerra was injured at 8:40 p.m. July 8 on Wadsworth Avenue north […]
45-Year-Old LAPD Officer Dies of COVID-19 A 45-year-old Los Angeles Police Department officer has died due to the coronavirus, becoming the agency’s first sworn officer to fall victim to COVID-19. “It is with profound sadness the Los Angeles Police Department is reporting the tragic passing of Police Officer Valentin Martinez … from complications due to COVID-19,” an LAPD statement said Friday. […]
Fire Tears Through Carport in Valley Glen, 4 Vehicles Destroyed  Fire destroyed four vehicles in the carport of a two-story apartment building in Valley Glen Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to the 7100 block of Fulton Avenue at 4:15 a.m. and were able to extinguish the flames and keep the fire from spreading into the building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. […]
Orange County Reports 710 COVID-19 Cases, 13 Deaths Orange County health officials have reported 13 more COVID-19 fatalities to push the death toll to 556, but the number of hospitalizations was down. The county has reported 64 COVID-19 fatalities since Sunday, after reporting 73 the previous week. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in Orange County hospitals dropped from 690 Thursday […]
Previously Burned Strip Mall in El Monte Burns Again, Fire Extinguished Fire tore through a strip mall in El Monte Saturday morning, burning for about an hour before firefighters extinguished the flames. Crews were sent to the 10000 block of Valley Boulevard at 2:30 a.m. and encountered heavy flames coming from the one-story building, which had sustained fire damage about a month earlier, according to the […]
Driver Struck With His Own Vehicle, Suspect Sought A man is hospitalized in critical condition Saturday morning after being struck by the vehicle he had been driving in Garden Grove after a passenger took the wheel. The victim and two passengers, a man and woman, had driven to the 12000 block of Tamerlane Drive at 1:45 p.m. Friday, where they got out of […]
Pomona Gang Member Arrested with Gun, Drugs After Traffic Stop  A 20-year-old documented gang member from Pomona was jailed Saturday morning on weapons and drug violations following a traffic stop. Officers with the Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Task Force stopped a vehicle in the area of Bonita and Garey avenues at 10 p.m. Friday for a window tint violation. When they walked up to […]
Health Plans to Distribute Backpacks, School Supplies One-thousand backpacks filled with school supplies are set to be distributed Saturday at the first of seven drive-thru giveaways by L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan. The event — which is one of three that will include a food pantry to hand out groceries — will be held between […]
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