| | | | The news for Friday, November 26, 2021
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Santa Ana Winds Continue to Batter Southland, Raising Fire Danger  Gusting Santa Ana winds have battered parts of the Southland, combining with dry conditions that dramatically raised the risk of wildfires, and prompted precautionary power cuts that affected thousands of people on Thanksgiving. A red flag warning of critical fire danger remains in effect until 6 p.m. Friday in the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, […]
  
Blaze Strikes Downtown Textile Building Flames engulfed a commercial building housing a textile business in downtown Los Angeles Friday morning, hours after another inferno attacked a South Los Angeles building with textiles inside. The latest blaze was reported at 3:26 a.m. at 1530 E. 16th St. and had been extinguished as of 5:09 a.m., said the Los Angeles Fire Department’s […]
Missing Monrovia Woman Located The California Highway Patrol canceled a Silver Alert Friday morning after a 73-year-old Monrovia woman who failed to return home from a Thanksgiving visit with relatives was located. Verna Elizabeth Roth was previously last seen about 4:45 p.m. Thursday in Hemet and did not return home as planned, Monrovia police Sgt. W. Burkhalter told City […]
Mater Dei Football Team Preps For Title Game Amid Accusations of Hazing Mater Dei High School is preparing for another championship game Friday evening, with the Orange County football powerhouse embroiled in a hazing scandal that has prompted the family a former player to sue the school over his injuries. The family alleges that the former player — who has not been identified — was severely injured […]
Swift, West Earn Last-Minute Grammy Award Nominations Taylor Swift and Kanye West wound up being last-minute additions to some suddenly expanded lists of Grammy nominees this week, thanks to an 11th-hour change made by the Recording Academy. Abba and Lil Nas X were also last-minute additions to the Grammy nominations following a Recording Academy meeting 24 hours before the nominations were announced […]
Woman Arrested After Swerving Stolen Truck Toward Deputies During Pursuit  A woman wanted for reckless DUI while driving a stolen bread truck led deputies on a one hour pursuit through Carson, Long Beach and Compton before being arrested, authorities said Friday. The 25-year-old woman was also accused of assault on a peace officer after she swerved toward deputies trying to deploy spike strips and she […]
LA County Health Officials Make Last-Minute Pitch for COVID-Safe Holiday Los Angeles County health officials are urging residents to exercise caution during the Thanksgiving weekend to prevent holiday gatherings from becoming spreading grounds for COVID-19. “As we all take some much-needed time to rest and gather with loved ones, please remember the risk of COVID-19 transmission continues to be substantial, and unvaccinated people continue to […]
Chapman Economics Expert Predicts Cheery Holiday Shopping Season  Orange County retailers have a lot to look forward to as the holiday shopping season kicks off with Black Friday, but there are some red flags, too, according to a Chapman University professor. “COVID is still keeping us busy in one way or another,” Raymond Sfeir, director of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic […]
New Scrooge Set to Take the Stage in SCR Production As the voice of Big Boss on the video game Metal Gear Solid 3 as well as characters on the Batman, Ben 10 and Spider-Man cartoons, Richard Doyle is used to working remotely, but now that he can emerge from COVID-19 quarantine conditions the veteran actor is excited to perform for a live audience again. […]
Gunman Fatally Shot After Allegedly Killing Man in Pasadena The coroner Friday released the name of a man killed by a gunman who was himself killed during a shootout with Pasadena police. Gevork Minissian, 70, was a Pasadena resident. Officers were called about 2:35 p.m. Tuesday to the 600 block of Sunnyslope Avenue, near Orange Grove Boulevard, after the suspect allegedly shot the victim […]
One Year Ago Today (November 26, 2020)…Los Angeles County Sees 5,087 New COVID-19 Cases, 37 Deaths One Year Ago Today (November 26, 2020)…Los Angeles County reported 5,087 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 additional deaths on Thanksgiving Day, one of the highest single-day case totals of the entire pandemic. The number of county residents hospitalized with the coronavirus jumped from 1,682 to 1,809, with 24% of those in intensive care. The […]
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