| | | | The news for Sunday, January 31, 2021
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Second Case of British COVID-19 Variant Reported in LA County  Los Angeles County has reported 6,918 new cases of COVID-19 and 316 additional deaths, while health officials also confirmed the second local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom, and four additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The B.1.1.7 specimen, submitted by a clinical facility, was sequenced […]
  
Anti-Vaccine Protesters Force Temporarily Closure of Dodger Stadium Site The Los Angeles Fire Department temporarily closed the gates of the Dodger Stadium COVID-19 vaccination site for almost an hour after protesters tried to get inside, but vaccines continued to be administered. The gates were closed from 1:50 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday to keep protesters out, according to LAFD Firefighter David Ortiz. The Los […]
Report: Rams Acquire Stafford from Detroit for Goff, Draft Choices The Los Angeles Rams have traded quarterback Jared Goff and three draft choices to the Detroit Lions in exchange for quarterback Matthew Stafford, accoring to media reports. The Rams will send the Lions first-round draft choices in 2022 and 2023 and a third-round choice in 2021, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Saturday. There was no […]
Feds Arrest Inglewood Man Suspected of Making, Distributing PCP  Federal authorities say a 63-year-old Inglewood man has been arrested on suspicion of ordering bulk quantities of at least one chemical used to make phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, and distributing the drug. William Cless Hubbard Jr. was arrested Thursday evening by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, said U.S. Department of Justice spokesman […]
Woman Asks Judge to Allow Filing of Late Claim Over Son’s Jail Death A woman whose late son died in Los Angeles County jail in 2019 is asking a judge to allow her to file a negligence claim beyond the time normally allowed, saying she mistakenly missed the deadline while healing after her son’s death and because she was worried about the coronavirus spread. Jacqueline Cothran brought the […]
Orange County Reports Falling COVID-19 Hospitalization Numbers Orange County has reported 1,279 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 231,036 cases and 3,018 fatalities. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals continued its downward trend, declining from 1,521 Friday to 1,442 Saturday, with the number of patients in intensive care dropping from 426 to 394. […]
3rd LAPD Employee in Five Days Dies From the Coronavirus The third death of a Los Angeles Police Department employee in five days from the coronavirus and eighth overall has been announced. Security Officer Dexter De Los Santos died Friday, department officials said. He worked more than eight years in that position within the Security Services Division. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved […]
Lane Closures to Continue This Week For I-10 Tune-Up Project Motorists traveling on Interstate 10 between Beaumont and the Coachella Valley this week are likely to confront traffic delays in both directions during nighttime hours due to road work, according to Caltrans. Crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and state Route 111 north of Palm Springs as […]
Riverside County Reports 1,805 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 New Deaths Since the pandemic began last March, Riverside County has reported 271,910 COVID-19 cases, and 3,091 deaths, according to the Riverside University Health System. The agency does not provide updated statistics on the weekend. On Friday, health officials reported 1,805 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 33 additional virus-related deaths, while the number of hospitalizations continued to […]
Overturned Propane Tanker Shuts Las Flores Canyon Road in Malibu  Las Flores Canyon Road was shut down Saturday afternoon after a propane tanker lost its brakes coming down a hill, struck a hillside and overturned in the Malibu area. The non-injury crash was reported at 2:07 p.m. on Las Flores Canyon Road at Gorge Road, according to Dispatch Supervisor Melanie Flores of the Los Angeles […]
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