| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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Sixty New Coronavirus Deaths In LA County, But Maybe Things Getting Better  While insisting that death rates are continuing to decrease overall, Los Angeles County reported nearly 60 more fatalities due to the coronavirus Wednesday, along with more than 2,400 new confirmed cases. County public health director Barbara Ferrer said the 2,428 new cases announced Wednesday included about 700 that were part of a backlog of testing […]
  
DNA Of Dead Teen On Gun Found After Deputies Shot Him: Death Of Andres Guardado In Gardena Controversy  Authorities investigating the June 18 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Andres Guardado outside a Gardena-area business said Wednesday that a handgun recovered at the scene had the fatally wounded man’s DNA on the trigger, the trigger guard, and the magazine of the loaded weapon. Also, both deputies involved in the confrontation with Guardado at the auto […]
Pregnant Woman Struck, Killed in Anaheim; Driver Arrested for Alleged DUI A 40-year-old Garden Grove woman with two previous DUI arrests could be facing major felony charges for allegedly being impaired when her SUV struck and killed a 23-year-old pregnant woman in Anaheim, leaving the woman’s baby in critical condition, police said Wednesday. The collision occurred just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Katella Avenue, near Bayless […]
OC Reports 245 New COVID-19 Cases and 11 More Deaths Eleven more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, raising the death toll to 745, and 245 more diagnoses of coronavirus have been confirmed, officials reported Wednesday. The cumulative case count since the pandemic began stands at 41,823. Officials caution that the relatively low number of coronavirus cases could be due to a glitch in […]
SoCalGas Launches Recovery Program for Black-Owned Restaurants SoCalGas Wednesday announced the launch of a recovery program for Black-owned restaurants in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will be administered by the Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation, a community-based organization that provides economic opportunities for prosperity by infusing resources into neighborhoods that […]
Poor Puppy Stolen In Larchmont: Owner Pushed To Ground, Little Chihuahua Grabbed Authorities Wednesday sought public help to find a suspect who stole a puppy after pushing the owner to the ground in the Larchmont area of Los Angeles. Bean, a 4-month-old Chihuahua, was taken about 12:55 p.m. on July 29 in the 5000 block of Maplewood Avenue, near North Wilton Place, according to the Los Angeles […]
Star Trek Star’s Son Sues Late Mom’s Manager: Nichelle Nichols, ‘Lt. Uhura’, Victim Of ‘Callous Conduct?’ The only child of “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols is countersuing his mother’s former manager, accusing him of bilking assets from her appearance fees, pension, Social Security and her Woodland Hills home. The countersuit was brought on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Kyle Johnson against 81-year-old Gilbert Bell, alleging elder abuse, negligence and […]
Kamala Harris Officially Introduced As Joe Biden’s Running Mate Los Angeles resident and California Sen. Kamala Harris was formally introduced as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate Wednesday, hailing the women she said have paved the way for her to be on a presidential ticket. “Joe, I’m so proud to stand with you,” Harris said in Delaware during her first appearance alongside […]
L.A. County Prepares to Hand Out $100 Million in Rent Relief Los Angeles County officials Wednesday urged residents struggling with housing costs during the coronavirus pandemic to apply for relief through a $100 million rent relief fund, applications for which will be accepted beginning Monday. The money comes from federal COVID-19 relief funds to be managed by the Los Angeles County Development Authority, and will be […]
Kaiser Facilities in Pasadena, L.A. Engaged in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial A research center in Pasadena and a hospital in Los Angeles began participating in a clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the coronavirus Wednesday. Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena is one of four sites in California and Oregon in which approximately 1,400 people will be enrolled to test BNT162b2, one […]
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