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Top Health Officer Says Celebrate At Home If Lakers Win NBA Title With the Los Angeles Lakers on the verge Friday evening of clinching an NBA championship, the county’s top health officer is urging residents to celebrate responsibly, remembering that the coronavirus should preclude large parties or public gatherings. “We’re still in the middle of a pandemic,” Dr. Muntu Davis said. “Very excited that the Lakers are […]
Bobcat Fire Smolders in Angeles National Forest, About 90% Contained Firefighters tacked spot fires in the Angeles National Forest Friday morning and secured the edges of the Bobcat Fire, which was 89% contained after scorching about 115,800 acres. “Single trees may continue to flare up and smoke,” the Angeles National Forest said Thursday. “Please do not call 911; we are aware and are actively patrolling […]
Orange County Reports 141 New COVID-19 Cases, 14 Deaths Fourteen more people have died from COVID-19 in Orange County, hiking the death toll to 1,292, but the county continued its trend of keeping new daily diagnoses below 200 as hospitalizations ticked down, according to health officials. The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 141 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday, raising the total to […]
Gang Member, 40, Arrested in Pomona on Drug and Gun Violations A documented 40-year-old gang member was jailed Friday morning on suspected drug and gun violations following a traffic stop in Pomona. Officers with the Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Task Force spotted a vehicle without a license plate in the area of Hamilton Boulevard and Muir Avenue about 12:25 a.m. and stopped the vehicle, according […]
Riverside COVID Hospitalizations Unchanged, Overall Case Count up Slightly The number of coronavirus hospitalizations in Riverside County is unchanged while the case count has increased by 283 and an additional death attributed to complications from the virus was reported. The aggregate number of COVID-19 infections recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March is 61,416 as of Thursday, compared to 61,133 […]
Health Officer: LA County Keeping Close Eye On Virus Numbers Following Spike Los Angeles County has reported 1,280 new coronavirus cases, down from Wednesday’s six-week high of 1,645 but still well above the level the county needs to see to potentially reopen more businesses. The county’s public health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, said earlier Thursday that officials will be keeping a close watch on the daily case […]
Lakers To Seek Record-Tying 17th NBA Title Friday evening The Los Angeles Lakers will seek to win a record-tying 17th championship Friday evening when they face the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Lakers took a three-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series Tuesday with a 102-96 victory, with LeBron James scoring 11 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth […]
Palmdale Man Charged in U.S. Marine Overdose Case to Ask for Pretrial Release A Palmdale man facing federal charges that he helped distribute narcotics — including oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl — to civilians and members of the U.S. Marine Corps, one of whom suffered a fatal drug overdose, is expected to ask a judge Friday for pretrial release. Jordan Nicholas McCormick, 26, is alleged to have supplied […]
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to Reopen With Restrictions The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will reopen Friday with pandemic-related restrictions instituted on the rotating cars taking passengers from the desert to the San Jacinto Mountains. The tram will initially open Friday through Monday, with the first car set to head up each day at 8 a.m. and the last car down at 6 p.m. […]
Suspect On Anaheim Bus Taken Into Custody After Four-Hour Standoff A possibly armed man, who threatened and got into an altercation with a passenger on an Anaheim bus, got into a hourslong standoff with sheriff’s deputies Thursday evening before they deployed CS gas and a canine to help take him into custody. The suspect was on an Orange County Transit Authority bus Thursday afternoon when […]
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