| | | | The news for Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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UCLA Forecast: Possible New COVID Surge to Slow CA Economic Growth  With COVID-19 concerns still lingering, spurred now by fears of a surge fueled by the Omicron variant, California’s economy will continue to rebound in the coming months, but at a slightly slower pace, according to a UCLA economic forecast released Wednesday. “As with our forecast for the U.S., the outlook for California is for continued, […]
  
Plans to sell Angel Stadium Reportedly Violates Surplus Land Act Plans to sell and develop property at Angel Stadium violates the Surplus Land Act and its requirements for encouraging lower-income housing, California housing authorities told Anaheim city leaders, despite a proposal to add more affordable housing elsewhere in the city within a decade. The state Department of Housing and Community Development issued the notice in […]
Long Beach Confirms Case of Omicron COVID Variant Long Beach health officials confirmed that city’s first known case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, one day after Los Angeles County reported its second and third cases of the variant that was first detected in South Africa. According to Long Beach officials, the patient is fully vaccinated and is not showing any symptoms of […]
Bellflower Shooting Kills One, Leaves Two in Critical Condition  Three people were shot in Bellflower — one fatally — and Wednesday Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Department homicide detectives are searching for a male suspect they say fled the scene wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt. Deputies were called at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday to a store in the 17100 block of Bellflower Boulevard north of […]
Orange County’s Weekly COVID-19 Averages Show Increase Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 infection rates ticked up while hospitalizations inched down, according to data recently released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county’s weekly COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 residents increased from 6.1 to 6.4, while the rate of people testing positive for the virus increased from to 2.4% to 3.3%. The […]
Sentencing Set for `Western Bandit’ in Crime Spree That Left Two Dead Sentencing is set Wednesday for an ex-con who was found guilty of murdering two people and shooting at numerous others on or near Western Avenue in Los Angeles in attacks attributed to the so-called “Western Bandit” over a three-year period. Patrick Watkins, 57, was convicted Nov. 19 of first-degree murder for the Nov. 17, 2011, […]
Riverside County Reports Increase in COVID Hospitalizations The number of COVID-19 patients in Riverside County hospitals increased by 11, rising from 243 to 254, according to the latest data. The number of those patients in intensive care was 70 Tuesday, up from 63 on Monday. The county also reported 798 new cases of COVID-19. The cumulative number of COVID cases recorded in […]
Dionne Warwick to be Honored on Palm Springs Walk of Stars Singer Dionne Warwick will be honored with the 447th star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars Wednesday. Warwick, 80, started her career in 1961 after being discovered by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and went on to make records such as “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Walk on By,” “Anyone Who […]
Little Change To Average LA County Gas Price The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose two-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $4.689 after dropping nine of the past 10 days. The average price dropped 2.9 cents over the previous 10 days, including three-tenths of a cent Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil […]
Over 80 Firefighters Battle Sun Valley Blaze  For over two hours, 87 firefighters battled flames Wednesday at a commercial building in Sun Valley before taking control of the fire. Fire crews responded at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday to 8142 N. Sunland Blvd. where they found a two-story structure with heavy flames and began defensive operations due to the intensity of the fire, […]
One Year Ago Today (December 8, 2020)…Detention Hearing Delayed for Chatsworth Man Facing Cyberstalking Charges One Year Ago Today (December 8, 2020)…A detention hearing was postponed for a Chatsworth man accused of cyberstalking two sisters by sending them text messages threatening rape and murder. Alex Scott Roberts, 25, was named in a six-count indictment last month that outlines an alleged harassment and threat campaign that spanned a three-week period over […]
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