| | | | The news for Tuesday, October 6, 2020
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UCLA Professor Andrea Ghez Shares Nobel Prize in Physics  The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday to three scientists who study black holes, including Andrea Ghez of UCLA, who becomes only the fourth woman to win a Nobel physics prize. One half of the prize went to Roger Penrose, a physicist, mathematician and cosmologist at the University of Oxford who worked with […]
  
Orange County Reports 120 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Death The Orange County Health Care Agency has reported one more COVID-19 fatality, raising the region’s death toll to 1,287, along with an uptick in hospitalizations. According to the HCA, hospitalizations increased from 155 Sunday to 168 Monday, with the number of patients in intensive care up from 47 to 53. The change in three-day average […]
Authorities ID Suspect Who After Pursuit from Orange County to San Diego Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 30-year-old Whittier man who was fatally shot by officers after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase from Orange to San Diego County. The shooting, which happened around 1 a.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 805 north of Orange Avenue in Chula Vista, involved officers from both the California Highway Patrol […]
Woman Found Dead in Crashed Vehicle in Compton A woman was found shot to death in a vehicle Tuesday morning on an embankment near the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway in Paramount. The vehicle hit a tree and went down an embankment and onto a grassy area near Rosecrans Avenue, where officers located the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol. A woman […]
Norman Pearlstine to Step Down as Executive Editor of Los Angeles Times  Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine says he will soon step down and the paper is launching a search for a new top editor who can chart a digital future and unite a newsroom that has been torn by controversies, The Times reported Tuesday. Pearlstine, who celebrated his 78th birthday over the weekend, made […]
Riverside County Reports 804 New Coronavirus Cases, 7 Additional Deaths Riverside County health officials have reported 804 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and seven additional virus-related deaths since Friday, as the number of active cases and hospitalizations edged up slightly. The aggregate number of COVID-19 infections recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March now stands at 60,738, with 1,238 fatalities, according to […]
Supervisors Revisit Proposed Accelerated Public Health De-Regulation Plan The Board of Supervisors Tuesday will revisit a proposed accelerated public health de-regulation plan to allow all Riverside County economic sectors to reopen by the end of this month, bypassing the state’s tiered system to mitigate coronavirus impacts, which Executive Office staff said could come at a cost of $100 million in money otherwise due […]
Cards Rooms Are Latest LA County Businesses To Reopen, But Pandemic Continues Los Angeles County card rooms have reopened but only for outdoor-only business — the latest economic sector permitted to reopen under gradually loosening coronavirus restrictions. “Things will look a little different here at The Bike, but we are committed to providing the same exceptional service you have come to know and love,” The Bicycle Casino […]
Evacuation Orders Lift For Bobcat Fire  The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest, which has scorched 115,769 acres, was 89% contained Tuesday morning, with evacuation orders lifted. “All areas under evacuation order are now under evacuation warning,” according to a statement Monday night from the U.S. Forest Service. The following areas are now under evacuation warning: — Paradise Springs […]
Armenian Supporters March, Parade In Cars In Glendale A line of vehicles stretched for blocks along Glenoaks Boulevard in Glendale Monday evening to support Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The car parade followed a protest where hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Glenoaks Boulevard, and at one point marched toward the freeway before turning around. The demonstration followed […]
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