| | | | The news for Saturday, January 22, 2022
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USC to Resume In-Person Classes Monday; UCLA on Jan. 31  USC, which began the spring semester remotely due to locally rising COVID-19 cases, will welcome students back to campus on Monday. Remote classes began Jan. 10, and were originally set to revert to in-person instruction on Jan. 18, the Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. But USC Provost Charles F. Zukoski and Chief […]
  
Coroner Identifies Dead Motorcycle Thief A man who allegedly stole a motorcycle and died in a horrific head first crash in West Hills was identified Saturday by county authorities. Ruben Contreras Jr., 30, was identified by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office. Contreras was fleeing police on the reportedly stolen motorcycle in the 22800 block of West Roscoe Boulevard at about […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Trend Down Again Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Orange County declined for the second consecutive day Friday as signs grow indicating the Omicron variant-fueled surge may be slowing, according to data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of hospitalized patients fell from 1,183 on Thursday to 1,144 Friday, while the number of patients in intensive […]
LA County COVID Hospitalizations Drop Slightly, but 65 More Deaths Reported After a month of steady increases, the number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals has fallen slightly, but the number of people being treated in intensive care rose again and another 65 virus-related deaths were reported. According to state figures, there were 4,792 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Friday, down from […]
Two MenKilled in South Gate Shooting Early Saturday  Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Department’s Homicide Bureau are assisting the South Gate Police Department Saturday in their investigation of a double shooting in South Gate. Police responded at 3:18 a.m. to the 4000 block of Tweedy Boulevard where they found two men with gunshot wounds, said Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff’s […]
One Dead in Crash on Santa Monica Freeway Ramp A person was killed in a two-vehicle collision Saturday in Los Angeles. Officers from the California Highway Patrol were called at 4:30 a.m. to the La Cienega Boulevard off ramp of the eastbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway where they found the victim of the collision, the CHP confirmed. One of the vehicles overturned in the […]
Community Leaders Call for Reward in Killing of 16-Year-Old Tioni Theus A group of community activists will gather Saturday to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials to introduce a reward for information leading to the killer of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found dumped alongside the Harbor (110) Freeway. Tioni Theus’ body — with a gunshot wound to her neck — was found […]
USC Indoor Home Athletic Events to Reopen To General Public Sunday The general public will be able to resume attending USC’s indoor home athletic events Sunday after they were closed for the past two weeks in alignment with the university beginning the spring semester with remote instruction. However, capacity will be limited to 50% and no additional single-game tickets will be sold for the next three […]
General Public Again Allowed To Attend Indoor Sporting Events at UCLA  The UCLA men’s basketball team is scheduled to play before a substantial number of fans at Pauley Pavilion for the first time since Dec. 1 Tuesday when it faces Arizona, ranked third in the latest Associated Press poll, six spots ahead of the Bruins. The university announced Jan. 11 that attendance at all home indoor […]
Chinatown Firecracker Run Goes Virtual Due to COVID Surge The 44th annual Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker Run, billed as one of the nation’s oldest and largest run/walk/cycling and Lunar New Year events, will be held virtually next month due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Members of the L.A. Chinatown Firecracker Run Committee issued a statement saying, “During this time of uncertainty, the LACFRC […]
One Year Ago Today (January 22, 2021)…Dozens of Missing Kids Recovered in Joint L.A.-Based Operation One Year Ago Today (January 22, 2021)…Almost three-dozen missing children — including eight who were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery — have been found in the Southland during a recent operation, the FBI announced. During January, which was Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the FBI worked with the Los Angeles Police Department, the […]
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