| | | | The news for Friday, February 19, 2021
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Vaccines Heading To LA Held Up By Winter Storms; Appointments Postponed  Los Angeles’ city-run vaccination sites will be closed Friday and all appointments rescheduled due to supply delays caused by winter storms throughout the nation. “Severe weather across the country has disrupted travel and shipping nationwide, including delaying the delivery of our vaccines,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday while announcing the closures. “Our city is ready […]
  
Mommy Murdered 3-Year-Old Little Daughter, But ‘I Would Never Hurt Her’: Court Rejects Gruesome Pomona Case Appeal  A state appeals court panel has rejected a former Pomona resident’s contention that she should be re-sentenced for abusing her 3- year-old daughter, who eventually died and whose body has never been found. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed that a Superior Court judge properly ruled in denying Simona Denise […]
OC Forced To Suspend Disneyland COVID-19 Vaccines Due To Shortage Winter storms in the east, which have delayed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines nationwide, have forced the closure of Orange County’s Disneyland Super POD site until at least Monday. The weather-caused supply shortage also may delay next Wednesday’s scheduled opening of another new distribution point at the Anaheim Convention Center. A Moderna vaccine shipment that had […]
Man, 25, Bipolar and Suicidal, Missing, Last Seen in Lancaster A 25-year-old man who is bipolar and suicidal was reported missing Friday morning, police said. Samuel Carver Sopkovich was last seen about 8 p.m. Thursday in the 44000 block of Elm Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sopkovich is white, 6 foot and 233 pounds with blue eyes and blond hair and […]
LA County COVID Numbers Down, But Health Officials Wary Of Post-Holiday Surge Pointing to a spate of health order violations at businesses over the Super Bowl and Presidents Day weekends, Los Angeles County health officials say they remain concerned that another spike in COVID-19 cases could be on the horizon, despite recent downward trends in case numbers and hospitalizations. According to the county Department of Public Health, […]
Riverside County Reports 137 New Coronavirus Cases, 22 Additional Deaths  Riverside County is reporting 137 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and an additional 22 virus-related deaths as COVID-positive hospitalizations fell further. The aggregate number of coronavirus cases recorded since the public health documentation period began in March is up to 287,200, according to figures released Thursday by the Riverside University Health System. Officials said there have […]
One Hospitalized in Apartment Building Fire in Northridge A man was hospitalized Friday morning after he was exposed to smoke while trying to help a neighbor control a fire in an apartment building in Northridge. Firefighters responded about 11:45 a.m. Thursday to the 60,000-square-foot, three-story building in the 9800 block of North Reseda Boulevard and found smoke coming from the third floor of […]
Section of Imperial Highway Near LAX To Close For 5 Days For LA Metro Work A small section of Imperial Highway near LAX will be closed for five days, beginning Friday morning, for restoration work involving the future Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. About 300 feet of the highway will be closed between Aviation Boulevard and Hornet Way from 6 a.m. through 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County […]
Councilman Cedillo To Provide Lunar New Year Gift Bags To Seniors In Chinatown Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo’s office will distribute 450 gift bags containing protective masks and chocolates Friday to Chinese-American seniors in his district for the Lunar New Year. The bags will be gifted to residents of the Grand Plaza Senior Apartments in Chinatown, according to Cedillo’s office. “I am so happy to wish our […]
Portion of Green Line Near LAX To Close This Weekend For Upgrades A portion of the Metro Green Line near LAX will be closed Friday and through the weekend, as crews perform track signal upgrades, the airport announced Friday. The line will be closed from 9 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Monday between Willowbrook/Rosa Parks and Hawthorne/Lennox stations, according to LAX officials. Six rail stations east of LAX […]
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