| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Violence Ends? Peaceful Protests Surge Amid Demands For Reform  Hundreds of people again hit Southland streets Thursday for protest marches sparked by the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minnesota and long-simmering anger over instances of police brutality. The marches, organized largely via social media, followed a day that saw an estimated 10,000 people flood the streets of downtown Los Angeles — by far […]
  
Grim Coronavirus Death Count Never Stops: You’re At Risk If You Were In Protests  Coronavirus deaths continued to steadily increase in Los Angeles County Thursday, with health officials announcing another 45 fatalities and more than 1,500 new cases. And as mass protests against police brutality continued across the Southland, health officials again urged people to take steps to avoid infecting others and quarantine themselves if they believe they’ve been […]
‘Bottomless Mimosas’ Got Hotel Worker Fired When She Objected? Lawsuit!  A former longtime worker at the downtown Omni Los Angeles hotel is suing her ex-employer, alleging she was fired in 2019 for complaining that the establishment was over-serving alcohol to patrons with a “bottomless mimosas” promotion, creating a danger for guests and staff alike. Some managers also called plaintiff Sandra Cortez demeaning names because of […]
Curfews End In LA! One day after being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union over the imposition of curfews, Los Angeles County officials said Thursday there are no plans to enact another one. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was also named in the ACLU lawsuit, also said Thursday that curfews are ending. “Angelenos are rallying around powerful […]
More COVID-19 Deaths In Orange County Orange County health officials Thursday reported seven more COVID-19 fatalities, which makes 15 deaths in the past two days, and another uptick in hospitalizations. The death toll from the coronavirus in the county now stands at 165, and 107 newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases raises the total to 6,783. The number of hospitalized patients increased from […]
Deputies’ Union Drops TRO Regarding Kobe Bryant Probe For Now The union representing Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies has dropped for now its bid to keep the results of an in-progress internal inquiry into the alleged dissemination of photos from the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash sealed in order to protect the deputies’ privacy. Lawyers for the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs filed court papers […]
Police Protests Continue in Orange County Several protests were launched or planned Thursday in Orange County to coincide with a memorial service for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked national outrage. About 100 to 150 protesters amassed in Anaheim’s Center Street Promenade Thursday morning in a “very small, completely peaceful” gathering, said Anaheim police Sgt. Shane […]
COVID-19 Anxiety on the Decline, but Angelenos Worry More than Other Americans Anxiety and depression related to COVID-19 peaked in early April and has been on the decline despite rising job losses, but folks in Los Angeles County are feeling worse than the rest of the country, USC researchers said Thursday. USC Dornsife’s Understanding Coronavirus in America study surveyed individuals nationwide and found that even those unemployed […]
Two L.A. County Supervisors Call for Adoption of `8 Can’t Wait’ Policies Two members of the Board of Supervisors called Thursday for Sheriff Alex Villanueva and all 46 police departments in Los Angeles County to adopt eight use of force restrictions recommended by the advocacy group Campaign Zero, including restricting the use of chokeholds and requiring a warning before shooting. Supervisors Janice Hahn and Mark Ridley-Thomas filed […]
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