| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Watch Your Wallet In Orange County Grovery Stores: Thieves Are Active  As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with Coronavirus, a difficult economy, a dangerous heatwave and out-of-control wildfires, we now have to deal with increasing numbers of thieves grabbing our wallets in grocery stores. Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators Wednesday warned the public about a noticeable uptick in wallet thefts primarily in south […]
  
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Sued By Parents of Cancer-Stricken Boy  In one of five lawsuits filed Wednesday against Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a couple alleges negligence in the destruction of their 7-year-old son’s stem cells in a 2019 freezer malfunction, a development they say has them fearing for his life. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought on behalf of Timothy and Linda Wratten and […]
Southland Continues to Swelter Under Record Heat Wave Temperatures soared again across the Southland Wednesday, with the state under a Flex Alert for energy conservation until 9 p.m. and no relief from the heat expected until Friday. An excessive heat warning was in effect until 9 p.m. Thursday in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel and Antelope valleys, as well as the […]
Another 60 Coronavirus Deaths In LA County While reporting some general progress in addressing racial disparities in the impact of the coronavirus, another five dozen deaths from COVID-19 were announced in Los Angeles County Wednesday. County public health director Barbara Ferrer announced 61 deaths, but five of those fatalities were actually reported Tuesday by health officials in Long Beach. Long Beach added […]
LAPD Investigating Assault, Robbery of Transgender Women Authorities said Wednesday that they’ve identified a possible suspect in the robbery and assault of two transgender women, including a YouTube performer, who were attacked in Hollywood and whose case has been classified as a hate crime. No arrests had been made as of late Wednesday morning, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, which […]
OC Reports 295 New COVID-19 Cases; 18 Deaths The Orange County Health Care Agency Wednesday announced 18 COVID-19 fatalities, hiking the region’s death toll to 833, along with 295 newly diagnosed infections that raise the cumulative caseload to 44,507. Of the 18 deaths reported Wednesday, seven were skilled nursing facility residents. Hospitalizations ticked up from 409 Tuesday to 419, but the number of […]
Getaway Driver In Killing Of Chinese USC Grad Student Gets Good News In Murder Appeal  A state appeals court Wednesday ordered the case against the getaway driver in the beating death of a USC graduate student from China to be sent back to a lower court for further proceedings in which a judge may be asked to throw out his murder conviction. In the second ruling in as many days […]
Man Charged with Fatally Shooting Spouse, Wounding Son in Eastvale Murder and other charges were filed Wednesday against a 39-year-old San Bernardino man accused of gunning down his wife and wounding his teenage son in Eastvale. Rahman Leon Hunter was arrested late Sunday morning, about 10 hours after the shooting at a residence in the 7200 block of Lazare Court, near Archibald Avenue. Along with […]
County Seeks Penalties vs. Sun Valley Church Over Indoor Services Los Angeles County is asking a judge to impose penalties against a Sun Valley church that county health officials maintain has repeatedly violated public health and court orders needed to slow the spread of COVID-19. County officials said Grace Community Church has continued to hold large, indoor services, dramatically increasing the potential for COVID-19 transmission, […]
Rewards Offered for Help Solving Three Killings in Pacoima Rewards of $50,000 each were in effect Wednesday for information that helps police solve three killings in Pacoima. The latest crime occurred on the night of May 9 in the 13200 block of Cornelius Street. Davon Pledger, 26, was standing outside a friend’s residence at about 10:40 p.m. when three men in a dark-colored sedan […]
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