| | | | The news for Friday, November 27, 2020
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Woman Killed, 4 Other People Injured by Drunk Hit-and-Run Driver  A woman was killed and three people were injured in Lancaster when a DUI suspect fleeing a minor hit-and-run crash broad-sided a second vehicle, authorities said Friday. The victim was identified as Debra Barber, 65, according to coroner’s Lt. David Smith. Her city of residence was not available. The sequence of events started at 7:21 […]
  
2 Brushfires in 12 Hours Char Hansen Dam Rec Area Two brushfires within 12 hours burned in the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace, authorities said Friday. It took about 45 minutes for firefighters to stop all forward progress on a two-acre fire in medium brush reported at 1:42 a.m. in the 11400 block of West Osborne Street, said the Los Angeles Fire […]
One Dead in Multi-Vehicle Collision in Castaic A man in his mid-20s was killed Friday in a multi-vehicle collision in Castaic. It was reported at 2:51 a.m. on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway just south of Templin Highway, said California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Kimball said. Four people were reported injured, Kimball […]
Orange County Braces for Holiday Surge in Coronavirus Cases Orange County’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates continue to mount as officials brace for a Thanksgiving-fueled surge. The county’s Health Care Agency reported 1,199 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the cumulative total to 73,152. The HCA also logged three more fatalities, hiking the death toll to 1,559. There was no daily update […]
Woman Killed in Long Beach Hit-and-Run A 30-year old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach, authorities said Friday. Erica Cardenas was homeless, said coroner’s Lt. David Smith. Cardenas was struck and killed at 9:30 p.m. Thursday at 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, Smith said. A witness told police Cardenas was struck by a vehicle that was southbound […]
4th Consecutive Day of Anti-Garcetti Demonstrations Planned  Members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles plan Friday to demonstrate outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence for a fourth consecutive day in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint him to his cabinet. The group calls Garcetti “the worst mayor in the nation,” claiming he “has racked up a dismal record of […]
UCLA Study Rebuts Beliefs on Survival of Transplanted Species Building on a 20-year tortoise relocation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, UCLA researchers have found that individual genetic variation was the key to a transplanted species’ survival, in research published Friday in the peer-reviewed journal Science. The study upends the conventional wisdom that a transplant’s success improves if it comes from a […]
Little Change to Average Los Angeles County Gas Price The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped one-tenth of a cent Friday to $3.152 after back-to-back increases totaling 1.1 cents. The average price is seven-tenths of a cent more than one week ago but 2.2 cents less than one month ago and 72.1 cents lower than one […]
Orange County Gears Up for Mostly Online Black Friday Shopping Orange County’s shopping malls likely will suffer on Black Friday, traditionally one of the busiest holiday shopping days of the year, because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, but overall local retailers will fare well, thanks to online commerce, a Chapman University professor said. “What’s important is that by staying at home people don’t spend as much […]
SCE Begins Power Shutdowns Over Concern of Strong Winds Igniting Fires  Southern California Edison began shutting down power to thousands of customers on Thanksgiving Day to guard against possible wildfires as strong Santa Ana winds whipped through the region. The so-called Public Safety Power Shutoffs began early Thursday, and by 11 p.m. some 1,288 customers in Los Angeles County were without power, according to the utility’s […]
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