| | | | The news for Friday, August 6, 2021
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COVID Infections Mount In LA County, But Is Surge Showing Signs of Slowing?  COVID-19 cases continue to mount in Los Angeles County, but the public health director said the rate of infection increases is slowing and the testing-positivity rate is down — indicators that the surge might be leveling off. The county has also now seen three consecutive weeks of increases in the number of people getting their […]
  
Allyson Felix to Seek Record-Tying 10th Olympic Track Medal Los Angeles native Allyson Felix will seek to win her record-tying 10th Olympic track and field medal Friday when she runs in the women’s 400 meters. Carl Lewis holds the record. Felix’s nine medals match the number won by Merlene Ottey for Jamaica from 1980 through 2000 as the most among women. Felix has won […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Keep Climbing With the Delta variant of the coronavirus rampaging, hospitalizations for COVID-19 accelerated again in Orange County, according to the latest data. Hospitalizations due to the virus increased from 375 on Wednesday to 409 on Thursday, with the number of intensive care unit patients increasing from 68 to 69. The county had 20.2% of its intensive […]
Limited Number of $10 Tickets to Be Offered Via Lottery for ‘Hamilton’  A digital lottery will open Friday for a limited number of $10 tickets for the first week’s performances of “Hamilton,” which is set to open Aug. 17 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. The lottery will open Friday at 10 a.m. and close at noon on Thursday, Aug.12, for tickets to performances Aug.17-22. Subsequent digital lotteries […]
Man Dead in Long Beach Shooting Police Friday are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Long Beach. Officers responded at 11:53 p.m. Thursday to a shots fired call in the 700 block of East Shoreline Drive, where they found the victim on a jetty suffering from a gunshot wound, said Lt. Shaleana Benson of the Long Beach Police Department. […]
Riverside County Reports 1,132 New COVID Cases, No Additional Deaths Riverside County’s latest COVID-19 numbers show 1,132 newly confirmed cases and an uptick in hospitalizations, but no new virus-related deaths, health officials said. According to data released Thursday, the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 totaled 361, up 17 from the day before. That figure includes 80 intensive care unit patients, up three from Wednesday. […]
Little Change to Average LA County Gas Price The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent Friday, the fourth consecutive day it has changed by one-tenth of a cent. The average price of $4.381 is 1.6 cents more than one week ago, 5.1 cents higher than one month ago and $1.196 greater […]
Convicted Felon Arrested on Weapons Charges in Norwalk A convicted felon was in custody Friday after sheriff’s deputies caught him with a cache of weapons and ammunition in Norwalk, authorities said. During a routine patrol, deputies from the Norwalk sheriff’s station stopped a suspicious vehicle in an abandoned parking lot at approximately 11:15 p.m. Thursday, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles County […]
Southland Duo Wins Gold Medal in Women’s Beach Volleyball Alix Klineman of Manhattan Beach and April Ross of Costa Mesa won the Olympic gold medal in women’s beach volleyball Thursday, defeating Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy of Australia, 21-15, 21-16, in 43 minutes. The duo dubbed “The A-Team” never trailed in 20-minute first set, breaking a tie and taking the lead for […]
Suit Settled After Coroner Allegedly Gave Body to Wrong Family  A lawsuit filed by relatives of a 49-year-old man found dead on a Boyle Heights sidewalk in 2019 alleging negligence by Los Angeles County and the coroner after the decedent’s body was mistakenly given to members of another family was settled, the plaintiffs’ attorney said Thursday. Lawyer Michael Carrillo represents the 11 plaintiffs in the […]
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