| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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COVID-Positive Patients Surge Past 2,000 Mark in LA County Hospitals  The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County surged well above the 2,000 mark Tuesday amid a surge in infections that has seen daily case numbers skyrocket over the past two weeks. According to state figures, there were 2,240 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Tuesday, a jump from 1,994 on Monday. Of […]
  
UCLA Study Shows Fast Food Workers at High Risk of Contracting COVID-19  Fast food workers are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 in addition to facing difficult work conditions during the pandemic, a UCLA Labor Center study published Tuesday reveals. The report provides an in-depth portrait of COVID-19 safety compliance through the lens of fast food workers’ accounts and testimonies. There are nearly 150,000 restaurant workers in […]
Residents Sue Los Angeles Over 2021 Hyperion Sewage Spill  Multiple plaintiffs living near El Segundo sued the city of Los Angeles Tuesday for allegedly exposing people to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas and other dangerous toxins during and after the Hyperion Treatment Plant’s 2021 sewage spill. The city’s L.A. Sanitation and Environment plant suffered a failure on July 11, when all debris filtering machines, also […]
Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Seal Beach The pilot of a small plane made a successful emergency landing on the sand in Seal Beach Tuesday. Police were called at 12:38 p.m. about the Cessna 152’s landing near the Eighth Street municipal parking lot, according to Seal Beach police Lt. Nick Nicholas. The plane landed after “experiencing apparent engine trouble,” Nicholas said. The […]
OC Firefighters Recover Body from Santa Ana River Orange County firefighters Tuesday recovered a body from the Santa Ana River between Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach. Authorities were called just after noon to recover the body near the Victoria bridge between the two cities, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Hylton said. The man’s body was recovered downstream about 500 yards north of Pacific […]
Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Jay-Z Among Composer/Lyricist Nominees Composers Hans Zimmer and Alexandre Desplat and songwriters/singers including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Billie Eilish and Jay-Z were among the artists nominated Tuesday for the third annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. Zimmer was nominated for his score for the sci-fi film “Dune,” while Desplat was nominated for “The French Dispatch.” Also nominated in the studio […]
State Adopts Emergency Drought Rules, But Some Already in Effect in LA California officials Tuesday adopted a series of emergency drought rules to help the state conserve water, but many of the restrictions are already in place in the city of Los Angeles. The temporary rules adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday will be in effect for one year and are aimed at […]
Monterey Park Suspends Indoor Library Services, Rec Programs Responding to surging COVID-19 infections, Monterey Park announced Tuesday that all indoor services are being temporarily suspended at the Bruggemeyer Library, and most programming offered by Recreation and Community Services is being halted. The suspensions will remain in place through Jan. 31. Recreation and Community Services will continue offering its senior lunch program by delivery, […]
OC COVID-19 Hospitalizations Eclipse Summer Surge Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have surpassed the number reached during the summer surge — which was fueled by the contagious Delta variant — and the figure is nearing the peak from the first wave in the summer of 2020, according to data released Tuesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of COVID-positive […]
Lawsuit Dismissed Over Naked Baby on Cover of Iconic Nirvana Album A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging sexual exploitation brought by the Los Angeles man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of the multimillion-selling Nirvana album “Nevermind,” court documents obtained Tuesday show. Spencer Elden, 30, filed suit last year, alleging that the former members of the rock trio, various record companies, art directors […]
One Dead in Pico Rivera Shooting A man was fatally shot Tuesday in Pico Rivera. Deputies were called at 12:44 a.m. to the 9500 block of Telegraph Road, where they found the victim lying in front of a business at a strip mall, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The unidentified man, who was in his 40s, was pronounced […]
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