| | | | The news for Thursday, August 5, 2021
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Daily COVID Cases Top 3,700 In LA County; Child Under 12 Among New Deaths  Los Angeles County has reported its highest daily number of new COVID-19 infections since early February, while also announcing 16 more deaths due to the virus, including a child under age 12. The child had unspecified underlying health conditions, according to the county Department of Public Health. It marked the sixth COVID-19 death of a […]
  
Firefighters Rescue Person Trapped in a Vehicle in Chatsworth Firefighters performed a rope rescue Thursday morning of a person who was trapped in a vehicle that went off the road and approximately 100 feet down an embankment in Chatsworth, authorities said. Firefighters responded at 2:23 a.m. to a location near Indian Drive off the eastbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway and used ropes to bring […]
Man Fatally Shot in East Los Angeles Area A man was found shot to death Thursday in the East Los Angeles area. Detectives were sent to the 4300 block of Floral Drive at 12:02 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information on the man’s identity was not immediately available. No arrests were reported, and no suspect information was released. Anyone […]
Newport Beach Player Leads US Women’s Water Polo Team Into Gold-Medal Game Maddie Musselman of Newport Beach scored four of her five goals in the second half as the United States women’s water polo team overcame three three-goal deficits to defeat the Russian Olympic Committee, 15-11, Thursday to reach the gold-medal game. Aria Fischer, another of the six players from Orange County on the 13-player team, gave […]
2 Men Dead in Long Beach Double Homicide  Two men were killed Thursday in a double shooting in Long Beach. Officers were called at 12:15 a.m. to the 100 block of East Anaheim Street, where they found the victims with multiple gunshot wounds to their upper torsos, said Lt. Shaleana Benson of the Long Beach Police Department. The victims were taken to a […]
Ticket Sales Begin for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Tickets go on sale Thursday for the soon-to-open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in the Miracle Mile area. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, timed-entry tickets will be available at 9 a.m. at academymuseum.org. The museum, at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, is scheduled to open to the […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Keep Climbing Orange County reported more than 40 additional COVID-19 patients as the Delta variant of the coronavirus fuels a surge among unvaccinated residents. Hospitalizations due to the virus increased from 333 on Tuesday to 375 on Wednesday, with the number of intensive care unit patients increasing from 62 to 68, the same number as reported on […]
Solis Issues Order Requiring All County Employees to Get COVID Vaccine All Los Angeles County employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1 under an executive order issued by Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis. With the coronavirus again raging, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, Solis said, “the need for immediate action is great.” Solis cited an 18-fold increase […]
Little Change to Average LA, Orange County Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped one-tenth of a cent Thursday to $4.38 after rising one-tenth of a cent each of the previous two days. The average price is 1.5 cents more than one week ago, 5.2 cents higher than one month ago and $1.197 greater […]
Dodgers Preliminary 2022 Schedule Announced  The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin the 2022 season by playing host to Colorado Rockies March 31 at Dodger Stadium, according to the preliminary schedule announced Wednesday by Major League Baseball. The Dodgers will play interleague games at Dodger Stadium in 2022 against the Detroit Tigers April 29-May 1, Los Angeles Angels June 14-15, Cleveland […]
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