| | | | | The news for Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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Dodger Stadium Opens as COVID-19 Vaccination Site; 5 More Large Centers Coming Dodger Stadium has reopened as a COVID-19 mass-vaccination center, with Mayor Eric Garcetti saying it will eventually have the capacity to vaccinate 12,000 people a day, but for now it will cater only to health care workers. “This site will move us closer to a day we can’t wait to wake up and hear about. […]
Judge Says Fired Princess Cruises Employee’s Suit Needs Full Redo A woman who sued a Culver City ad agency, alleging she was wrongfully fired last May for expressing concerns about the honesty of a Princess Cruises marketing assignment that she believed minimized the health threat from the coronavirus, will have to revise her whole complaint for it to proceed, a judge ruled. Los Angeles Superior […]
Coroner’s Inquest Upholds Homicide Death of 18-Year-Old by Deputy A coroner’s office inquest into the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy near Gardena, upheld a previous conclusion by the office that his death was a homicide, officials announced. The inquest — the first conducted in Los Angeles County in more than 30 years — found that Guardado’s […]
City Council President Cancels Wednesday Meeting Due to Threats of Violence Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has canceled Wednesday’s scheduled City Council meeting and urged City Hall staff to work remotely amid threats of violence surrounding the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. “After the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and the subsequent reports that armed protests are planned at state […]
USPS to Temporarily Remove Some Southland Mailboxes Prior to Inauguration Eleven mailboxes in downtown Los Angeles and Van Nuys will be temporarily removed for security reasons amid threats of potential violence in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere surrounding next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the U.S. Postal Service announced. Three boxes in Huntington Beach will also be temporarily removed, officials said Friday. “Postal customers in […]
Orange County Reports 82 More COVID-19 Deaths, 3,158 Cases Orange County has reported 3,158 new coroanvirus cases and 82 more COVID-19 fatalities, a daily record, as authorities struggled to find room to store victims’ bodies. Since Sunday, the county has reported 236 deaths. Last week, the county logged 140 deaths. The death reports are staggered and sometimes take weeks to be logged, but December […]
LA County Edges Toward Milestone of 1 Million COVID Cases; Death Toll Mounts Los Angeles County has edged closer to a dreaded milestone of 1 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases, with that mark expected to be reached as early as Saturday, while the death toll continued to mount with more than 200 additional fatalities. But despite the rising case and death numbers Friday, the situation at hospitals continued […]
Coronavirus Claims Lives of Two Los Angeles County Superior Court Employees A Los Angeles County Superior Court traffic clerk and court interpreter died this month from COVID-19, officials announced. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two dedicated court employees during this devastating pandemic,” Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor said Friday. “We stand with the loved ones, friends and cherished co-workers who are grieving.” The […]
LASD Super-Spreader Task Force Busts Three Parties, 137 Cited The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Super-Spreader Taskforce busted three large parties, two in downtown Los Angeles and the third in Mid-City, and arrested 137 people. The events took place at three locations Thursday night: — In the 400 block of Seaton Street; — In the 500 block of West Pico Boulevard; — In the […]
Bruce Headley, Trainer of Champion Sprinter Kona Gold, Dies At 86 Bruce Headley, a thoroughbred trainer for more than 60 years, including training 2000 Eclipse Champion sprinter Kona Gold, died Friday at Arcadia Methodist Hospital from the effects of a stroke. He was 86. Born Feb. 17, 1934, in Baldwin Park, Headley was introduced to racing at Santa Anita Park by an aunt when he was […]
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