| | | | The news for Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Downtown Celebrations Following Dodgers World Series Victory Turn Violent  Police declared an unlawful assembly and issued a dispersal order to sometimes unruly and violent crowds in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday morning to celebrate the Dodgers’ World Series victory. The unlawful assembly was declared in the area of Eighth Street to Pico Boulevard and Broadway and Figueroa Street, the department tweeted just before 1 a.m. […]
  
High-Profile Lacey-Gascon Face-Off Remains Heated Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is fighting to keep her seat for a third term despite an aggressive challenge by self-styled reformer, former LAPD officer and San Francisco D.A. George Gascon and some progressive groups that have long called for her resignation. Lacey garnered significantly more voter support than Gascon in the March […]
Orange County Reports 255 New COVID-19 Cases, Seven Deaths Orange County has reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 58,980 cases and 1,454 fatalities. The relatively high number of daily cases continues to jeopardize the county’s chance to move into a less-restrictive tier of the state’s re-opening road-map. County officials have said the daily average would […]
Attention Dodger Fans: Health Officials Warn Against Celebratory Gatherings On a day that would produce a World Series title for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles County residents were warned that large public celebrations or even small private game-watching or celebratory gatherings can become super-spreaders of COVID-19. The county’s health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, issued a health advisory Monday night warning of the dangers […]
Little Change to Average L.A. County Gas Price The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent Wednesday to $3.175 after decreasing slightly four of the previous five days. The average price is six-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 2.8 cents lower than one month ago and 90.5 cents cheaper […]
Crews Battle Silverado Fire as Some Irvine Residents Return Home  Thousands of Irvine residents evacuated due to the Silverado Fire were returning home Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to contain the blaze, which has blackened 13,354 acres and is only 5% contained. According to Orange County Fire Authority’s Steve Concialdi, who serves as spokesman for the Silverado Fire, residents in the following areas of Irvine […]
Blue Ridge Fire Chars 14,000 Acres in Yorba Linda, Chino Hills, 0% Contained A wind-driven brush fire burning in Yorba Linda that has burned 14,334 acres, damaged seven homes and destroyed one remained 0% contained Wednesday morning. The acreage burned was lowered Tuesday night from about 15,200 earlier in the day, according to Orange County Fire Authority spokesman Steve Concialdi. Initially called the Green Fire and later renamed […]
Pasadena Man to Plead Guilty to Cyberstalking A Pasadena man is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to federal charges of using the internet to stalk and threaten to injure, rape or kill women who refused to date him. Sam Hughes, 31, faces a total maximum sentence of 30 years’ imprisonment on the felony charges of stalking, witness tampering and making threats by […]
Dodgers Post-Championship Plans on Hold After Player’s Positive COVID Test  The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing uncertainty Wednesday because of third baseman Justin Turner’s positive coronavirus test. “Subsequent tests we’re going to take are really important to figure out what we do and to make sure that any of us that are potentially positive don’t spread it to other people,” Dodgers’ President of Baseball Operations […]
Irvine Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Mail Fraud An Irvine executive previously convicted of securities fraud agreed to plead guilty to making false claims about solar panels his company was selling, enabling him to raise more than $9.5 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Michael James Sweaney, 56, the founder and owner of Nanotech Engineering Inc., was caught making bogus claims to […]
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