| | | | The news for Friday, August 28, 2020
|
|
LA County Reports 38 More Coronavirus Deaths, 1,636 New Cases  Another 38 deaths due to the coronavirus were reported in Los Angeles County, and health officials again urged people participating in protests to take precautions against spreading the virus. The 38 deaths — one of which was actually reported Wednesday by health officials in Long Beach — lifted the countywide total number of fatalities during […]
  
2 Injured in Car-to-Car Shooting in Hollywood Two people in a minivan were wounded in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in Hollywood Friday morning. The shooting occurred about 3:22 a.m. when someone in another vehicle approached the minivan and opened fire, striking two people inside. The victims drove to the area of Cahuenga and Hollywood boulevards, where they were located by officers, according to […]
Leading Scholar on Japanese Internment Dies at 67 Lane Hirabayashi, one the nation’s leading scholars on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II who spent decades trying to keep prison camps from being FORGOTTEN, has died. He was 67. Hirabayashi died Aug. 8 in Santa Monica after a long struggle with cancer, his family said, according to the Los Angeles Times. […]
Orange County Reports 29 More COVID-19 Deaths Orange County health officials have announced 29 more COVID-19 fatalities and 369 additional coronavirus diagnoses, raising the death toll to 947 and the cumulative case total to 47,459. Of the deaths reported Thursday, 11 were skilled nursing facility residents. Of the total death toll, 362 have been skilled nursing facility residents and 59 lived in […]
Arson Fire Erupts in West Perris, Prompting Brief Evacuations  A wildfire caused by arson on the west end of Perris burned 4.5 acres and was 40% contained Friday morning. The Navajo Fire was reported about 4:45 p.m. Thursday in the area of Navajo Road and Highway 74, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Evacuations were ordered in the area of Park Avenue as […]
Riverside County’s Active COVID-19 Cases Decline Further Another 196 confirmed coronavirus cases and 13 additional COVID-19 deaths have been reported, but Riverside University Health System data showed the active case count continuing its downward trend. The aggregate number of COVID-19 infections recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March is 51,734, compared to 51,538 on Wednesday, according to RUHS. […]
Average Riverside County Gas Price Rises to Highest Amount Since March 22 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose Friday to its highest amount since March 22, increasing a half-cent to $3.172 after rising by one-tenth of a cent for two consecutive days. The average price is eight-tenths of a cent more than one week ago and 4.9 cents higher […]
Bank Robber Faces Sentencing in San Fernando Valley Heists A woman is expected to be sentenced Friday to federal prison for taking part in violent takeover-style bank stick-ups in the San Fernando Valley. Demenia Hawkins, 40, pleaded guilty in February to a single federal count of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery, admitting her role in two heists. Although the charge carries a possible […]
Closures Planned on 60 Freeway, Beginning Friday evening, for Infrastructure Project Multiple lanes on the westbound Pomona (60) Freeway will be shut down Friday evening and will remain closed until Monday morning in Jurupa Valley for the ongoing “60 Swarm.” For the second consecutive weekend, all but two lanes on the five-lane westbound 60 will be taken out of service between Country Village Road and Etiwanda […]
Cat, Dog Found Dead Inside Fire-Damaged Valley Village Residential Building  A cat and dog were killed Thursday evening in a fire that tore through a two-story, multi-unit residential building in Valley Village. Firefighters responded to the 5300 block of Radford Avenue, between Chandler and Magnolia boulevards, at 10:10 p.m. and discovered heavy fire in the attic of the building and declared the incident a greater […]
|
|
| Read more news on the MyNewsLA.com website |
|
|
| |
| | |
|
