| | | | | The news for Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
|
LA County to Offer In-Person School Waivers, Reopen Breweries as Cases Drop The Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to allow a limited number of schools to apply for waivers to offer in-person instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade, now that the county appears to have dodged a post-Labor Day spike in coronavirus cases. On a split 3-2 vote after a drawn-out debate, the board […]
Sheriff to Update Investigation of Deputies Ambushed in Compton Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will provide an update Wednesday morning on the investigation into the ambush of two on-duty deputies. The deputies were both shot will sitting in a marked patrol car at the Metro Blue Line station located at 275 N. Willowbrook Ave. in Compton on Sept. 12. The suspect walked up […]
OC Remains in Red Tier, But COVID-19 Numbers Are Dropping Orange County is just short of making it from the red to the less-restrictive orange tier in California’s coronavirus monitoring system, but officials say the county’s overall numbers are trending in the right direction. The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 109 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 33 additional deaths. Although the fatalities were the […]
Bobcat Fire Containment Date Pushed Back to Oct. 30, Smoke Advisory in Effect The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest has charred 114,202 acres and was 62% contained Wednesday morning and a smoke advisory warning of unhealthy air quality due to the fire was in effect. “It is difficult to tell where smoke, ash or soot from a fire will go, or how winds will affect […]
Firefighters Work to Rescue Injured Woman in Wilbur Tampa Park Firefighters are working Wednesday morning to rescue a woman who appears to be seriously injured due to a fall in rugged terrain in Wilbur Tampa Park in Porter Ranch. Crews responded to an area of the park near Tampa and Wilbur avenues about 1:40 a.m. and began attempting a ground-based rescue, but have called for […]
Martindale Fire 40% Contained; Evacuations Remain in Place A brush fire burning in the Castaic Canyons area near Santa Clarita has blackened 230 acres and was 40% contained Wednesday morning as evacuation orders remained in place for at least 10 homes. The Martindale Fire broke out at 3 p.m. Monday in the 34700 block of Bouquet Canyon Road, about two miles southwest of […]
1 Boy Killed, Another Injured in Suspicious Westlake Village Crash A person of interest was detained in connection with a crash in Westlake Village that left one boy dead and another hospitalized Wednesday morning in unknown condition. Deputies from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station responded to a crash in the area of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday and located […]
Lobbyist to Plead Guilty in LA City Hall Bribery Case A longtime lobbyist and former Los Angeles City Hall official is set to plead guilty Wednesday morning to a federal charge that he conspired with now-suspended Councilman Jose Huizar in a bribery scheme. Morrie Goldman will plead guilty via video conferencing to a felony count of conspiring to commit bribery and honest services mail fraud […]
UCLA Forecast: Economic Picture Better, But Not Without Risk Months after proclaiming the U.S. economy was in a recession and a “depression-like” crisis, UCLA economists Wednesday painted a slightly rosier picture, thanks to sooner-than-expected business reopenings and the ability of consumers and merchants to adapt to health restrictions. But all is still not well, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast report, which notes that […]
Newsom Signs Bills Intended To Boost Safety and Transparency in Horse Racing Two bills intended to boost safety and transparency in horse racing in response to a spate of deaths at Santa Anita Park were signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. AB 1974 by Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, codifies and expands upon several recommendations contained in the California Horse Racing Board’s December 2019 memo to […]
|
|
| Read more news on the MyNewsLA.com website |
|
|
| |
| | |
|
