| | | | | The news for Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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Los Angeles ‘Under Siege’ as COVID Cases, Deaths and Hospitalization Set Records Los Angeles County health officials are feeling the pressure Thursday in the wake of Wednesday’s a record-breaking numbers of virus deaths, cases and hospitalizations that have the emergency medical system “under siege.” The county Department of Public Health reported 138 additional coronavirus fatalities, seven of which were reported Tuesday by health officials in Long Beach. […]
Police Union Calls On City Leaders to Keep Residents Safe Amid Department Cuts The Los Angeles Police Protective League has placed billboards in five city council districts demanding a plan from city leaders to keep resident safe. The move comes as murders, shootings and shots fired into homes have increased “starkly” in Los Angeles at a time when “some city leaders are calling for the elimination of 1,000 […]
As Vaccines Arrive, OC Struggles with More COVID-19 Patients Orange County’s healthcare workers will strive to regroup Thursday after 23 fatalities were reported countywide Wednesday, the same day frontline workers in the county received COVID-19 vaccinations. Local hospitals continued Wednesday to shatter coronavirus patient admittance records, prompting an unprecedented order preventing hospitals from diverting ambulances to other facilities. The county logged 3,231 new diagnoses […]
Fire in Commercial Building in Chatsworth Extinguished, Firefighter Injured A fire that tore through the roof of a commercial building in Chatsworth Thursday evening and injured a firefighter was extinguished in about 90 minutes. Crews responded about 9:50 p.m. to the Arizona Pipeline Co., 20510 Sunburst St., near Oso Avenue and north of Nordhoff Street, and found heavy fire and smoke coming from the […]
2 Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Foothill Freeway in Glendora Two people were killed Thursday morning in a six-vehicle crash on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Glendora. The crash was reported about 12:15 a.m. just west of the Orange (57) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details of what led up to the crash were not immediately available. Video from the scene showed […]
Average Los Angeles County Gas Price Rises Slightly The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose three-tenths of a cent Thursday to $3.154 one day after increasing four-tenths of a cent. The average price is two-tenths of a cent more than one week ago and six-tenths of a cent higher than one month ago but 51.6 […]
Woodland Hills Man Faces Sentencing in TOEFL Cheating Scheme A Woodland Hills man faces sentencing Thursday for helping operate a scheme that raked in thousands of dollars by recruiting impostors to earn passing grades in English proficiency for Chinese nationals seeking student visas. Liu Cai, 25, is the last of six defendants to be sentenced in the case in which doctored People’s Republic of […]
Child, 1, Reported Missing Out of Aliso Viejo, Taken by Biological Mother An endangered missing advisory is in effect Thursday morning for a 1-year-old boy taken by his biological mother in Aliso Viejo. About 4 p.m. Wednesday, Alexander Quintana was taken by his biological mother, Antonina Aslanova, according to the California Highway Patrol, which issued the advisory on behalf of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. An exact […]
Riverside County Reports 3,948 Coronavirus Cases, 38 Deaths Riverside County health officials are trying to regroup Thursday following reports Wednesday that 3,948 new coronavirus cases had been confirmed and more than three dozen additional virus-related deaths had been made public, as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to shatter records. The aggregate number of coronavirus infections recorded since the public health documentation period […]
Filly Euthanized After Fracturing Humerus During Workout at Santa Anita An unraced 2-year-old filly fractured her right front humerus while galloping during a workout at Santa Anita Park Wednesday and was euthanized. Penelope Rose was the 16th horse to die in racing or training-related incidents at the track this year. The fatality was the first since June 20 when the 4-year-old colt Strictly Biz fractured […]
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