| | | | | The news for Tuesday, March 23, 2021 |
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More Businesses Open in LA County as COVID Numbers Continue Dropping As Los Angeles County’s coronavirus numbers continue to fall and local business activity springs back to life, officials have announced a handful of modifications to the county’s health order that went into effect over the weekend. Breweries, distilleries and wineries may now reopen for indoor service if food is provided, with attendance limited to 25% […]
Suspected Female Gang Member Opens Fire in Carson, Shooting One One man was shot Tuesday morning in a possible gang-related attack in Carson — and a woman was almost shot as well, but the gun jammed and the shooter fled in a vehicle — according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The incident took place in an apartment complex in the 800 block of […]
Fire Damages Duplex in Boyle Heights, But No Injuries Reported Fire damaged a duplex in the Boyle Heights area Tuesday, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 2600 block of East Michigan Avenue at 4:58 a.m. extinguished the flames in about 45 minutes, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The cause of the fire was under investigation. >> Want to read more […]
Woman Wounded in Baldwin Hills Attack, Shooter Still At Large Police Tuesday continued their search for whoever wounded a young woman sitting in a car during a drive-by shooting. The 18-year-old victim was hospitalized for treatment of a gunshot wound suffered when a suspect in a vehicle fired at her in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported just before 2 […]
Orange County Continues Encouraging COVID-19 Trends Orange County has reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional fatality, continuing a downward trend of infections and hospitalizations. The new cases reported Monday increased the total to 249,641, and the additional fatality, which occurred Jan. 16, raised the death toll to 4,608. Hospitalizations increased from 187 Sunday to 195 on Monday as […]
Average Southland Gas Prices Stable After Long Streaks of Increases The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped two-tenths of a cent Tuesday to $3.924, the second slight decrease after a 39-day streak of increases totaling 40.7 cents. The average price is 2 cents more than one week ago, 25.9 cents higher than one month ago and 64.7 […]
Board of Supervisors Set to Vote on Gascón’s Request for Special Prosecutor The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on District Attorney George Gascón’s request to appoint a special prosecutor to assist with cases of alleged police misconduct. Gascón is seeking to appoint former federal prosecutor Lawrence Middleton for a four-year term at a cost of no more than $1.5 million annually, […]
Gang Member Faces Sentencing for Attack on Black Families in Ramona Gardens A gang member could be sentenced Tuesday to at least 15 years in federal prison for orchestrating a racially motivated firebombing attack on Black families living in a Los Angeles housing project. Carlos “Rider” Hernandez, 36, pleaded guilty two years ago to five felonies, including using fire and carrying explosives to commit a federal felony […]
Supervisors to Approve Modified Agreement with State to Fight Citrus Disease The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to sign off on an amended agreement with the state for ongoing use of the Riverside County Office of Agriculture for enforcement of regulations intended to contain and eliminate citrus greening disease. The county entered into a compact with the California Department of Food & Agriculture last July […]
Son Arrested After His Mother and Her Brother Are Stabbed to Death in Altadena A man and woman in their 60s were found stabbed to death Monday in Altadena, and a son of the woman was arrested. Robert Cotton, 32, was booked on two counts of murder, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Tracy Koerner said. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene of the attack that was […]
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