| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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Nurses at Santa Monica Hospital Reinstated After COVID-19 Protest Ten nurses at a Santa Monica hospital who were suspended with pay after refusing to treat coronavirus patients without N95 respirator masks have been reinstated, but were given written warnings in their employment records, the state nurses union announced Wednesday. According to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, at least 15 nurses at Providence Saint […]
LAX Crackdown: Airport Open Only To Ticketed Passengers, Guests, City Workers Access to Los Angeles International Airport’s central terminal area is now restricted 24/7 to authorized airport and city personnel and ticketed passengers and their guests only, airport officials announced Wednesday. In March, LAX implemented a nighttime closure policy as a result of the spread of the coronavirus. The full-time closure to the general public is […]
Newsom: Hospitals Can Resume Scheduled Surgeries; Other Restrictions Remain In the first significant rollback of restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that hospitals in the Southland and across the state can resume scheduled surgical procedures that were suspended to ensure the availability of hospital beds and physicians to treat virus patients. “We are in a position today to […]
Forget Death And Coronvirus Misery: Palm Springs Golf Courses May Reopen! The Palm Springs City Council Thursday is expected to discuss allowing golf courses to reopen within city limits, after closing them nearly a month ago due to the coronavirus. City Manager David Ready told City News Service that if the council votes to reopen courses, it could take a few days before players will be […]
COVID-19 Deaths Continue to Rise As Cases Top 16,000 More than 60 additional fatalities due to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in Los Angeles County, pushing the total over 700, and the county’s public health director said testing is being bolstered in skilled nursing facilities, which account for 40% of the county’s coronavirus deaths. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department of Public Health, announced […]
Orange County Reports 67 More COVID-19 Cases, One Death Orange County’s number of coronavirus cases climbed by 67 Wednesday to an overall total of 1,753, while the death toll ticked up by one to 34. The number of hospitalized patients increased from 148 on Tuesday to 162 on Wednesday, with the number of intensive care patients climbing from 54 to 70. The COVID-19 cases […]
Construction Fire Prompts Closure of 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley Orange County Transportation Authority’s Talbert Avenue bridge project, which is part of the widening of the San Diego (405) Freeway, sustained a setback Wednesday when a fire broke out on its construction site. Fountain Valley firefighters were called at 8:52 a.m. about the blaze at Talbert Avenue and the freeway, Fountain Valley Fire Capt. Brent […]
Officials Investigating Woman’s 1996 Disappearance Serve Warrant in San Pedro Authorities Wednesday served another search warrant at the San Pedro home of a former classmate of a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who went missing nearly 24 years ago. The warrant was served “for specific items of evidence at the Los Angeles County home of Paul Flores,” according to Tony Cipolla of the San […]
Councilman Defending Suit By Former Staffer Seeks Text, Email Records Attorneys for City Councilman Jose Huizar filed court papers Wednesday seeking copies of communications between his former special assistant and another ex-staffer who is suing the councilman and the city of Los Angeles for alleged illegal office practices. The emails and text messages between 47-year-old Pauline Medina, Huizar’s former office manager, and George Esparza could […]
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