| | | | The news for Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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Southland to Experience ‘Dangerously Hot Conditions’ Through Weekend  The National Weather Service Wednesday issued an excessive heat watch, warning of “dangerously hot conditions” and elevated critical fire-weather between Friday and Monday during the region’s latest heat wave. “Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities,” the weather service warned in announcing […]
  
Metrolink Train Fatally Injures Pedestrian in Fullerton A Metrolink train struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday in Fullerton. The person was fatally injured about 5:10 a.m. near Commonwealth Avenue and Gilbert Street, according to the Fullerton Police Department. The person’s identity was not immediately known. The pedestrian was struck by Metrolink’s OC Line 681 train to Los Angeles, according to Metrolink. Metrolink […]
Drive-Thru Halloween Haunt Planned For OC Fair & Event Center What organizers are describing as a drive-thru Halloween Haunt is planned for Oct. 1-Nov. 1 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. “Urban Legends of Southern California” is devised from whispered folklore that has tortured and terrorized countless generations of Southern California residents, according to executive producer Mark Entner. Vehicles will be […]
Media Giant Sumner Redstone Dies at 97  Sumner Redstone, a towering media figure who converted his father’s drive-in theater business into an empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp., has died. He was 97. Redstone died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, Variety reported. ViacomCBS chairman Shari Redstone, with whom Redstone had high-profile legal battles before the two reconciled, […]
Pedestrian Hit by Vehicle and Killed in Huntington Beach; Driver Arrested A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and killed Wednesday in Huntington Beach, and the motorist was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, police said. The 26-year-old man was injured about 12:20 a.m. at Springdale Street and Croupier Drive and died at the scene, said Huntington Beach police Sgt. Joshua Page. His identity was […]
Little Change to Average Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was unchanged Wednesday after dropping by one-tenth of a cent the previous two days and remaining unchanged the two days before that. The average price of $3.187 is four-tenths of a cent more than a week ago and 6.8 cents higher […]
OC Reports 1,051 New COVID-19 Cases and 10 More Deaths Ten more people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, raising the death toll to 734, local health officials said as they reported 1,051 new coronavirus diagnoses to hike the cumulative case total to 41,578. Case counts have steadily risen since Sunday, which officials attribute to the state catching up on a backlog created by […]
Coroner Releases Name of Man Shot to Death During Fight in Sawtelle District A man shot to death during a fight with another man in the Sawtelle district of West Los Angeles was publicly identified Wednesday. Rashad Johnson, 26, was a Los Angeles resident, according to the coroner’s office. The shooting was reported at 9:51 p.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Butler Avenue near Santa Monica Boulevard, […]
Male Shot to Death in Harbor Gateway Area A male was shot to death in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles, authorities said Wednesday. The shooting was reported about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1573 Torrance Boulevard, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, she said. The age of […]
Fire In Sun Valley Home Spreads To Adjacent Home  An electrical fire in a Sun Valley home spread to an adjacent home Tuesday evening before 43 firefighters extinguished the flames without injury, but six people were displaced from the homes. The blaze was reported about 7:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of Claybeck Avenue, near Hollywood Way and the Golden State (5) Freeway, according […]
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