Los Angeles County public health officials reported 3,498 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,335,332 as of Wednesday, Aug. 11. The total number of cases represents 13.3% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 28 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,833 deaths since tracking began.
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As high school students in the Santa Clarita Valley prepare for the first week of school, members of the cheer teams at Castaic and West Ranch in William S. Hart Union High School District are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks after attending a cheer camp in July. The first day of school in the Hart district
West Basin Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors terminated General Manager Patrick Sheilds during a closed session meeting Tuesday, Aug. 10, denying him any severance pay even though he had 2 1/2 years left on his contract. Sheilds was placed on paid administrative leave June 10 to give the district time to investigate a complaint
George Kliavkoff’s anticipated tour of the Pac-12 campuses began late last month, following the conference’s midsummer media showcase. Given that the event took place at the W Hollywood Hotel, it made perfect logistical sense to start the tour at USC. It also made political sense, financial sense, symbolic sense and existential sense. As realignment roils
A vacant half-century-old courthouse in San Pedro is getting closer to being replaced by an eight-story mixed-use building that will bring more landscaped open space and a food hall into the historic downtown shopping district. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which owns the property, are set to approve an option to the county’s
A view from the San Fernando Valley: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo bicker in statue form on the plaza outside the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. Busts of Fred and Ethel Mertz are yards away, which means the couples are still neighbors. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Community meetings
A suspect was in custody Friday on suspicion of murder stemming from the death of a prominent banking executive inside her Reseda home.
SANTA CLARITA — Firefighters were making progress Saturday afternoon at stopping a 25-acre brush fire along the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Santa Clarita. The Los Angeles County Fire Department first reported the blaze at 15 acres at 1:37 p.m. on the ridge along the freeway at Golden Valley Road. Los Angeles County Fire Department
The woman who was caught on video in the midst of a racist rant outside of an Eagle Rock CVS apologized via social media as new video shows her threatening physical violence against her neighbors — prompting them to get restraining orders against the woman.
And the sun beats down on Southern California, Investigative Reporter David Goldstein turned up the heat on air-conditioning repair companies.
Amy Tanaka works on a sand sculpture designed for Los Angeles County’s LA vs. Hate campaign at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, Calif. on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) Amy Tanaka works on a sand sculpture designed for Los Angeles County’s LA vs. Hate campaign at Will Rogers State
Three young people were killed and two others seriously injured in a fiery multi-car wreck in Burbank late Tuesday night that investigators believe was caused by street racing.
The city of Pasadena is looking for reimbursement after it spent nearly half-a-million dollars in a Rose Bowl Game-related legal battle, but the Tournament of Roses has told the court that the request for attorneys’ fees should be denied. The motion filed Friday, Aug. 6 by the Tournament of Roses is the latest in a
Temple Beth Emet on North Buena Vista Street in Burbank. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of religious services in the San Fernando Valley area, Aug. 7-14. Open House at Temple Beth Emet: Find out about the independent temple, High Holidays services, membership and religious school, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 8 and also, Aug.
LOS ANGELES — Nearly a week into requiring all customers and staff to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, the owner of Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant said Friday he has received mostly positive feedback about the requirement. “You’ve got to do the right thing. If people don’t have a place to go eat, they will eventually get
Friends and family gather at the Shade Hotel to watch Manhattan Beach native Alix Klineman and her partner April Ross play in the gold medal match for beach volleyball on Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Friends and family gather at the Shade Hotel to watch Manhattan Beach native Alix Klineman
The pandemic-era container surge pushes on at the Port of Long Beach, where a record number of containers for the month of July were handled. Port Executive Director Mario Cordero announced Thursday, Aug. 5, that dockworkers and terminals moved nearly 800,000 — specifically, 784,845 — 20-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs, the industry’s standard cargo measurement) in
Mardilan Lee Georgio’s “Happy Hour” is part of “Enraptured by Nature” exhibit, also with art by Sandy Fisher, through Aug. 17 at the Santa Clarita Artists Association Gallery in Newhall. (Photo courtesy of Mardilan Lee Georgio) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles
The MemorialCare health system, which operates four major hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties and other smaller facilities in the region, announced Wednesday, Aug. 4, it will require all of its workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of September, citing an “alarming” rise in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in recent
Jeff Nguyen reports from Chino where a deadly-single vehicle crash that sent the car airborne and into a nearby swimming pool of a Chino resident claimed the life of two victims and seriously injured a third.