The cargo surge that exploded in the last several months of 2020 at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has continued into the new year, including the latter setting a January record — but the the spike in imports has also caused massive congestion and sent some ships to smaller ports. Port of
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Los Angeles public health officials reported 128 fewer patients hospitalized in local hospitals, lowing the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations to 2,964 as of Tuesday, Feb. 16. That’s a 63.4% decrease from the Jan. 7 high of 8,098 people hospitalized. There were 1,260 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,169,550
Patty Trejo wanted some way to let her husband, Joe Trejo, know that she’s with him even as he breathes through a ventilator. So she turned to music. Trejo hired a mariachi band to serenade him outside Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton. And on Monday, Feb. 15, inside his room in the hospital’s
The Los Angeles Unified School District will open its first COVID-19 vaccination site this week, with plans to inoculate only district employees ages 65 and over and those working at testing and vaccination sites for the time being. Starting Wednesday, school nurses and licensed healthcare professionals will administer the Moderna vaccine at the Roybal Learning
Sworn officers from the Los Angeles Unified school police department could be replaced at secondary school sites by “school climate coaches” who will help mentor students, and the use of pepper spray by officers on campus could end, if the district’s school board accepts the recommendation of a task force convened last year as the
Studio City Branch Library holds book club and other cultural meetings online during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Google Earth) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences plus the potential for positive personal, change and community enrichment. Los Angeles Police Department Funding Town Hall: NoHo West Neighborhood Council presents the event
NORTH HILLS — A fire in a building in North Hills burned for 24 minutes Thursday morning before being extinguished by firefighters. Crews responded at 2:39 a.m. to the structure at 16650 Schoenborn St., near Hayvenhurst Avenue, and found fire burning on the second floor, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
You can build your own home (a home that will stand for hundreds of years) for about $150,000. Serene Branson gives a tour of a Cal-Earth home. Official Site: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSLA Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBSLA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSLA
The end-of-day totals from California public health websites for Wednesday, Feb. 10, registered a 51.6% drop in the number of people needing hospital care from a Jan. 6 high of 22,853. There were 471 fewer hospitalizations on Wednesday than there were the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 11,045. California communities reported
Orange County had 20,104 more people leave than move in, marking the 10th worst net out-migration among big counties in the U.S. L.A. County had 98,608 people leave, marking the biggest net loss in the U.S.
The Aquarium of the Pacific announced the recipients of its African American Scholar Program Thursday, Feb. 11, and will honor them during a virtual award ceremony later this month. This scholarship, funded through donor support, is open to students who have demonstrated a commitment to studies related to careers in the aquarium field — including
Henry Suzukawa, from Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Woodland Hills, applies ashes on a woman on Ash Wednesday. Feb. 26, 2020, on Ventura Boulevard. Ash Wednesday is Feb. 17, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of upcoming services and events that are online, and some in-person, in
Los Angeles public health officials reported 168 fewer patients hospitalized in local hospitals, lowing the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations to 3,604 as of Friday, Feb. 12. That’s a 55.5% decrease from the Jan. 7 high of 8,098 people hospitalized. There were 3,497 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,161,773
A CHP motorcycle officer and at least three others were injured in a collision on the 10 freeway in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, causing major traffic delays, authorities said. Authorities described the patients’ injuries as non-life-threatening. All were expected to survive. The CHP officer responded to the crash just before 10 a.m. between a
As Asian Americans usher in the Lunar New Year Friday, the usual festivities are out. In Orange County, visibly absent this year is the colorful Vietnamese Tet parade. (Last year, there were even two.) Ditto in places like Los Angeles and San Gabriel, which plan to hold virtual events to mark the new year celebrated
George Washington, 1797. (Painting by Gilbert Stuart) Government offices – Los Angeles city and county, national and state – and courts, libraries and schools are normally closed for Presidents Day – technically the federal government’s Washington’s Birthday holiday (observed annually on the third Monday of February). Here is a sampling of other services that are
The steady decline in hospitalizations continues, marking on Tuesday, Feb. 9, a 49.6% drop in the number of people needing hospital care from a Jan. 6 high of 22,853. There were 388 fewer hospitalizations on Tuesday, than there were the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 11,516, according to end-of-day totals from
A man has been charged in connection with the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies earlier this month in Compton. Kara Finnstrom reports.
PACOIMA — Fire ripped through a vacant home in Pacoima early Wednesday morning and burned for 43 minutes before being extinguished. Firefighters responded at 2:10 a.m. to the 11800 block of Fellows Avenue, near Corcoran Street, and found heavy fire coming from the boarded-up one-story home, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire
A Ventura County senior says her HOA is going after her for something than was done nearly two decades ago. CBS2’s Kristine Lazar reports.