Greco’s New York Pizzeria on Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana. (Google Street View) Three restaurants were closed due to health hazards between Jan. 21-27 in the San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita. The food facilities had their health permit suspended for either rodents or no working toilet facilities according to reports from the Los Angeles County
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Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills presents a virtual Purim Shpiel, “The Shushan Bunch,” on Feb. 25 on Zoom. (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 the San Fernando Valley area. Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2021 –
Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives this week searched the headquarters of L.A. Metro and the offices of a nonprofit run by a civilian oversight commissioner critical of the department’s leadership, sheriff’s officials announced Friday. Detectives served warrants for unspecified records at both locations on Thursday, Feb. 18, but a spokesperson declined to provide details about
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is no longer seeking the death penalty for a gang member accused of fatally shooting one police officer and trying to kill another one in 2017, prosecutors told a judge in the case Thursday, Feb. 18. Whittier Officer Keith Boyer, 53, was the first police officer in the
Dockworkers at the nation’s largest commercial seaport complex continue battling the coronavirus, even as numbers wane across Los Angeles County — with about 41% of all positive tests at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach occurring in the first six weeks of the new year. There were 590 cases suspected coronavirus cases at
SUN VALLEY — A fire damaged multiple vehicles Wednesday in an outdoor area at a recycling yard in Sun Valley, and a firefighter suffered a minor injury while battling the flames. Firefighters sent to the 11200 block of Vinedale Street at 12:34 p.m. extinguished the fire in 23 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
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
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