LOS ANGELES—Local officials are warning of fraudulent COVID-19 tests online and at pop-up COVID-19 testing locations, as the demand for COVID-19 tests surges along with infections due to the Omicron variant. Sellers of fake tests are also stealing patient data for purposes of identity theft, according to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. “The harder…
LA County Officials Warn of Fake COVID-19 Tests, Identity Theft
January 11, 2022
admin
City los angelescovid-19 testCOVID-19 test kitsLocal NewsLos AngelesRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
LAUSD Students Return to Campuses Amid COVID Surge, Testing Mandate
January 11, 2022
admin
CCP VirusCOVID-19LAUSDLocal NewsLos AngelesMask mandateRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaTesting mandateUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—Tens of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students headed back to classes Jan. 11 amid a dramatic countywide surge in COVID-19 cases, but officials continue to insist on the effectiveness of infection-control measures on campus. The district required all students and staff to be tested for COVID-19 before returning to in-person…
LA County Restarts Take-Home COVID-19 Test Program
January 11, 2022
admin
at home covid testCCP Viruscovid-19 testLocal NewsLos AngelesRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County reintroduced a take-home program for COVID-19 test kits Jan. 10 as a way to expand testing during the rapid surge in infections. The county paused a similar delivery-only program a week earlier due to “logistics of processing these kits,” according to authorities. The county Department of Health Services said the program…
Bodycam Shows LAPD Officers Freeing Pilot Trapped in Plane Crashed on Railway Moments Before Train Hits
Like a scene from a Hollywood action film, police pulled a pilot from a wrecked plane that crash-landed on the train tracks in a Los Angeles neighborhood just seconds before a train smashed though the crumpled metal remains. This was no Hollywood movie—but a rescue that unfolded on Sunday afternoon, captured on the bodycam of…
62,000 LAUSD Students and Staff Test Positive for COVID-19 as In-Person Classes Resume
January 10, 2022
admin
covid-19 testingLAUSDLocal NewsLos AngelesLos Angeles CountyLos Angeles Unified School DistrictRegional NewsRegional-Local Newsschool mask mandateSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will return to campus on Jan. 11 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases—with 62,000 LAUSD students and employees testing positive for the virus as of Jan. 10. All students and staff are required to upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the Daily Pass…
Initiative For Public to Vote on Laguna Beach Development Moving Forward
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—A local activist group submitted enough signatures for a possible ballot initiative to the Laguna Beach City Clerk’s office Jan. 10, which could give residents a chance to approve major development projects in the coastal community. “We believe passage of this initiative will raise the bar to bring better projects to Laguna Beach,”…
Caltech Among 16 Universities Sued Over Financial Aid Formula
January 10, 2022
admin
city of OrangeLocal NewsLos AngelesOrangeOrange CountyRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—Caltech is among 16 universities being sued for alleged violations of antitrust laws by colluding to unfairly reduce the amount of financial aid awarded to students, it was announced Jan 10. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed Sunday in Illinois federal court on behalf of five former students who attended some of the universities, alleges…
NY Real Estate Heir, Convicted Killer Robert Durst Dies in Prison
January 10, 2022
admin
Kathie DurstLocal NewsLos AngelesNew YorkRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsRobert DurstSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a friend in her Benedict Canyon home, died Jan. 10 in prison. According to Chip Lewis, one of his attorneys, the 78-year-old Durst died of “natural causes associated with the litany of medical issues we had…
Taco Bell Employee Shot Dead at Drive-Through Window
January 10, 2022
admin
counterfeit billsfatal shootingLocal NewsLos AngelesRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaTaco BellUS
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—An employee at a Taco Bell in South Los Angeles was shot dead by a man in a black sedan who tried to pay for his meal with a counterfeit bill at the restaurant’s drive-through window, authorities said Jan. 9. Police were dispatched shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday to the 9900 block of Avalon Boulevard, said Officer Norma…
Los Angeles County Again Breaks Single-Day Record for COVID Cases
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County set another daily record with 45,584 positive COVID-19 tests on Jan. 9, continuing a winter surge in transmission driven by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. On Friday, health officials reported a then-record 43,712 new infections, and on Saturday they said the county had seen more than 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta