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The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals rose to 1,628 on Saturday -- up from 1,424 on Friday, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients, 246 were in intensive care, up sharply from 218 the previous day. Friday's daily positivity rate ticked up nearly a full point overnight to 22.4%, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Last month, the rate was less than 1%. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said she respected plans for the Rose Parade to go on as scheduled on Saturday, despite the large crowds it traditionally...

A high-flying realtor who worked for Coldwell Banker and Berkshire Hathaway in California has been revealed as the 'Delta Karen' who was arrested by the FBI for attacking an 80-year-old passenger on a plane after he removed his face mask to eat - while she was herself maskless. Patricia Cornwall, a real estate agent previously based in Los Angeles, who in the 1990s was - according to TikLeak - a member of the Raiderettes cheerleaders for the then-LA-based NFL team, was identified as the unruly passenger on the Thursday flight from Tampa to Atlanta when the altercation took place. Cornwall...

Video from the deadly Los Angeles police shooting that killed an assault suspect and a 14-year-old bystander at a Burlington store on Thursday shows the suspect beating a woman with a bike lock before a group of officers finds him and one opens fire with a rifle. “She’s bleeding! She’s bleeding!” the officer screams of the victim as she crawls out of an aisle of home goods. “Hold up! Hold up!” screams another officer, just before the first fires three rounds at the suspect, who is standing at the opposite end of the aisle. Daniel Elena-Lopez, 24, crumples to the...

A woman who formerly worked as a luxury real estate agent in California has been revealed as the Delta passenger who was arrested by the FBI for attacking an 80-year-old man on a plane, after he removed his face mask to eat. Patricia Cornwall, a real estate agent previously based in Los Angeles, who in the 1990s was - according to TikLeak - a member of the Raiderettes cheerleaders for the Las Vegas NFL team, was on a Thursday flight from Tampa to Atlanta when the altercation took place. Cornwall had recently moved to Florida, Heavy.com reported. She posted on...

A woman carrying a pickaxe in broad daylight casually walked into a Los Angeles Rite Aid, stole merchandise and threatened store employees and customers, shocking video shows. The bizarre footage captured the moment the unknown woman dragged a basket full of merchandise across the floor of the Rite Aid, in Venice, California, on Thursday morning. She seems to be headed for the door, with basket and pickaxe in hand, before stopping by the counter and telling an employee she'll come back. 'I'm not f*****g around,' she says as an employee tries to ask her to stop as she makes a...

The Los Angeles Police Department officer who opened fire on a suspect in a Burlington store in North Hollywood on Thursday has been placed on leave as officials investigate the shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl, CBS Los Angeles reports. The investigation has been handed to the California Department of Justice under a new law that requires any deadly shooting at the hands of an officer — intentional or not — to be investigated by the state's attorney general. Police responded to the store Thursday morning after several 911 calls reported possible shots fired. They encountered a suspect who allegedly...

Joseph Iniguez, the chief of staff for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, allegedly threatened to place a policeman on a list of dishonest officers after the staffer’s fiancée was stopped Dec. 11 for an illegal U-turn in her Tesla. The UK Daily Mail reports: Iniguez, according to a prosecutor, called the officer a ‘f—up’ and said he’d ‘put him in the Brady system,’ the outlet reported. The Brady list, established by a 1963 Supreme Court ruling, adds officers who have a record of knowingly lying in a professional capacity to said list. If an officer gets put on...

LeBron James found himself in unfamiliar territory on Christmas Eve: He found himself on the receiving end of criticism from the woke mob. The NBA superstar and outspoken social justice advocate posted a meme on Instagram which compared the coronavirus to the common old and the flu.

It is always instructive to highlight differences in the vaccination policies between nations. After all, the clinical trials that guide these decisions are the same across nations.Yet, different experts can view the same risk-benefit decisions differently, or view uncertainty differently. In my mind, there is clearly a problem if one nation advises AGAINST doing something while another location MANDATES it. I think we should all agree that this makes no sense. One should not deploy the brute force power of the mandate if a decision is sufficiently debatable that another nation literally advises against it.This already happened with LA County’s...

Human remains found in a trash bag nearly 40 years ago have been identified as those of Frank “Frankie” Little Jr., a guitarist and songwriter for the R&B group The O’Jays, police said. The partial remains - first discovered in February 1982 in a garbage bag behind a now-shuttered business in Twinsburg, Ohio - were identified as Little’s using DNA provided by a close relative, police said in a statement Tuesday. “In October 2021, the DNA Doe Project provided the names of potential living relatives, who were able to provide Frank’s name,” Twinsburg police said, adding that Little’s identity was...

Los Angeles County saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year Friday. The nation’s largest county, with some 10 million residents, recorded 9,988 new cases — a 20-fold increase since late last month, when the region was recording fewer than 500 cases a day, and the highest daily figure in 11 months, government data shows.

LOS ANGELES -- The coroner's office has identified the 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police Thursday when officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet went through the wall and struck the girl as she was in a clothing store dressing room. Police also fatally shot the suspect Thursday morning at a Burlington store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley, police said. The Los Angeles County coroner identified the girl as Valentina Orellana-Peralta and the suspect as Daniel Elena Lopez, 24. Online coroner records show their autopsies have been completed and...

"Los Angeles mother and young adult author Jennifer Chen says she's "so proud" that her daughter has decided to announce that she is non-binary and prefers to use they/them/he pronouns. The child, kindergarten-age Claire, now wants to be called "Clark" and asks those around to refer to her as Chen's "kid" or "son who is non-binary." Chen shared the family's holiday card on Instagram in late November. The card features Chen, her husband Brendan Hay, and their twins, Chloe and Clark. "I'd like you all to meet Clark (formerly known as Claire)," Chen captioned the family photo. "Clark prefers they/them/he...

For nearly a century, the cloistered nuns of the Monastery of the Angels have lived quietly on a rambling four-acre property just beneath the “H” of Los Angeles’ famous Hollywood sign. From this incongruous location, they bake their famous pumpkin bread and make candies to sell at their gift shop and online. They also send a steady stream of prayer heavenward 24 hours a day. Now, however, it appears that the nuns of the Monastery of the Angels are about to be booted. The Dominican Order that oversees the monastery said it no longer meets the criteria designated by canon...

Less than one percent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees were fired after failing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On Tuesday, the school board moved to fire 496 of the district's approximately 73,000 workers. Most of the staff had probably been on leave since mid-October... ...Of those fired, 418 were....instructional aides, cafeteria workers, custodians and others.... ...Meanwhile, around 34,000 students have also not been vaccinated as mandated for children ages 12 and older... ...In Los Angeles, students who are not fully vaccinated—or exempt—will be forced into the district's independent study program or will have to leave...

Kiddie criminals in Los Angeles accused of serious crimes are set to get a pass under new rules from District Attorney George Gascon. The Los Angeles County District Attorney will expand its “restorative justice” diversion programs for youths to include those facing charges like burglary, arson, robber and even sexual battery, among other crimes, according to a leaked memo from the DA’s office. Diversion programs are a form of pre-trial intervention which allows alleged juveniles to avoid prosecution, conviction — and serious jail time — in favor of more rehabilitative approaches. The DA’s office launched a pilot for the Restorative...

Los Angeles' New Year’s Eve celebration is moving mostly online as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in L.A. County, The Associated Press reported. Organizers said on Monday that the planned New Year’s Eve party at Los Angeles’ Grand Park will not have an in-person audience and will be streamed online instead. The invite-only audience was going to include frontline workers and first responders.

Host Trevor Noah said Thursday night on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” that Democratic politicians were being hypocritical by ignoring their own coronavirus restrictions. Noah was highlighting a CNN report on the difference between the actions and mandates of San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D-CA), Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl (D), San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (D-CO), and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY).

Rapper Drakeo the Ruler has died after being stabbed during a concert in Los Angeles Saturday night, according to a report. Drakeo, whose legal name is Darrell Caldwell, succumbed to his wounds sustained at the Snoop Dogg-headlined Once Upon A Time In LA music festival, TMZ reported early Sunday morning. [cut] Drakeo, 28, was stabbed behind the stage at L.A. Exposition Park about 8:30 p.m. local time and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, People reporter Tomas Mier said on Twitter. The rapper, was attacked by a group of men backstage, a source “with direct knowledge of...

Los Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler has died after being stabbed outside of a concert at the Banc of California Stadium, according to multiple reports.