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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 22: Travelers wait in line to check in for a flight at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid a COVID-19 surge in Southern California on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles. ( Mario Tama/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA Los Angeles County s lost more than 9,000 people to COVID-19, and a thousand of those deaths occurred in the last two weeks, health officials said Tuesday.
Just days ahead of the Christmas holiday, hospitals are scrambling to treat record numbers of patients. Confronted with a study that showed millions of people admitted to flouting health protocols, health officials sought to deter holiday gatherings.
Reply A mugging Monday in the parking garage at the Stanford Shopping Center at 180 El Camino Real led to the arrest of three Oakland juveniles following a vehicle pursuit, Palo Alto police said. (Shutterstock)
PALO ALTO, CA A mugging Monday in the parking garage at the Stanford Shopping Center at 180 El Camino Real led to the arrest of three Oakland juveniles following a vehicle pursuit, Palo Alto police said. The robbery was reported about 8:20 p.m. and the victim, a woman in her 60s, suffered moderate injuries to her head and a knee. Before she was taken to the hospital, the woman told police she was getting out of her car to go shopping when two vehicles pulled up and she was approached by three boys who tried to pull her purse from her shoulder.
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MyShake will send record data from a network of phones to send out alerts, maps, and safety tips. (Shutterstock)
LOS ANGELES, CA The ShakeAlertLA app will stop issuing earthquake warnings after Dec. 31, and it was announced Wednesday that people can download a free statewide app that builds on the Los Angeles app.
According to Mayor Eric Garcetti s office, ShakeAlertLA was developed with personal privacy protections and communication methods, in addition to innovative software to alert residents when earthquakes reach a magnitude of 4.5 or higher. The statewide app, MyShake, builds on these techniques, Garcetti said. Los Angeles leads the nation in earthquake resilience, and ShakeAlertLA showed how we can harness technology to provide critical warning before an earthquake hits, Garcetti said in a statement. The next `big one is not a matter of if, but when, and we can all do our part to stay prepared, resilient and a few seconds ahead of the game by downloading the My
UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 8:31 am PT
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The tri-valley is especially hard-hit, accounting for half of the current outbreaks. (Shutterstock)
MARTINEZ, CA Dozens of residents and staff members at one Contra Costa County assisted living facility are currently battling COVID-19, according to statistics from the California Department of Social Services. Neighboring Alameda County has 9 outbreaks in facilities, bringing the East Bay total to 10.
The tri-valley is especially hard-hit, accounting for half of the East Bay total.
Current outbreaks are reported at Sunrise Assisted Living Of Danville which has 29 sick staff members and 18 ill residents.
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In Alameda County, outbreaks are being fought at Aegis Assisted Living Of Fremont, Carefield Pleasanton, Elder Ashram in Oakland, Lakeside Park Dementia & Memory Care in Oakland, The Parkview in Pleasanton (not to be confused with Parkview Health Care Center in Hayward), Quail Garden in Livermore, Rose Gate Living in San
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Disney VoluntEARS and the Power of One worked together to share the magic in the holiday season of 2020. (Disneyland Resort Photo)
ANAHEIM, CA Anaheim families have been hurting in 2020, amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the Disneyland Resort closure, and the ripple effect both have had on area businesses and restaurants. With so many out of work, businesses shuttered, and a town that typically is synonymous with the Happiest Place on Earth is shielded by masked smiles.
On Tuesday, the Disneyland Resort VoluntEARS gathered to shower support on the Power of One Foundation. Cast Members shared the love in the drive-through donation to help 1,500 Anaheim families including furloughed Cast Members have a holiday this year.