By City News Service
Disneyland Reopens For First Time Since Beginning Of Pandemic
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County on Sunday reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths.
The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals increased from 106 Saturday to 111, while the number of intensive care unit patients dropped from 27 to 24.
Sunday s figures pushed the county s total to 253,989 cases and 4,969 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
The county had 38.6% of its ICU beds and 76% of its ventilators available.
Orange County continues to see encouraging overall trends regarding the pandemic, officials said.
By City News Service
May 3, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Playgrounds at all Los Angeles Unified elementary schools and early education centers will reopen today after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
District personnel will use electrostatic misters and approved disinfectant to regularly sanitize playground equipment, the same procedure used to clean frequently touched surfaces in a school, according to Superintendent Austin Beutner.
Only one group of students will be allowed to use the playground at a time, and students will be encouraged to wash their hands after using the equipment, Beutner said.
“Smiles all around, Beutner said. “The road to recovery includes the opportunity for youngsters to exercise and play outdoors in a way that is safe and appropriate.
By City News Service
May 3, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two men were shot to death and a woman was wounded this morning in a shooting at a strip mall in the Arlington Heights area of Los Angeles.
The shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. at Crenshaw and Washington boulevards, said Officer A. Delatorre of the Los Angeles Police Department s Operations Center.
The men, between the ages of 25 and 30, were pronounced dead at the scene, Delatorre said. Their names were withheld, pending notification of their relatives.
Paramedics took the wounded woman to a hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, the LAPD reported.
By City News Service
HAWTHORNE (CNS) - One person is dead in a Hawthorne shooting, authorities said today.
The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of El Segundo and Crenshaw boulevards, said Hawthorne police Lt. C. Port.
The victim was taken by paramedics to Harbor UCLA Medical Center and pronounced dead, Port said.
An investigation was underway with the help of sheriff s homicide detectives, he said.
The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for both directions of El Segundo Boulevard between Yukon Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard.
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By Tim Binnall
Apr 30, 2021
An alleged interview with Sasquatch, a crab humanoid caught on film, and a UFO landing case wherein a chupacabra seemingly exited the craft were among the strange and unusual stories that captured our attention this past week.
One of the more curious UFO cases to cross our desk in quite some time occurred this past week by way of Bolivia where several witnesses saw a mysterious craft land in a field and subsequently release some kind of creature that they likened to the infamous chupacabra. The jaw-dropping incident took place in the town of Monteagudo when residents spotted an odd halo of light descending from the sky. Upon landing, they say, a one-foot-tall being with large eyes exited the craft and began running down the street frightening children before vanishing into the night. Fortunately, the visitor did not return, though that does leave one wondering where it might have gone.