Los Angeles, Ca
Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara counties all join L.A. in ‘medium’ COVID risk category as cases rise
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As coronavirus case numbers rise throughout California, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties all moved to the medium COVID-19 danger stage this week.
The rating is a part of the CDC’s three-level system that’s meant to assist native jurisdictions resolve what prevention steps to take based mostly on danger ranges decided by the variety of hospital beds getting used, hospital admissions, and the overall variety of new COVID-19 instances in an space.
Below the CDC’s system, counties with a weekly case fee over 200 new instances per 100,000 folks within the final seven days are routinely thought-about to be at both a medium or excessive neighborhood danger stage.
Final week, Los Angeles County was the one Southern California county to maneuver from a “low” to “medium” COVID-19 neighborhood stage.
Now, all of the counties alongside the Southern California coast are below the identical designation.
Neighboring Riverside and San Bernardino counties, nevertheless, are nonetheless thought-about to have “low” COVID-19 neighborhood ranges.
With the shift to “medium,” no new COVID-19 restrictions had been introduced for most people.
Nevertheless, a return to extra stringent masking guidelines may change into a actuality if counties enter the CDC’s “excessive” danger class.
L.A. County Well being Director Barbara Ferrer has stated that L.A. County would shift to once more requiring everybody to masks up indoors if the county strikes to the upper danger class.
At the moment, no county in California is within the “excessive” class.
Nevertheless, 33 of California’s 58 counties have moved to the CDC’s “medium” COVID-19 neighborhood stage — masking the vast majority of the state’s inhabitants.
On the east coast, quite a few counties have already been designated as having excessive virus ranges.
A county would transfer into the “excessive” class if it information 10 or extra new COVID-19 hospital admissions weekly for each 100,000 residents or if no less than 10% of its staffed hospital beds had been occupied by COVID-19 sufferers in a single week, in accordance with CDC.
Very like officers in the remainder of the nation, well being authorities in Orange County are responding to the rising COVID-19 instances by advising residents to get examined, put on well-fitted masks and get vaccinated.
“As we collect to honor those that died whereas serving our nation this Memorial Day weekend and as we start planning for summer time occasions, we have to assist help each other and scale back the danger of transmission, particularly to those that could also be at greater danger or unknowingly be liable to getting contaminated,” says Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, County Well being Officer. “Masking indoors or at crowded gatherings as properly getting absolutely vaccinated and boosted stay the easiest way to guard ourselves and forestall the unfold of COVID-19.”
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Los Angeles, Ca
Juvenile shot in neck, chest at Ventura County park
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A juvenile was shot multiple times while hanging around a neighborhood park in Simi Valley during the early morning hours Monday.
The shooting was reported shortly before 2:30 a.m. at Frontier Park located at 2165 Elizondo St.
Arriving officers found the minor, described only as a male, with a gunshot wound to his chest and another to his trachea, the Simi Valley Police Department stated in a news release.
The minor was taken to a local trauma center to undergo surgery, the Police Department stated.
Investigators believe the victim was involved in a confrontation between two groups when someone pulled out a gun and shot him.
Several people wearing dark-colored hoodie sweatshirts were seen running from the park after the shooting, police said.
The small community park is equipped with a children’s playground and access to the Arroyo Simi Bike Patch.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting was asked to call the Police Department at 805-583-6950.
Los Angeles, Ca
Residents of popular Southern California city on edge amid wave of violence
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After a wave of violent incidents in Santa Monica, residents and city officials are expressing some serious concerns, with the city’s mayor asking for emergency funds, more police and state assistance.
“There’s beautiful things about the city, but we’re losing it,” Christina Tullock, who lives on the Santa Monica-Venice border, said.
Tullock told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that she regularly sees one violent attack after another and believes the issues causing the problems are mental health and drug related.
“You can have as much enforcement as possible, but the cops can’t do anything until something happens,” she explained. “What I’d like is to see something preemptively happen, which is help people who are sick, help people who are on drugs.”
Still, as crowds flock to the Santa Monica Pier ahead of next weekend’s Fourth of July holiday, the city has been home to a string of violent attacks since the first of the year.
Just this weekend, five men were arrested after a giant brawl broke out on the beach, leaving one person stabbed and another with a broken ankle. Both victims were hospitalized.
Earlier in the week, 32-year-old Jawann Dwayne Garnett, who police say is homeless, was arrested after violent attacks on three female beachgoers. He has since been charged with attempted rape and attempted murder.
On June 11, a 26-year-old man at Jameson’s Pub on Main Street in Santa Monica punched and killed the bar’s manager after he was one of several patrons asked to leave the establishment.
Late in May, a 39-year-old man believed to be homeless was arrested after reportedly attacking a 73-year-old woman, leaving her with minor injuries. Bystanders also said the suspect had been seen trying to punch others in the area.
Almost a week and a half before that attack, 29-year-old Larry Ameyal Cedeno was arrested after what appears to be a entirely unprovoked assault near Parking Structure 7 in the 1500 block of 4th Street that left two people hospitalized with stab wounds, one who was listed in critical but stable condition.
On May 16, a Venice resident who was jogging in the 2000 block of Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica was violently dragged by the hair and pulled toward the restrooms. Police said 48-year-old Malcolm Ward, a parolee, intended to sexually assault the victim.
He was arrested and has since been charged with attempted kidnapping and assault with the intent to commit rape.
Some people who frequent Santa Monica, like Howard Zickefose, said it’s confusing and disconcerting to be out and about in the city and then suddenly caught up in a swarm of police activity.
“We were having a wonderful time, returning from shopping at Trader Joes in the middle of the day yesterday and we were swarmed by police,” he said of Saturday’s beach brawl. “They were driving in every direction and there were helicopters flying.”
Santa Monica resident Elizabeth Brown cautioned tourists in the area to stay aware of what and who is around them while visiting.
“If you live in a really safe environment and you come here, you just need to be a little more acutely aware of your surroundings,” she explained.
Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock says the issues facing Santa Monica are happening across Los Angeles.
“Some of the same crime patterns, some of the same theft, some of the same behavior comes from unhinged homeless people who are on drugs or mentally ill,” he said. “It [also] comes from people who cross the border and say, ‘Hey, Santa Monica is lucrative, let’s make some of our money here.’”
Brock’s plan is to saturate business and residential areas with police officers in order to stop crimes before they happen, but said he needs funding to do that. He adds that he also needs help from the court system, the district attorney’s office and the state of California.
According to the mayor, though, the city council rejected his proposal to take a few million dollars from the city’s budget for emergency security use through the summer. That additional funding, he said, could go toward increasing patrols in the area and hopefully alleviate the concerns of people, like Matt Gotzka, on the boardwalk.
“You don’t want to hear about attempted stabbings and violence toward people on the beach,” Gotzka told KTLA. “You’re here trying to have a good time.”
Los Angeles, Ca
Homes threatened as ‘Sierra Fire’ in San Bernardino County erupts
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Crews with the San Bernardino County Fire Department are on the scene of a wind-driven brushfire in Fontana that has grown to an estimated 350 acres and is threatening structures, authorities confirmed to KTLA.
The two-alarm blaze, dubbed the “Sierra Fire,” was first reported around 3:30 p.m. in the area of 11660 Sierra Avenue behind Martin Tudor Splash Park, fire officials said.
Amid warm temperatures and westerly winds blowing between 10-15 miles per hour, the vegetation fire, which was burning in what crews called “light fuel,” moved in a southeasterly direction with “moderate side slop expansion to [the] east,” and quickly grew to some 40 acres.
By 4:30 p.m., fire officials said crews and equipment were in place to protect the threatened structures.
Just two hours later, the brushfire had grown to some 350 acres with 15% containment.
“Additional ground resources and aircraft requested,” fire officials said on X, formerly Twitter.
So far, it does not appear that any mandatory evacuation orders have been issued.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for additional updates.
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