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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Wednesday reported 1,759 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 116 deaths, bringing countywide totals to 1,195,913 cases and 21,669 deaths. Of the new deaths reported, 32 people were over the age of 80, 39 people were between the ages of 65 and 79, 21 people were between the ages of 50 and 64, eight people were between the ages of 30 and 49 and one person was between the ages of 18 and 29. Long Beach reported 13 deaths and Pasadena added two. READ MORE: LAPD Officer Struck While Conducting Traffic Control In South LA Dies Public Health also reported a total of 27 known cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom, one case of the variant first detected in Brazil and 239 cases of the variant first detected here in California. There have been no identified cases of the variant first detected in South Africa in L.A. County. Health officials also reported that the county’s seven-day … [Read more...] about LA County Confirms Case Of COVID Variant First Detected In Brazil

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Los Angeles police officer struck last month while conducting traffic control in South Los Angeles following a crash has died, the department confirmed Wednesday. LAPD Statement on the passing of Officer Jose Anzora, who died today from injuries sustained while on duty. READ MORE: Seal Beach Chef Pleads Guilty To Doping, Raping Woman Officer Anzora, may you Rest In Peace. pic.twitter.com/QQifUWV5Gt — LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) March 4, 2021 READ MORE: Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura Making Progress In COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Jose Anzora was assigned to the Newton Division and responded to a crash Feb. 26 at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Trinity Street. A brief procession was held Wednesday evening. According to police, a driver allegedly attempted to drive into the closed portion of the road and struck the officer. Anzora was initially said to have sustained serious, but non-life threatening, injuries and … [Read more...] about LAPD Officer Struck While Conducting Traffic Control In South LA Dies

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for March 3 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. A retired cop vacationing in Las Vegas was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning on the strip when a man attacked him in a "single punch pre-dawn confrontation," authorities said. Thomas Driscoll, 57, was walking across a street bridge around 4 a.m. with a female when Brandon Marcus Leath, 33, started shouting at them and following them. Leath waited for them at the bottom of an escalator then allegedly punched Driscoll, causing him to fall to the ground unconscious. Thomas Driscoll was a 22 year veteran of the Connecticut State Police. (Connecticut State Police Museum) Driscoll was pronounced dead at a Las Vegas hospital shortly after the attack with head and neck injuries. He worked for the Connecticut State Police for 22 years … [Read more...] about Las Vegas murder: Retired cop killed in random one-punch attack on the strip

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz scored power-play goals in the second period, and Antti Raanta made 40 saves in the Arizona Coyotes’ 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Tobias Bjornfot #33 of the Los Angeles Kings and Christian Dvorak #18 of the Arizona Coyotes battle for the puck during the first period at STAPLES Center on March 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NHLI via Getty Images) Johan Larsson scored 13 seconds after Schmaltz’s goal, and the Coyotes snapped a two-game skid by hanging on in the final minute of their only road game in a 27-day span. READ MORE: Officer-Involved Shooting In South Gate Sends Suspect To Hospital Drew Doughty scored a power-play goal and Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots for the Kings, who couldn’t recover from a terrible 3 1/2-minute stretch of the second period. Gabriel Vilardi added a goal in the third, but the Kings took a late penalty and couldn’t get a … [Read more...] about Coyotes Ride 3-Goal 2nd Period To 3-2 Win Over LA Kings

WILLOWBROOK (CBSLA) — More vaccine sites are opening up in Los Angeles County to help get shots to underserved communities hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Thank God for the vaccine,” Gwendolyn Beck said. READ MORE: Officer-Involved Shooting In South Gate Sends Suspect To Hospital She recently got her first dose of the vaccine and on Wednesday drove her brother to Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital to make sure he got his second dose. “I would recommend it to everyone for their safety,” she said. And the hospital is hoping to make access easier for those eligible for the shot — including people 65 and older, education and childcare workers and those who work in the food industry — by offering walk-up vaccination appointments to those who live or work in South Los Angeles or Compton. “What we’re asking them to bring is the proof of identity,” Tarick Jackson, the site administrator, said. READ MORE: Wildfire Super Aircrafts Will Be 'Game Changer' In Battling … [Read more...] about LA County COVID Vaccination Sites Focusing On Equity, Access