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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The risk of wildfires remained high again Tuesday with most of the Southland under red flag warnings because of gusty Santa Ana winds which have forced precautionary power shutoffs to tens of thousands of Southern California Edison customers. “The power’s been off three times since Thanksgiving,” said Gail Studebaker, who lives in Rancho Cucamonga. “Our kids are going to school online right now.” READ MORE: LAPD Breaks Up Large Party In South LA Red flag warnings were in effect through 10 p.m. Tuesday for much of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties,  and the Inland Empire, due to winds of up to 70 miles per hour and low humidity levels which will make for ripe wildfire conditions. “SoCal Edison has to understand that this is during the pandemic, buying extra food and working from home,” said neighbor, Sunny Naidu. Early Tuesday, 59,658 SoCal Edison customers were without electricity due to the precautionary power shutoffs, including nearly … [Read more...] about Thousands Without Power As Santa Ana Winds Pummel Southland

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Orange County officials announced Friday that some senior centers would be utilized as vaccination sites to help inoculate the elderly against COVID-19 . “We’ve got to get mobile out into the neighborhoods and take the vaccine to them,” Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley said. READ MORE: LAPD Breaks Up Large Party In South LA But, without a large supply of available vaccine doses, local mayors said the plan cannot yet be implemented. The county currently has about 20,000 doses available for the public, with up to 35,000 doses expected to arrive in the coming week. And while a supersite has opened in the parking lot of Disneyland Resort for people over the age of 65, the slow delivery of vaccines was preventing the opening of additional locations, officials said. RELATED: Orange County Reports 3,158 New COVID-19 Cases, 82 Deaths But the short supply was not the only issue facing those in Orange County, with demand overwhelming the county’s online … [Read more...] about Orange County Planning To Open COVID-19 Vaccine Sites At Senior Centers

SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA) — Authorities are continuing the search for a 50-year-old woman with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who has been missing from the Santa Clarita area for nearly a month. Debbie Phipps was last seen at around 9 a.m. on Feb. 7 in the 1500 block of Daffodil Avenue. She left the area “with either a wheelchair or walker, and was seen getting onto several local buses within Santa Clarita,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities are searching for 50-year-old Debbie Phipps, pictured, who was last seen in the Santa Clarita area on February 7. (Source: LASD) Phipps is described as 5 feet tall and 120 pounds with brown eyes and short black hair. She was last seen wearing a red sweater, gray sweat pants, a white scarf and black shoes. Anyone with information on Phipps’ whereabouts was asked to contact the sheriff’s department at 323-890-5500. (© Copyright 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights … [Read more...] about 50-Year-Old Woman Missing For Nearly A Month From Santa Clarita Area

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Orange County’s push to graduate to the less-restrictive red tier of the state’s COVID-19 monitoring system continued Friday as cases and hospitalizations declined. Health officials reported 62 additional death Friday 232 new COVID-19 cases. READ MORE: LAPD Breaks Up Large Party In South LA The numbers brought the county’s death toll to raising 4,075 and the caseload to 247,372. Of the deaths reported Friday, 12 were skilled nursing facility residents and nine were assisted living facility residents, raising the cumulative totals in those groups to 975 and 462, respectively. The number of people hospitalized with COVID dropped 379 on Thursday to 339 and the number of those being treated in intensive care units dipped from 97 to 91. “The trends are good,” Orange County CEO Frank Kim said. “The trends would indicate we have a very good chance to make it (to the red tier) next week, but we won’t know till we see the data.” READ MORE: 'It's Just Not … [Read more...] about Orange County Continues To See Encouraging COVID-19 Trends

LOS ANGELES (CSLA) – Nearly 290,000 Southern California Edison customers across the Southland could see their power shut off Monday or Tuesday in an attempt to prevent powerful Santa Ana winds from sparking wildfires. Fire crews from as far away as Idaho, Sacramento, and New Mexico were in Southern California Monday night in case there is a wind-driven wildfire. READ MORE: LAPD Breaks Up Large Party In South LA The National Weather Service reports that a powerful Santa Ana wind event expected to begin Monday night and last through Tuesday night could bring wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour. FILE — An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Pitman Fire burning above Glen Helen Parkway in the Cajon Pass on Dec. 26, 2020 in Lytle Creek, Calif. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/ Getty Images) Cities including Simi Valley, Thousands Oaks, Santa Clarita, Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside are at risk of seeing precautionary power shutoffs due to the risk that powerful winds … [Read more...] about A Quarter-Million SoCal Edison Customers Could See Power Shutoffs Due To Santa Ana Winds