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By City News Service Apr 6, 2021 ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST (CNS) - An aggressive brush fire scorched its way across 50 acres of wildland in the remote Angeles National Forest today south of Llano, near the Valyermo area, prompting a massive response from federal, state and Los Angeles County fire crews. Fire teams were first dispatched to the area of Big Pines Highway and Big Rock Creek Road at about 4:05 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire quickly blackened 50 ac...

By City News Service US-ENTERTAINMENT-ARCHITECTURE LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County eased its coronavirus restrictions today, joining Orange County in enacting looser regulations now that both are in the orange tier of the states monitoring system. That means movie theaters, restaurants, churches, museums, zoos and aquariums can go from 25% to 50% of capacity, while gyms are increased from 10% to 25%. Card rooms and family entertainment centers can resume indoor operations at 25% of cap...

By City News Service US-HEALTH-VIRUS-VACCINE-DISNEY SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County is expected to release new COVID-19 figures today after no updates were provided Sunday due to the Easter holiday. The county had reported 248 new cases and seven additional deaths Saturday, along with another drop in coronavirus hospitalizations. Saturdays case numbers represented a spike from Friday, when only 90 new cases were reported, and Thursday, when 81 cases were logged. The number of county residents ...

By City News Service UCLA Basketball Fans Watch Bruins Play In Final Four LOS ANGELES (CNS) - UCLA students who burned couches and took to the streets of Westwood following the mens basketball teams overtime loss to Gonzaga in a national semifinal game of the NCAA mens basketball tournament are facing potential punishment from the court system and the university today.   Two men were taken into police custody Saturday night in Westwood. The Daily Bruin reported that UCLA students were settin...

By City News Service Apr 5, 2021 BELLFLOWER (CNS) - A pedestrian was killed on an off-ramp from the Artesia (91) Freeway in Bellflower, authorities said today. The pedestrian was struck about 8 p.m. Sunday on the Clark Avenue off-ramp from the westbound Artesia Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to CHP Officer Dion Conley. No further information was available about the death. A SigAlert was issued at 8:23 p.m., shutt...

Three earthquakes shook Southern California within about a half hour this morning, centered around the unincorporated Lennox area. No damage was immediately reported.

By City News Service Apr 5, 2021 MALIBU (CNS) - A motorist was killed today when a vehicle crashed off the side of a road and into a canyon in Malibu. The crash was reported about 2:10 a.m. at Kanan Dume and Latigo Canyon roads, according to the California Highway Patrol. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the motorist, who died at the scene. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation. Photo: Getty Images  

By City News Service Apr 5, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the federal corruption case involving ex-Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar say they want to put off the trial until next year, according to court papers obtained today. Citing concerns over COVID-19, attorney schedules and voluminous materials in the case, attorneys filed a stipulated agreement to set the Huizar trial on May 24, 2022. The proposed date requires the judges approval. Also, U.S. Distri...

The Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services will clean the walls in the Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel near LAX starting tonight, requiring overnight lane closures for four nights this week, the airport's public relations division said.

By City News Service UCLA v Gonzaga LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The UCLA mens basketball team returned to Los Angeles Sunday, one day after its bid for an upset of undefeated Gonzaga ended with Jalen Suggs making an approximately 40-foot 3-point basket as time expired in overtime to give the Bulldogs a 93-90 victory. The Bruins had tied the score in the national semifinal game of the NCAA mens basketball tournament when Johnny Juzang grabbed the rebound of his missed jump shot and made a layup with th...