When he called last week for the local beachfront to remain open amid the coronavirus crisis, the Newport Beach mayor argued that his city’s infection rate was lower than any of its beach-city counterparts in L.A. County, where the sands have been off-limits from Malibu to Long Beach.Despite a scolding from the governor chagrined by…
Orange County announced an additional 108 coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the region’s cumulative total to 2,252. Health officials also confirmed two more deaths, raising the total toll to 44 since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Of those who have tested positive for the virus, 175 are hospitalized — 70 of them in intensive care, according to…
The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a set of business guidelines Tuesday that could help inform the county’s eventual easing of stay-at-home rules that have helped slow the spread of the coronavirus.The county is seeking to “strike a balance between the need for continued protection from the disease and the need for the…
Orange County announced three additional coronavirus-linked deaths Tuesday as the number of people hospitalized while battling COVID-19 hit a new high. The latest fatalities pushed the county’s total death toll to 42. However, its mortality rate associated with COVID-19 remains just under 2% — significantly lower than the state’s, which is about 4%, and neighboring…
Ventura and Orange county beaches that were open Saturday drew big crowds hoping to cool off and enjoy the views.Officials reported few incidents and said people were doing their best to social distance.In Ventura, the opening of city and state beaches brought out hundreds, an unseasonably large crowd, said Ventura Police Cmdr. Tom Higgins.Most people,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…