COVID-19 trends still improving in LA County, but deaths continue
As of Wednesday, there were 1,538 people hospitalized in the county due to coronavirus, with 32% of them in intensive care units and 19% on ventilators.
Low-income Long Beach renters will be able to access new rent relief program announced today by County officials
Renters who receive subsidies under Section 8 are not eligible.
LBPD opens homicide investigation after partially decomposed body found near port
The Long Beach Police Department opened a homicide investigation today after an autopsy revealed that the death of a homeless man found in the Port of Long Beach was caused by blunt force trauma.
Multi-vehicle crash jams 405 traffic both directions in Long Beach
A multiple-vehicle crash that may have started with a stalled vehicle on the southbound 405 Freeway in Long Beach led to crashes on both sides of the freeway that caused several people to be injured, authorities said today.
Teenage boy wounded in shooting at Pike
The gunfire was reported just before 1 a.m. in the 200 block of Bay Street, said Long Beach police Lt. Shaleana Benson.
Man found shot to death in alley near 7th Street was homeless, authorities say
A man fatally shot in an alley in Long Beach was a 40-year-old named Juan Moreno.
Young people are driving up virus cases, county health director says
Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, said infection rates among residents aged 30 to 49 nearly tripled between June and late July, and rates among those 18-29 quadrupled.
Man killed at industrial transportation company on Terminal Island
A man was fatally injured today when he was pinned between two trailers at an industrial transportation company on Terminal Island, authorities said.
Health officials ‘cautiously’ optimistic with COVID-19 numbers improving
Ferrer pointed to steady declines in hospitalization numbers, which were averaging around 2,200 patients a day in mid-July but have now dropped below 2,000, and in average daily rates of positive tests, which leveled off over the course of last month to average between 8% and 8.8% in recent days.
Coronavirus deaths, new cases hit new highs in LA County as backlogs clear
Officials announced 4,825 new cases in the county, but said about 2,000 over those cases can be attributed to a backlog in results from the state’s laboratory reporting system that occurred between last Thursday and Sunday.