Four private schools in Los Angeles County can start welcoming students in transitional kindergarten through the second grade back to campus. The list, made public on Wednesday, Oct. 21, marks the first time area schools have been given the go-ahead
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LA County reports 713 new coronavirus cases, but tech issues keep the numbers low
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 39 new coronavirus-related deaths and 713 new cases on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Officials blamed the reduced number of cases, and their late arrival Tuesday, on technical problems with data-reporting systems. The
Toni Preckwinkle: Why you should vote Judge Michael Toomin off the bench
Cook County Judge Michael Toomin | Sun-Times Media There is an effort to cast the anti-Toomin effort as nothing more than political theater. This ignores legitimate concerns and attempts to silence the voices of those who simply want a justice
Cook County tosses ‘lifeline’ to needy residents, opening housing voucher waiting list for first time since 2001
Richard Monocchio, the executive director of the Housing Authority of Cook County, speaks at a press conference announcing the opening of the housing authority’s waitlist Monday, Oct. 19. | Screen grab The program, which used to be called Section 8,
Suburban Cook County voters now can cast early ballots at Union Station
A new early voting site opened at Union Station Monday for suburban Cook County residents. It’s the first time in its 95=year history Union Station is serving as a polling location. | Adam Mahoney/Sun-Times The Union Station polling site opened
L.A. County reports 358 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths
Los Angeles County reported 358 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 additional deaths on Sunday, Oct. 18, bringing the county’s totals to 288,451 cases with 6,876 fatalities. Officials said the lower number of cases and deaths reflects reporting delays over
How County Commissioner Bridget Degnen whipped through the revolving door to potential riches
Cook County Board Bridget Degnen | Rich Hein/Sun-Times Degnen should resign from the Cook County board or quit working as a paid consultant — and possible owner — in the recreational pot business. When running for Cook County commissioner, Bridget
U.S. records over 70,000 cases in one day for the first time since July.
ImageVoters in Lucas County, Ohio.Credit…Seth Herald/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images More than 70,450 new coronavirus cases were reported in the United States on Friday, the highest figure since July 24, according to a New York Times database. More than 900
Hospitalizations tick upward as LA County posts 953 new coronavirus cases
Los Angeles County health officials reported 953 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths on Saturday, Oct. 17, bringing the county’s totals to 288,136 cases with 6,863 fatalities. Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said
Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. — Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two weeks, its rate of new cases per
L.A. County urges flu shots to reduce hospital demand during coronavirus pandemic
Los Angeles County health officials again recommended flu shots for all on Friday, Oct. 16, in hopes of avoiding a surge of hospital demand due to influenza and COVID-19. And with another weekend starting, they urged residents not to misuse
Rural Jails Reel as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surpass 8 Million
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — For months, the jail in central Montana’s Cascade County was free of the coronavirus, which seemed as distant a threat as it did in much of the nation’s rural Mountain West. Then a few people who
Republican Pat O’Brien outraising Democrat Kim Foxx in Cook County state’s attorney money battle
Republican nominee Pat O’Brien, left, in July; Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, right, in March. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times-file; Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file Campaign reports on file Thursday showed the Democratic incumbent had roughly $216,590.45 to spend, while O’Brien had
Officials fired: Problems with 2nd birth at Florida jail
Two officials at a county jail in Florida have been fired following problems surrounding a second birth at the facility in just over a year ByThe Associated Press October 16, 2020, 12:43 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare
What Proposition 14 Tells Us About California
ImageA voter filling out his ballot at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office on Tuesday in San Jose.Credit…Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Good morning. Tapping through Instagram stories is not where I expected to find the actor Seth Rogen looking
Layoffs, cutting vacant jobs all part of Preckwinkle’s $6.9 billion budget plan to ride out COVID-19 storm
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attends a news conference at Cook County Health’s Professional Building in July. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday is expected to recommend cutting 659 vacant positions — 300
Photos: LA County Fire, firefighters’ union welcome pair of support dogs
Echo, left, along with Milo as Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) joins Local 1014 in formally accepting two trained peer support dogs who were specially selected and completed hundreds of hours of intense specialized training to support firefighters with
LA County agrees to settle immigration suit for $14 million
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $14 million to settle a lawsuit that said the Sheriff’s Department improperly held thousands of people in jail beyond their release dates at the request of immigration officials ByThe Associated Press October 13,
L.A. County will assess needs of coronavirus ‘long-haulers’
Highlighting concerns about COVID-19 “long-haulers,” the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 13, directed health and mental health officials to assess the needs of patients who may struggle with the effects of the virus for months. Supervisor
About 60 schools in L.A. County have applied for reopening waivers
About 60 schools in Los Angeles County have applied for waivers to provide in-person instruction to students in transitional kindergarten through the second grade, though very few have submitted the necessary letters of support from staff, parents or administrators for
L.A. County will pay $14 million to settle immigrant detention lawsuit
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Oct. 13, to pay out $14 million to settle a class-action lawsuit related to the unlawful detention of thousands of immigrants at the behest of federal immigration authorities. Board members offered
Before voting to retain Judge Kenneth J. Wadas, consider his troubling record
Cook County Circuit Judge Kenneth J. Wadas | Sun-Times Media Decisions by Wadas have been reversed 25 times by the Illinois Appellate Court in the past six years, nearly twice as often as the combined total of the other five
Politicians renew call to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
State Rep. Delia Ramirez and other state and county officials called Monday to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day beginning next year. | Sun-Times file “Today must be the last day our state recognizes Columbus Day as a state
Race for Los Angeles district attorney increasingly bitter
After a scrappy debate that Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey believed lifted her campaign and was a “disaster” for her opponent, she got a text message from the LA mayor with unwelcome news: He was switching his endorsement
LA County’s new coronavirus cases top 1,200 for 4th straight day
For the fourth day in a row, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported more than 1,200 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, in an unexpected spike officials last week vowed to keep close watch on as
Appeals court reverses this judge more than any other in criminal courts seeking retention
Cook County Circuit Judge Kenneth Wadas. | Sun-Times file Kenneth J. Wadas has been reversed 25 times in 6 years — more than any other Cook County criminal court judge on the November ballot running to remain in office. In
4 judges, 6 years, 98 reversals — and they want you to vote to keep them in office
The Leighton Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California. | Sun-Times file Cook County judges Margaret Ann Brennan, Patrick J. Sherlock, Kenneth J. Wadas and Anna Helen Demacopoulos have had rulings reversed on appeal more than 3 times as often as
L.A. County coronavirus cases top 1,200 for third straight day
For the second day in a row, Los Angeles County reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases today, continuing a three-day string of elevated numbers that could further stall efforts to reopen more sectors of the local economy. The county
An Update on Reopening California
ImageIn Orange County, movie theaters are open with fewer people and other modifications.Credit…Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Good morning. It’s been over a month since California moved from a county monitoring system to a new framework based on tiers. The new
Push to unseat Judge Michael Toomin is nothing but an unsupported hit led by Toni Preckwinkle’s Cook County Dems
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (left) and the Democratic Party she leads didn’t like how Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Toomin (right) how the judge embarrassed State’s Attorney by appointing a special prosecutor, Dan Webb, to reopen her agency’s