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Laguna Beach Unified School District has joined the waiver pursuit. Orange County’s second smallest district has applied for the state’s elementary school waiver for in-person instruction in hopes of having another option if coronavirus cases in the county begin to trend upward again. Laguna Beach’s application comes as many schools across the county are eyeing…

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia released this message on Saturday, Sept. 12, his weekly update on the city’s status amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. It’s been a difficult week for California. Fires with an intensity we haven’t seen before are taking lives and destroying entire communities. Climate change is having a real impact on our…

Los Angeles County reported 1,177 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 more deaths on Saturday, Sept. 12, bringing the county’s totals to 253,176 cases and 6,197 fatalities. Of the new cases reported Saturday, 71% are of people under the age of 50 years old, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The…

CHICO, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — Search and rescue workers found three more bodies in the rubble of the North Complex Fire raising the death toll in that blaze to 12 and total deaths in the state’s recent wildfires to 22. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea announced the additional deaths Saturday but did not provide any details.…

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – President Donald Trump will make his way to McClellan Park in Sacramento County on Monday. The dangerous and deadly wildfires across the state have now called for a response from the country’s top leader. These fires continue to rip through homes and businesses, left several people dead and others still missing. It’s…

STOCKTON (CBS13) – Authorities arrested a man after locating a potentially explosive device that was located in the suspect’s vehicle following a brief pursuit in Stockton, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies just after 3 p.m. attempted a traffic stop on Michael Thieman, 47, along Wilson Way, but Thieman sped away and led…

Unhealthy conditions from the wildfire ash blanketing Southern California have extended a smoke advisory in the region until at least Sunday. As massive wildfires – including the Bobcat fire near the San Gabriel Valley and the El Dorado fire in the Inland Empire – continue to burn, residents across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San…

President Donald Trump will visit California on Monday to be briefed about the wildfires that have burned 3.2 million acres, caused 19 deaths and destroyed more than 4,000 structures in the state. The White House said on Twitter Saturday that Trump will be attending a “briefing with local & federal fire and emergency officials on…

Los Angeles County reported another 40 deaths due to the coronavirus on Friday, Sept. 11, while also announcing three more confirmed cases of a COVID-19-related inflammatory condition in children. The pediatric malady, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, has now affected a total of 34 youth in the county. All of them…

Parents and educators of elementary students in Los Angeles County should not expect their schools to reopen before November at the earliest. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer had indicated during a briefing with school leaders on Thursday, Sept. 10, that it would take at least that long before K-6 campuses could apply for waivers…

Long Beach City College and El Camino College, near Torrance, will conduct most of their instruction online in the spring semester, with uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic remaining, officials for both institutions announced Friday, Sept. 11. The colleges, which recently started their academic years, closed their campuses in March, at the outset of coronavirus pandemic,…

CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – Crooks in Carmichael targeted a classic car, but the sharp-looking Corvette is more than a ride for one local woman – it’s her deep connection to her late father. To hear the pain in Judith Odbert’s voice, you might think she just recently lost her father. Truth is, he’s been deceased for…

SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — Clean up is moving fast in Solano County after the LNU Lightning Complex fires burned more than 40,000 acres in the area. The flames may be gone, but hidden dangers still remain in the damage left behind. Hazmat crews are inspecting hundreds of homes for toxic chemicals. The key to their…

VACAVILLE (CBS13) – Burned remains found near Lake Berryessa were confirmed to be those of a Vallejo woman missing since August, and her suspected killer, a Vacaville man she met in the city for a date, has been taken into custody, the Vacaville Police Department announced on Friday. Victor Serriteno, 28, was booked into the…

A 23-year-old Santa Ana man pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 11, and was immediately sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a deadly assault in a bar in Orange. Vidal Almazan Jr. pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting…

Orange skies tinted by wildfire ash loomed over Southern California on Friday as a smoke advisory was extended for at least another day. The advisory cautioned folks in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties to limit outdoor activities due to the unhealthy air quality, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Bobcat…

It’s not even the height of wildfire season, but resources are spread thin as firefighters battle multiple, massive fires around California, including some in our backyards. More than 20 million acres – a modern-day record – have burned in the state so far in 2020. And the worst, likely, is yet to come. While there…

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, the largest immigrant detention facility in the country, is set to expand. The Adelanto City Council deadlocked twice early Thursday on votes to approve or kill a plan by the privately-held GEO Group to annex a building that would add 750 beds to a detention facility…

Contact tracers hired by the county of Los Angeles to interview people who tested positive for the new coronavirus and any others who might have been exposed continue to face challenges, according to the latest data presented by Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis on Thursday, Sept. 10. In the last two weeks of August, roughly…