West Covina Press - 06/08/2020

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MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE CHARGED F E AT U R E D WITH LOOTING, OTHER CRIMES V I D E S DURING PROTESTS SILENTIA SLABOCH

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Sil’s Drive-Thru

The Derby

Sil drives to the beautiful city of Arcadia, CA. and stops by at the world famous ‘The Derby’.

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Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Thursday that 61 people have been charged with crimes committed during protests in Los Angeles County over the past several days. “I support the peaceful organized protests that already have brought needed attention to racial inequality throughout our society, including in the criminal justice system,” District Attorney Lacey said. “I also have a constitutional and ethical duty to protect the public and prosecute people who loot and vandalize our community.” A majority of the charges filed over the past two days have been for looting. Other charges include assault and/or battery upon a peace officer, robbery, burglary, possession of a destructive device, identity theft and receiving stolen property. Felony looting carries a possible maximum sentence of three years in county jail.

Additional cases are expected to be presented this week by various law enforcement agencies for filing consideration. In some instances, people who were arrested over the past several days were cited and released. Those cases have not yet been presented. In downtown Los Angeles, 11 people were charged with felonies, including looting, robbery and assault upon a peace officer. Seventeen people were charged at the Airport Branch Court, which covers some of the western portions of Los Angeles County, including Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. The charges include felony looting, burglary and identity theft as well as misdemeanor looting and burglary. Fifteen people were charged with felony looting, fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s vehicle or attempted looting in Compton, while three people were charged with felony looting in Long Beach.

First Civil Unrest Criminal Riverside Medical Clinic Filings in Orange County to Settle Allegations It Violated Federal Law

Two men are facing felony charges in connection with protests that erupted into violence in Santa Ana over the weekend. This marks the first civil unrest charges filed in Orange County after Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer vowed to vigorously go after rioters and looters. One of the men is accused of jumping over the wall of the Garden Grove Police Department parking lot and attempting to steal a police vehicle out of the secure lot. A second man is accused of throwing a rock and then a bottle at police while yelling

Riverside Medical Clinic, a company that operates seven medical offices in Riverside County, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide effective communication to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients. The settlement resolves allegations that Riverside Medical Clinic failed to provide a qualified sign language interpreter or other appropriate form of auxiliary aid or service to a patient who is deaf and her family, instead

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San Bernardino Department of Public Health Can Help Test Your Employees

A large part of the County’s reopening plan depends on businesses being able to serve the public while ensuring the health and safety of employees. Businesses can take many different measures to make sure that their employees are safer from COVID-19, such as requiring masks, putting up shields, social distancing, and daily health/wellness checks. Right now the Department of Public Health (DPH) is reaching out to assess the interest level of businesses within the County to conduct on-site testing for their employees. Expanding testing to businesses will help us greatly increase the amount of testing being

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Bean Town Cafe Sil drives to the beautiful City of Sierra Madre, CA. and stops by at Bean Town Cafe to order an amazing latte.


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