| | | | The news for Friday, September 3, 2021
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1 Dead, 2 Critical After Human Trafficking Suspect Crashes During Chase Near Koreatown  One person was killed and two were hospitalized with critical injuries Friday in a police pursuit of an alleged human trafficking suspect that turned deadly, authorities said. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division’s Vice Unit began a pursuit of the suspect at approximately 11:35 p.m. Thursday and at 11:45 p.m. the suspect […]
  
LA Community College District Requires Students, Staff To Get Vaccinated Los Angeles Community College District students and employees who do not have religious or medical exemptions will have to show proof of full vaccination status by Oct. 18 in order to access district buildings, classrooms, libraries, gymnasiums, facilities or other indoor settings. While the requirement for students is a condition of physically accessing campus facilities, […]
Suspect Arrested in Stabbing at Downtown Vaccine Demonstrations A 30-year-old Long Beach man was in custody in connection with a stabbing that occurred last month during dueling demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Eric Cohen was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Wednesday and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. His bail was […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline Again Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing a downward trend, offering more potential evidence of a slowing of this summer’s Delta variant-fueled surge, while the county’s vaccination efforts reached a milestone with more than two million inoculated. But the county also logged seven more fatalities, increasing August’s death toll to levels not seen since March. The […]
LA County Sees Drop in COVID Case Rates, But it’s Too Early to Say Surge Over  After weeks of precipitous increases, Los Angeles County is beginning to see decreases in weekly COVID-19 case numbers, but given the highly infectious nature of the Delta variant of the virus, the county’s public health director said she’s hesitant to proclaim the worst of the latest coronavirus surge over. “It’s important to note we are […]
New LA Law Goes Into Effect Restricting Homeless Encampments In Certain Areas Los Angeles’ new sweeping ordinance to restrict sleeping and homeless encampments in certain areas of the city goes into effect Friday after being approved by the City Council and signed by Mayor Eric Garcetti at the end of July. The law modifies the city’s current anti-camping law in Municipal Code 41.18 to prohibit sitting, sleeping, […]
Little Change To Average Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent Friday to $4.403 one day after dropping one-tenth of a cent. The average price is four-tenths of a cent more than one week ago, 2.3 cents higher than one month ago and $1.176 greater than one […]
Television Academy Honors to Stream Friday The 14th Television Academy Honors will be presented Friday in a one-hour streaming program narrated by Issa Rae. Rae will lead the one-hour, documentary-style special featuring seven television programs chosen earlier this year for the way they are impacting society through thoughtful, powerful and innovative storytelling, according to the Television Academy. The Academy Honors annually […]
Fran Drescher Elected SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists defeating Matthew Modine, 52.5%-47.5%, the union announced. Drescher was endorsed by outgoing President Gabrielle Carteris, who chose not to run for re-election after serving in the post since 2016. Her two-year term began immediately upon the certification of the […]
Police ask for Help in Locating Man Missing in Venice A 26-year-old man is missing Friday and the Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Person Unit is asking for the public’s help in finding him. Police say Elijah Kirkland -Andrews was last seen Aug. 26 in the area of Venice Beach. Kirkland-Andrews is black, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds and has black hair […]
One Year Ago Today (September 3, 2020)…More Women Allege Sexual Abuse by Longtime USC Doctor  One Year Ago Today (September 3, 2020)…Another 25 women have filed suit against USC alleging sexual abuse by a former longtime campus gynecologist, Dr. George Tyndall. The plaintiffs are identified only as Jane Does 138-162 in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit and all are former undergraduate and graduate students who attended USC from the […]
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