| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, April 21, 2023 |
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4-Year-Old Twin Boys Found in Porter Ranch Swimming Pool; 1 Dies, 1 Critical Two 4-year-old twin boys were pulled unresponsive from a backyard swimming pool in Porter Ranch Friday and taken to a hospital, where one of them died and the other was listed in critical condition. Paramedics were sent to the 10000 block of Des Moines Avenue, just east of Tampa Avenue north of Devonshire Street, about […]
Man Fatally Beaten in Huntington Park; Suspect Sought A man was fatally beaten Friday outside a convenience store in Huntington Park, and authorities identified his alleged attacker, who was being sought. The crime occurred about 2 a.m. Friday in the 5600 block of Pacific Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. “Huntington Park police officers responded to the 5600 block of Pacific […]
Suspect Detained in Fatal Stabbing During Catalytic Converter Theft in El Monte A man was fatally stabbed Friday in South El Monte, allegedly in the act of stealing a catalytic converter from a vehicle, and authorities detained a resident who had confronted the suspect and his accomplices. Deputies were called at 2:51 a.m. to the 1100 block of Thienes Avenue, where they found the victim, according to […]
LA Metro Agrees to Comply with ADA and Improve Access at Union Station LA Metro has agreed to improve access for persons with disabilities at Union Station, officials announced Friday. Following an investigation that found the downtown Los Angeles train station was not accessible to disabled people, the transit agency entered into a settlement agreement with the government that requires the agency to remedy violations of the Americans […]
Man Charged in LA for Making Death Threats to Rep. Maxine Waters A 60-year-old man was charged Friday for allegedly making a series of phone calls to the Hawthorne office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and threatening her with violence and death. Brian Gaherty of Houston was charged with four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official, […]
Reward Renewed in 2022 Hit-and-Run that Killed Man, Daughter in Long Beach A $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect in a Long Beach hit-and-run crash in 2022 that killed a 42-year-old man and his 3-year-old daughter has been renewed, and police Friday continued their search for the motorist. Octavio Montano Islas 25, was allegedly driving a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup […]
Former USC Doctor Agrees to Arbitrate Age, Disability Claims A former USC doctor has agreed to have an arbitrator rather than a jury decide his allegations that he was “terminated by ambush” in 2021, after nearly 30 years with the Keck School of Medicine, both because of both his age as well as a severe problem he had in using his hands. Dr. Namir […]
Rapper Tory Lanez Says He Was Wrongly Convicted of Megan Thee Stallion Attack In a posting Friday on Instagram, jailed rapper Tory Lanez insisted he was “wrongfully convicted” of shooting fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in the Hollywood Hills. “Today I take a stance as an innocent Black man, wrongfully convicted of a crime I did not commit,” Lanez said in the Instagram post that […]
Panels of AIDS Quilt on Display Saturday and Sunday in Hollywood Ten sections of the historic AIDS Memorial Quilt — each hand-sewn section inscribed with names of residents who died of the disease — will go on display this weekend and next at the Hollywood United Methodist Church to mark 35 years since the first panels were created during the dark days of the epidemic. Each […]
Laguna Beach Police Arrest Suspect in Attack on Ex-Girlfriend A 31-year-old convicted felon wanted by Laguna Beach police on suspicion of robbing and assaulting an ex-girlfriend was taken into custody Friday. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics recognized Charles Thomas Kelley IV as they were taking him to an area hospital for an unrelated, undisclosed incident, Laguna Beach police reported. Laguna Beach police issued photos […]
Woman Arrested at City Hall After Confrontation with Another Protester A woman was arrested on suspicion of stealing another protester’s property — a swastika sign — at City Hall just minutes before the start of Friday’s City Council meeting. Several Los Angeles Police Department officers surrounded the woman and escorted her outside of council chambers. Prior to the arrest, she was seen outside council chambers […]
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