| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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Alec Baldwin Says He Didn’t Pull Trigger on Gun That Killed Cinematographer  In his first lengthy interview since the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust,” actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger on the gun he was holding that fired the fatal shot, in comments released Wednesday. “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” Baldwin told […]
  
Too Early to Tell What Effect Omicron Poses, UCI Expert Says  In the wake of Wednesday’s announcement that the first U.S. case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in San Francisco, the head of UC Irvine’s COVID-19 response team said it is too early to gauge the impact the new mutation will have. “It’s in the very, very early days right […]
LA County Honors 1,780 Unclaimed Dead  Los Angeles County hosted an online ceremony Wednesday to mark the burial of 1,780 people who died in 2018 but whose remains went unclaimed by relatives or loved ones. The service included the Lord’s Prayer in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Ukrainian and prayers, songs and blessings by a rabbi, an iman, a Native American sage […]
Gang Member Convicted of Murdering Whittier Police Officer Gets Life in Prison A gang member convicted of opening fire on two Whittier police officers, killing one and wounding the other, along with killing a man in East Los Angeles earlier the same morning, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, was found guilty Sept. 1 of two counts […]
City Council Slows Buscaino’s Resolutions To Ban Encampments at 161 Areas Instead of voting to approve resolutions to enforce the city’s anti-camping law in 161 locations in Councilman Joe Buscaino’s district, Los Angeles City Council members Wednesday sent the resolutions to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee. Several council members expressed concern about the high number of locations being submitted for enforcement by Buscaino. “My understanding is […]
Jacqueline Avant, Wife of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Fatally Shot in BH Jacqueline Avant, the 81-year-old wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was shot to death Wednesday during a break-in at the couple’s home in the Trousdale Estates community of Beverly Hills. The shooting was reported at about 2:25 a.m. in the 1100 block of Maytor Place, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. The victim […]
Final Vote On City Council Redistricting Map Delayed Until Next Week The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday delayed until next week a scheduled vote on approval of the city’s new borders for its 15 council districts, due to an unspecified technical error. The borders must be approved to go into effect on Jan. 1. “It was brought to our attention that a technical correction is necessary […]
1st US Case of COVID Omicron Variant in San Francisco; No SoCal Cases Yet The first U.S. case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in San Francisco, federal and state health officials said Wednesday, confirming the belief that the newly designated “variant of concern” first identified in South Africa was already president domestically. There are still no confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Southern California. […]
Los Angeles Marks World AIDS Day with Free Concert, Memorial Ceremony World AIDS Day, which is recognized across the globe as a means of raising awareness of the disease and its continued impact, will be observed in Los Angeles Wednesday with a free concert at the Forum organized by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and a ceremony at The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Park. […]
LADWP Urges Water Conservation As State Water Project Allocation Drops To 0% After California announced that there would be a 0% initial allocation of water from the State Water Project in 2022, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Wednesday called on customers to reduce their water usage immediately. “We want to stress to our residents, businesses large and small, and industrial customers, the dire situation […]
Susan Arnold Named Next Walt Disney Co. Board Chair Susan Arnold was named Wednesday the next board chair of The Walt Disney Co., and will replace Bob Iger when he leaves the company at the end of the year. Arnold, a former operating executive of The Carlyle Group investment firm, has been on the Disney Board of Directors for 14 years. “Susan is an […]
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