| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Alex Padilla – Son Of Mexican Immigrants – Takes VP Harris Senate Seat: Shirley Weber – First Black Woman – New Secretary Of State  California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a former Los Angeles City Council member and state senator, was chosen Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Later Tuesday it was reported that Newsom is expected to appoint Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, as the next […]
  
Orange County Deputy Stole From Dead Man? Indictment Alleges Welfare Check Turned To Theft  A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly breaking into the home of a Yorba Linda man he found dead during a welfare check and returning several times, including once while on duty and in uniform, to steal guns and other items. Steve Hortz, 42, of San Dimas, […]
Walgreens Illegally Dumped Meds, Electronics, Hazardous Waste? $3.5 Million Settlement  Walgreens will be paying Riverside County and 44 other counties $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit connected to improper waste disposal and mishandling of customers’ records — in violation of an injunction issued as part of an earlier settlement — prosecutors announced Tuesday. Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens Co. was sued earlier this year over numerous alleged […]
Overall Crime Decreases, But Car Theft Increases In Bel-Air And Rancho Park Overall crime has decreased by 11% during the pandemic compared to last year, but car thieves are driving numbers up in communities such as Bel-Air and Rancho Park, according to a report released Tuesday. Data from the Los Angeles Police Department — complied in a report by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization — showed that […]
Benihana Servers Claim Labor Violations, Tip Manipulations to Benefit Cooks More than a dozen servers at the Benihana restaurant in Torrance are suing the steakhouse chain, alleging a wide range of Labor Code violations as well as sexual harassment, sexual orientation discrimination and the misuse of tips for the benefit of cooks, court papers obtained Tuesday show. The complaint was filed Friday in Los Angeles […]
Garcetti Vetoes City Council’s Plans To Redirect Funds From LAPD Citing a need for bolder action, Mayor Eric Garcetti vetoed a City Council spending plan that outlined how to reinvest millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Police Department budget into communities of color, his office said Tuesday. The vetoed spending proposal would have allocated funds to “highest need census tracts” as identified by the […]
Lionel Hampton, Selena, Talking Heads: GRAMMY Awards To Recognize Lifetime Achievers The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena and the Talking Heads as recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards to be presented during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards next month. The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the […]
Woman and Boy Found Dead in Westlake Area; Homicide Investigation Underway A woman and a boy were found dead in a Westlake area residence, triggering a double homicide investigation, Los Angeles police said. Officers went to the 1800 block of West 11th Place at 10:25 p.m. Monday on a welfare check, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. The woman was in her 60s and the boy’s […]
MLK Hospital Slammed By COVID, Highlighting Virus Impact On Black Communities Highlighting the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Black communities, the CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital said Tuesday the small medical center is overloaded with patients, with 70 people being treated in a 29-bed emergency department. “The African-American community is being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and we are seeing that […]
Coyote Fitted with Radio Collar in Culver City to Monitor Movements As part of Culver City’s coyote management plan, researchers have secured a radio collar to one of the animals to track its activity. “The research team has been observing a Culver City coyote pack and its movements throughout 2020 via critter cams throughout the community,” according to a city statement. “While the team captures several […]
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