Los Angeles County reported another 101 COVID-19-related deaths Friday, one of the highest daily numbers of the past year — and the result of a winter surge in infections that drove up hospitalizations. The fatalities gave the county an overall pandemic death toll of 28,816. Another 23,796 infections were also reported Friday, raising the cumulative […]
Felon Who Fired BB Guns at Planned Parenthood in Pasadena Arrested
An Altadena man who allegedly fired BB guns at the Planned Parenthood facility in Pasadena on several occasions was arrested Friday on federal charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm for carrying a loaded handgun during one of the attacks on the women’s reproductive health clinic. Richard Royden Chamberlin, 53, who […]
Orange County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again, But More Fatalities
Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations fell significantly again, but 29 more residents were added to the death toll, according to data released Friday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Every day this week, the county has logged fatalities in the double digits but the last three days, the fatalities have been about 30 each day […]
Fire Scorches Residential Building in Glassell Park Area; No Injuries Reported
Firefighters Friday needed about 22 minutes to extinguish a second-story residential fire in the Glassell Park area. The fire was reported about 1:40 p.m. in a two-story building in the 3800 block of West Avenue 41, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. A crew of 38 firefighters was dispatched, and knockdown was officially reported at […]
Ex-Lawyer for DWP Pleads Guilty in Probe of Botched Billing System
A lawyer hired by the City Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty Friday to a federal bribery charge in a scheme involving $2.2 million in kickbacks and bribes to the top executive at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in exchange for a lucrative contract. Paul O. Paradis, who represented the city of Los Angeles […]
Car Crash in Lancaster Leaves Two Dead
A car crash in Lancaster Friday left two people dead. Paramedics sent to Division Street and East Avenue K-8 at 1:59 a.m. pronounced one person dead at the scene, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. The second person died at a hospital, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported. Information was not immediately available […]
Santa Ana Winds Keep Roaring in Southland
Strong Santa Ana winds continued blasting parts of the Southland Friday, making driving hazardous in some areas and raising the risk of downed trees and blowing debris, and the breezy conditions are expected to continue into Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, winds gusts were averaging about 35 to 55 mph in some areas […]
Former CEO of Medical Imaging Companies Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Scheme
The former CEO of several Southern California medical imaging companies was sentenced in San Diego Friday to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme in which more than $250 million in claims for medical services were fraudulently submitted through the state workers’ compensation system. Sam Sarkis Solakyan, 40, of Glendale, was found guilty […]
Students Settle Sexual Abuse Suit With Hart Union High School District
Four men who alleged they were molested as teens by a former Santa Clarita-area basketball coach reached a settlement with the William S. Hart Union High School District. The plaintiffs are identified only as John Doe 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the consolidated Chatsworth Superior Court complaint that was originally brought in separate suits […]
LA Residents 16-25 Can Begin Applying For City’s New Youth Council
Starting Friday, Angelenos who are 16 to 25 years old can apply to be on the city’s new Youth Council, which is modeled after a program created by Mayor Tom Bradley that current Councilman Paul Koretz served on. The paid program will consist of 30 people, two youth representatives from each council district, to serve […]
