| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, October 22, 2021
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Baldwin: `Heart is Broken’ Over On-Set Shooting That Killed Cinematographer  Actor Alec Baldwin expressed “shock and sadness” Friday over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico. Hutchins, 42, died at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque following the on-set mishap Thursday. The film’s director, Joel Souza, 48, was also […]
  
Collapsed Sewer Line in Boyle Heights Results in Sinkhole  A collapsed sewer line in Boyle Heights Friday led to a spill of more than 2,000 gallons of sewage and resulted in a sinkhole, authorities said. The problem was reported about 8:15 a.m. in the 500 block of South Mission Road, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters used heavy equipment to prevent a […]
Tiny Home Village Open to Public to Visit Friday Night The new Tiny Home Village in Highland Park, which is the largest of its kind in the U.S. offering interim shelter for people experiencing homelessness, will be open to the public Friday to walk around and enjoy music and food trucks. Councilman Kevin de León slept overnight at the village on Friday and celebrated the […]
Hydrogen Sulfide Levels Reduced in Carson Area, but Stench Persists Los Angeles County announced “drastic reductions” Friday in the amount of hydrogen sulfide gas detected emanating from the Dominguez Channel, but even low concentrations of the gas is continuing to create a nuisance for nearby communities. Thousands of residents from Carson, West Carson and portions of Gardena, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Wilmington and Long Beach have […]
Emmy-Winning Actor Peter Scolari Dies at 66 Peter Scolari, who rose to fame alongside Tom Hanks in the offbeat sitcom “Bosom Buddies” and later appeared opposite Bob Newhart in “Newhart,” died Friday after a two-year battle with cancer at age 66. His manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, confirmed his death to Deadline. Scolari won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s “Girls,” portraying […]
LA City Council President Criticizes Drastic Changes In Redistricting Proposal One day after the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission submitted its recommendations for a draft map of revised council district boundaries, Council President Nury Martinez blasted the proposals, saying the drastic changes have “confused and alienated thousands.” The commission sent its map recommendation to the City Council on Thursday night, but it did not […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Tick Down Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalization number declined Friday, again falling under 200 patients. Hospitalizations declined from 200 Thursday to 190 Friday, with the number of intensive care unit patients increasing from 42 to 43, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. There were 175 hospitalized patients in the county on Monday. The county had 20.5% […]
Metro Begins Construction on Pedestrian Safety, Bicycle Access Project in DTLA Construction began Friday on Metro’s Eastside Access Improvement Project to improve pedestrian safety and bicycle access in downtown L.A. between the Little Tokyo/Arts District station and Union Station. The $29.7 million project is centered within a one-mile radius of the under-construction Metro Regional Connector Transit Project’s Little Tokyo/Arts District Station at First Street and Central […]
Durst Faces Murder Charges in Death of His Former Wife Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir who was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week for murdering a confidante in Benedict Canyon, was charged in New York with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Friday. Durst is accused of second-degree murder in a […]
Man Pleads No Contest in DUI Crash That Killed 6-Year-Old Boy A 21-year-old man with a prior DUI conviction pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a wrong-way DUI crash in Pomona that left a 6-year-old boy dead and the boy’s father seriously injured. Franky Antonio Provencio pleaded no contest Thursday to voluntary manslaughter, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of a […]
Woman Visiting LA Relatives Reported Missing, Last Seen in Vermont-Slauson Police Friday were searching for a missing 32-year-old Oakland woman who was visiting family in Los Angeles and was last seen in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood. Alexis Andrea Renee Heard was last seen Tuesday in the area of South Figueroa Street and West 69th Street, near the Harbor (110) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Police […]
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