| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, June 10, 2022 |
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Biden Heads to Port of LA as Inflation Reaches 40-Year High On the day the U.S. inflation rate hit a 40-year high, President Joe Biden traveled to the Port of Los Angeles Friday to discuss efforts to streamline global supply chains and counter rising prices, painting the issue as a worldwide problem fueled largely by Russian aggression in Ukraine. Speaking aboard the Battleship Iowa museum in […]
LA County COVID Hospitalizations Top 600 The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals topped 600 Friday, continuing a trend from the past several weeks that has moved the region closer to a possible resurrection of indoor mask-wearing mandates. According to state figures, there were 616 virus-positive patients in county hospitals on Friday, up from 595 on Thursday. The […]
City Already Looking Ahead to Next Month’s Lotus Festival With Echo Park Lake’s lotus flowers expected to be in full bloom next month, L.A. City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell Friday touted the city’s Lotus Festival, which celebrates Indian culture and this year will mark India’s 75th year of independence. “Each year, as the lotus flowers of Echo Park Lake reach full bloom, we welcome nearly […]
LAPD Warns of Street Closures During Sunday’s LA Pride Parade Ahead of Sunday’s LA Pride Parade in Hollywood, the Los Angeles Police Department Friday issued a traffic advisory for the area of the event, warning motorists to avoid select streets to prevent travel delays. According to the LAPD, the following street closures will be in effect from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m Sunday: — Hollywood […]
`El Sereno Serape’ Mural Unveiled Near El Sereno Arroyo Playground A tile mural near the El Sereno Arroyo Playground was unveiled Friday as part of an effort to beautify the neighborhood and provide better pedestrian access. The “El Sereno Serape” mural, near Concord and Alhambra avenues, was created by artist Sonia Romero on a hillside retaining wall that was needed when the Bureau of Street […]
LA City Council Ratifies Emergency Declaration Amid Baby Formula Shortage The Los Angeles City Council Friday ratified a local emergency declaration by Mayor Eric Garcetti to prevent local price gouging amid the shortage of baby formula across the U.S. “President Biden, the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General have all warned of illegal and predatory conduct, including price gouging, in the infant formula […]
Sweltering Heat Keeps Southland Sweating Through Saturday A heat wave will land full force in the Southland Friday and continue into Saturday, potentially toppling some temperature records before things start cooling off Sunday. “High pressure will bring very warm and dry weather to interior areas, peaking today and Saturday,” according to the National Weather Service. “A few record high temperatures will be […]
October Trial Date Set in Harvey Weinstein Sex-Charges Case A Los Angeles judge Friday set an Oct. 10 trial date for disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is facing sex-related charges involving five women. Weinstein, 70, wearing brown jail clothes, appeared in court in a wheelchair for the scheduling hearing. He is facing 11 felony charges. His trial will begin with jurors being […]
Police Seek Help Identifying Suspects in Arleta Hit-And-Run Authorities Friday sought the public’s help to identify the stolen vehicle suspects involved in a hit-and-run crash in Arleta that critically injured a man reported to be a single father of three who also takes care of his mother. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division were called around 1:15 a.m. Sunday […]
Man Sentenced to 30-Year-to-Life Prison Term for Deadly Hit-and-Run Crash A man convicted in a hit-and-run crash in Palmdale that killed a teenage boy and an 18-year-old man last year was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life in state prison. William Alexander Marquez, now 36, was convicted May 16 of two counts each of murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run, according to Ricardo Santiago […]
Man Charged Again with Hate Crime in Huntington Beach A 42-year-old man convicted of a hate crime earlier this year was charged Friday on suspicion of another hate crime. On Feb. 19, Tremaine Jatari Sowell — a Black man — brandished a stun gun at a 54-year-old white man while making comments about the victim’s race, police said after arresting him in Huntington Beach. […]
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