| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, November 23, 2020
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Big Battle Over Shutdown Of LA County Restaurants: Health Honchos Demand ‘Yes,’ Supervisor Says ‘No’  Spurred by a weeklong spike in COVID-19 cases, Los Angeles County health officials plan to again prohibit in-person restaurant dining this week, but at least one county supervisor is opposing the move, saying it unduly punishes eateries for the surge and threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs. The county Department of Public Health announced Sunday […]
  
Sex Exploited Kids Saved By LA County: ‘No Such Thing As A Child Prostitute’  Los Angeles County’s efforts to support sexually exploited youth with services rather than leaving them to face criminal charges has changed the lives of hundreds of young people, according to a report released Monday. “Over the last few years, more than 500 sexually exploited children have been recovered through collaborative efforts in L.A. County,” Supervisor […]
Who Is That Masked Man? Coronavirus Mask Crimes Soar  The pandemic-related health directive urging people to wear face coverings in public appears to have had a not unexpected consequence — crimes in which a suspect was wearing a mask have increased nearly fivefold in the first 10 months of this year compared with the same period a year ago, it was reported tdoay. From […]
Cold Plasma Can Kill Coronavirus on Common Surfaces in Seconds UCLA engineers and scientists have demonstrated that treatments with near-room-temperature, cold atmospheric plasma can kill the coronavirus present on a variety of common surfaces in as little as 30 seconds, the university announced Monday. The study marks the first time cold plasma has been shown to effectively and quickly disinfect surfaces contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 […]
Grisly Remains Of College Student Found In Mojave Desert: Suspect Charged After Victim Left Pot Store A San Gabriel man was charged Monday with murdering a 21-year-old community college student whose remains were found in a remote area of the Mojave Desert nearly two months after he went missing in South Los Angeles. Ethan Kedar Astaphan, 27, was expected to be arraigned sometime Monday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom in […]
L.A. Council Committee Moves Forward With Tenant Anti-Harassment Protections A Los Angeles City Council committee voted Monday to have the City Attorney’s Office review a proposal to establish laws that would protect residential tenants from being harassed by their landlords. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles has halted no-fault evictions and people will not have to pay rent until the Safer at Home orders […]
Man in Custody in Fatal Stabbing of Woman in Long Beach A Los Angeles man was in custody Monday for allegedly stabbing a woman to death at a Long Beach apartment complex. Daquan Ross, 23, was arrested in connection with the death of Vanessa Chacon, 35, of Long Beach, who was attacked about 1 p.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Chestnut Avenue, according to the […]
Officials ID 3 People Found Dead in North Hollywood Home; Autopsies Pending Authorities Monday identified two women and a man who were found dead over the weekend inside a home in North Hollywood, and autopsies were pending to determine the cause of their deaths. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 6:05 a.m. Sunday to the 7400 block of North Kraft Avenue on a “possible overdose” call, said […]
LAUSD to Provide More Than 1.5 Million Holiday Meals on Wednesday to Families More than 1.5 million Thanksgiving meals will be distributed to Los Angeles Unified School District families in need on Wednesday through the district’s Grab and Go centers, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday. “This effort sounds like something out of the Guinness Book of World Records because I don’t think any relief program has ever provided […]
Hemet Police Officer Shot in Knee While Responding to Call A police officer was shot in the knee Monday morning while responding to a gunfire call in Hemet, and a 20-year-old suspect was arrested. Officers were sent to the 3400 block of Florida Avenue about 4 a.m. on a shooting call, according to the Hemet Police Department. Lt. Nate Miller said an officer was speaking […]
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