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Afternoon headlines for Thursday, February 11, 2021

CHP Motorcycle Officer’s Major Injuries In DUI Crash: Suspect Runs From Scene, Santa Monica Freeway Shut

CHPA California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer and two other people were injured Thursday — including a driver later arrested on suspicion of DUI — in a multi-vehicle crash that prompted the full closure of the westbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles. The officer was called just before 10 a.m. to investigate a […]
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Sex Molester Was Little Girl’s Fourth-Grade Teacher In Canoga Park: Lawsuit!

A school bus.A lawsuit was brought against Los Angeles Unified on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who allegedly was sexually abused by her teacher years earlier when she was a fourth-grade student at a Canoga Park school. The teacher had been sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of […]
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No More Vaccines! LA Shuts Dodger Stadium, Other Mass Sites Hoping For Resupply Next Week

Drive-up vaccinationWith the city expected to exhaust its supply of first-dose Moderna vaccines Thursday, the city of Los Angeles will close the mass-vaccination sites it runs at Dodger Stadium and four other locations Friday and Saturday, a move the mayor lamented as an “enormous hurdle.” The sites will reopen when the city receives more vaccines, possibly […]
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Killer Islamic Terrorist’s Mom Sentenced To Home Confinement For Destroying Evidence: Dead Son, Daughter-In-Law In San Bernardino Attack

The 67-year-old mother of an Islamic terrorist who killed more than a dozen people in an attack following a Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center was sentenced Thursday in Riverside to six months home confinement and three years probation for destroying evidence connected to the massacre. Rafia Sultana Shareef, also known as Rafia Farook, […]
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Judge: Britney Spears’ Dad, Trust Company To Develop Investment Plan

A judge Thursday said she expects Britney Spears’ father and trust company to work together to develop an investment plan and budget for the benefit of the pop star, despite the singer’s stated displeasure with her father’s role as the co-conservator of her estate. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny set another hearing for […]
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OC Reaches Milestones As COVID-19 Numbers Decline

Orange County reached a few COVID-19 milestones Thursday — with hospitalizations falling under 1,000 and the adjusted rate of hospital capacity rising above zero. The county also received 779 new cases, raising the cumulative to 240,999, and logged 42 additional fatalities, hiking the death toll to 3,493. “The big thing we’re waiting for is what […]
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Family Of Man Fatally Shot By Deputies Files Claim Against County

Attorneys for the family of a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in the Westmont area announced a $35 million damages claim against the county Thursday. The claim on behalf of the family of Dijon Kizzee said the damages amount includes $25 million for “severe and substantial” damages […]
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California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Arleta Man’s Double-Murder Case

The California Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a San Fernando Valley man convicted of the stabbing deaths of two men at house parties in Pacoima and South Los Angeles within a nearly five-week period. On Wednesday, the state’s highest court denied the defense’s petition seeking its review of the case of […]
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Coalition Urges LAUSD Board Vote To `Fund Black Futures, Not School Police’

A coalition of Black students, parents, teachers and community members called Thursday for the Los Angeles Unified School District board to put $25 million recently cut from the school police budget into campuses with the highest Black student enrollment, including those with higher rates of student arrests and lowest achievement levels. “We’re here today to […]
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Human Rights Groups in LA File Suit for Info on Biden Border Detention Policy

A coalition of human rights organizations is suing the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles, seeking access to records pertaining to the detention and release of immigrant families at the border. The suit was filed late Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court. In early August, the coalition submitted a […]
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