Classes to Resume at OC Middle School After Administrator Kills Self on Campus
Classes were set to resume on a regular schedule Tuesday at a Placentia middle school, a day after an assistant principal killed himself on campus, prompting the school to dismiss students early and make counselors available. Assistant Principal Moises Plascencia killed himself “in a private staff area” on the campus of Kraemer Middle School, with […]
Armenian Photographer Sues Over Attack on Jewish Diners
Two men previously charged with hate crimes after they were allegedly part of a group dressed in black that attacked Jewish men outside a Beverly Grove restaurant in 2021 are being sued by a non-Jewish photographer who was battered during the melee. Mher Hagopian, an Armenian-American, brought the suit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court […]
Lakewood Man to Plead Guilty to Threatening to Bomb SBA Offices
A Lakewood man has agreed to plead guilty on Friday to a federal charge alleging he threatened to bomb Small Business Administration offices and assault employees, apparently in response to his inability to obtain COVID-19 emergency business loans. Christopher Antoun, 30, is expected to enter his plea to a single count of making threats by […]
Riverside County’s COVID Hospitalizations Continue to Inch Down
The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals continues to decline, falling from 116 reported by the state on Sunday to 115 reported by the county in its latest data. Of those patients, 19 were in intensive care, down from 20 the previous day, according to the Riverside University Health System. The county’s number […]
Collision on Riverside Freeway Kills Two
Two people were killed in a traffic collision in the Highgrove area of Riverside Tuesday. Paramedics and firefighters were called at 12:41 a.m. to Center Street and the northbound Riverside (215) Freeway to a two-vehicle collision with two people trapped inside, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Both victims were pronounced dead at the […]
Little Change To Average Southland Gas Prices
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose nearly a cent Tuesday during a 21-day streak of increases, rising nine-tenths of a cent to a record $5.836. The average price has risen 5.2 cents over the past five days following 13.3-cent increases Wednesday and Thursday, according to figures […]
Suspect in Long Beach Shooting, Carjacking Identified
County authorities Tuesday released the name of the man who police say was responsible for a shooting spree, a carjacking and kidnapping in Long Beach and then later fatally shot himself. Thomas Seve, 29, was identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office as the person who barricaded himself in a church after police caught […]
Senator’s Move to End Governor’s COVID Statewide Emergency Due for Hearing
A Riverside County lawmaker’s proposal to end the COVID-based state of emergency declared by Gov. Gavin Newsom two years ago will be the subject of a hearing Tuesday in the state Senate. Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, has made several attempts to secure hearings regarding the governor’s ongoing use of emergency powers, and she said […]
LAPD Report Shows Officers Often Escape Discipline for Wrongful Shootings
Nearly 41% of Los Angeles Police Department officers who shot at people and were found to be in violation of department policy were not disciplined between 2015 and 2020, according to a report scheduled to be reviewed by the Police Commission Tuesday. The LAPD Inspector General Mark Smith reviewed 45 incidents of officers opening fire […]
LA County to Consider $3.8M Settlement Over Fatal Struggle with Deputies
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider paying $3.84 million to settle a lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who went into cardiac arrest and died following a struggle with sheriff’s deputies who responded to a call that the man had threatened to kill his mother and sister. According to sheriff’s […]
One Year Ago Today (March 15, 2021)…Jury Selection Begins For Trial of Man Accused in Palm Desert Molestation
One Year Ago Today (March 15, 2021)…Jury selection got underway for the trial of a Cathedral City man accused of molesting a girl at a Palm Desert resort. Ismael Gaspar, 38, was arrested March 26, 2018, on suspicion of sex crimes he allegedly committed six days earlier at the Marriott Shadow Ridge Resort. Gaspar, who […]
