| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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Cloris Leachman, TV’s `Phyllis,’ Dead at 94: ‘Last Picture Show’ Oscar Winner, ‘Young Frankenstein,’ ‘High Anxiety’  Oscar-winner Cloris Leachman, the prolific actress of stage and screen best known for her role as Phyllis Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its short-lived spinoff “Phyllis,” died in her sleep of natural causes at the age of 94, her manager said Wednesday. Leachman died Tuesday at her home in Encinitas, her son […]
  
Extremist Violence Warning: Feds Say Beware Of ‘Heightened Threat Environment’ In Wake Of Biden Inauguration  Law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties and across the nation were warned Wednesday of a “heightened threat environment” still percolating from the recent change of presidential administrations that could lead to acts of domestic terrorism by extremists. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin, warning […]
Senseless Murder In Pasadena Kills 80-Year-Old Woman: Homeless Man Pleads Not Guilty To Attacking Couple Out For Morning Walk  A homeless man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to killing an 80-year-old woman who was attacked while taking her daily morning walk with her husband in Pasadena. Oscar Villamil, 43, is charged with murder in the Dec. 29 attack on Pui Gee Ng Lee, who died a week later, along with an elder abuse count involving […]
L.A. City Council Passes Motions Aimed at Equitable Vaccine Distribution The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed two motions Wednesday with the goal of making Los Angeles’ vaccine distribution equitable and inoculating low-income communities of color. Both motions were introduced by Council President Nury Martinez. The first one instructs the Chief Legislative Analyst to work with the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department […]
UCLA: Nearly Half of California Adolescents Report Mental Health Problems Mirroring a national trend, 45% of California youth between the ages of 12 and 17 report having recently struggled with mental health issues, with nearly a third of them experiencing serious psychological distress that could interfere with their academic and social functioning, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reported Wednesday. The research also highlights […]
Charges Expected For Parolee Accused of Attempting to Kidnap Boy Felony charges are expected to be filed Thursday against a parolee accused of trying to kidnap an 8-year-old boy, whose father came to his son’s rescue at a Palm Springs hotel. Joseph Ryan Harvey, 30, of Bermuda Dunes was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of South Indian Canyon […]
Pioneering TV Anchor, Reporter At KNBC Dies At 78: First Woman On Air In Other Markets Myra Scott, a pioneering Los Angeles TV anchor and reporter whose life touched some of America’s most important figures in politics, entertainment and broadcast news, has died after a short battle with cancer. She was 78. She was best known in Southern California for her work at KNBC-TV in the 1970s. According to her husband, […]
Filming in L.A., Battered by Pandemic, Showed Signs of Life in Late 2020 The number of shooting days for the film, television and commercial industries in the Los Angeles area dropped to a record low last year because of the coronavirus, but recent data suggest that a rebound is underway, officials said Wednesday. Overall production was 48% lower in 2020 than in 2019, and 49.8% lower than the […]
City Council Votes To Order Report On How Pandemic Affects Working Women The City Council Wednesday ordered a report on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Los Angeles’ working women, particularly mothers and women of color. The motion, which was introduced by Council President Nury Martinez and unanimously approved, instructs the Commission on the Status of Woman and the Chief Legislative Analyst, along with any other relevant […]
L.A. Animal Services Expands Pet Food Pantry Program To Every Sunday The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services announced Wednesday it is expanding its pet food pantry program to provide pet food every Sunday, starting Feb. 7. The food will be available for pickup from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for families in Los Angeles who need help feeding their animals and have made an appointment, […]
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