| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, March 6, 2025 |
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Court Ordered Audit Report Claims Poor Oversight in LA Homeless Programs Los Angeles’ homelessness programs are hampered by poor oversight resulting in an inability to track substantial funds allocated to the city’s assistance services, according to the draft of a court-ordered audit issued Thursday. Auditors with the firm Alvarez & Marsal identified $2.3 billion of funding, including appropriations, commitments, or spending related to city programs, according […]
Laguna Woods Republican Club Invites Jan. 6 Rioter to Speak A Jan. 6 insurrectionist who was pardoned by President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak Friday at a meeting of the Republican Club of Laguna Woods, and members of the Laguna Woods Democratic Club are planning to protest. Jeffrey Scott Brown was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for […]
Pamela Bach, Actor, David Hasselhoff’s Ex-Wife, Dead at 62 Funeral services were pending Thursday for actress Pamela Bach, ex-wife of “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff. Bach, also known as Pamela Hasselhoff, died by suicide Wednesday at her Los Angeles-area home, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the head. She was 62. Bach […]
Jury Returns to Deliberate OC Judge’s Sentencing in Murder Trial Jurors in the trial of an Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife in their Anaheim Hills home resumed deliberations for the seventh day Thursday, one day after hearing additional arguments from attorneys. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eleanor Hunter, who is presiding over the case, allowed the short arguments from […]
LA Homeless Mortality Rate Plateaued in 2023 The homeless mortality rate in Los Angeles County plateaued for the second consecutive year in 2023, marking a significant development due in large part to a reduction in drug overdoses, Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday. DPH officials released findings of the sixth annual report on mortality among people experiencing homelessness, which showed there […]
Jane Doe Found in Echo Park Hospitalized The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Thursday sought the public’s help in identifying a patient hospitalized at one of its facilities. The woman, who has been at the Los Angeles General Medical Center since Saturday, was found near Echo Park Lake, adjacent to Logan Street and Park Avenue, according to a county news […]
CHP Dispatcher Charged in COVID Benefits Fraud Case A California Highway Patrol dispatcher and her convicted-felon husband were among five Los Angeles County residents arrested on federal charges alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $3.3 million in COVID-19 government unemployment benefits using stolen identities, officials announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the following defendants were charged by a federal grand jury in downtown Los Angeles […]
Olympic Snowboarder Wanted By FBI for Running Cocaine A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for running what federal prosecutors call a transnational drug ring that shipped hundreds of pounds of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and elsewhere, and for allegedly orchestrating multiple murders, officials announced Thursday in Los […]
Trial for Alleged LAPD Rubber Bullet Shooting at Lakers Celebration A judge has ruled for a second time that a woman who sued the city of Los Angeles and then-LAPD Chief Michel Moore — alleging both are liable for injuries she suffered after officers allegedly shot her in the face with a rubber bullet while she was celebrating the Lakers’ victory in the 2020 NBA […]
Glendale Police Ask Potential Assault Victims of Amazon Driver to Come Forward Authorities Thursday sought the public’s help in locating possible additional victims of a delivery driver suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Glendale. The suspect, Fernando Barreto-Hernandez, 24, is out of custody on bond, the Glendale Police Department reported. Police said the Los Angeles resident — who was working as an on-duty Amazon delivery driver […]
Teen Charged with Fatal Anaheim Shooting A 19-year-old man was charged Thursday with fatally shooting a man last week in Anaheim. Lawrence Romero of Orange was charged with murder and shooting at a vehicle, both felonies. He also faces sentencing enhancements for discharge of a gun causing death. Romero is accused of killing 32-year-old Anthony Aceves Espino of Anaheim, according to […]
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