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Daddy Murders Three Young Sons In Bloody SUV Horror: Stabbing Attack Guilty Plea

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally stabbing his three young sons inside an SUV in South Los Angeles five years ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench immediately sentenced Luiz Fuentes to 78 years to life in state prison following his plea to three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of […]
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Saddest Place On Earth: Disneyland, Universal Theme Parks Won’t Open For Many Months

Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Photo from Pixabay.State health officials released long-awaited guidance for the reopening of theme parks amid the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, but the restrictions will likely translate to several more months of closures at major attractions such as Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood. Under the guidelines, major theme parks will only be permitted to reopen in counties that have […]
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Jeff Bridges Fighting Cancer: ‘Big Lebowski,’ ‘Last Picture Show’ Star Has Lymphoma As ‘New S**T Has Come To Light’

lighted candlesActor Jeff Bridges was receiving well wishes from colleagues and thousands of fans Tuesday after revealing that he is battling lymphoma. The 70-year-old star of such iconic films as “The Big Lebowski,” “The Last Picture Show,” and “The Fisher King” shared the news Monday evening on social media. “As the Dude would say.. New S**T […]
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LAPD Ready To Fight Election Violence: Chief Moore Says Cops Will Protect Right To Vote

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that his department is prepared to respond to any violence related to the Nov. 3 general election. Voting will start at many Los Angeles County vote centers on Saturday, and voting by mail has been in full force throughout California, with more than 1.5 million early ballots […]
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Preliminary Hearing Reset For 68-Year-Old Accused of Molesting Family Members

A preliminary hearing date was pushed back Tuesday to Nov. 3 for a 68-year-old Coachella Valley man accused of inappropriately touching two young female family members. Ysidro Anaya Sanchez was arrested Jan. 15 in Coachella for alleged crimes that occurred in June 2015. He is charged with five counts of committing lewd acts on a […]
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State Returns Riverside County to Purple Tier, Supervisor Expresses Outrage

The California Department of Public Health Tuesday returned Riverside County to the most restrictive purple tier under the governor’s color-coded coronavirus regulatory scheme, meaning some businesses that have opened are supposed to close again — a move one supervisor said equals “putting the nail in the coffin” of some operations. “Enough is enough,” Supervisor Karen […]
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LACo Elections Chief: 200+ Ballots Recovered From Burned Drop Box

More than 200 ballots are believed to have been inside a Baldwin Park drop box that burned in a suspected arson fire, but the county’s top election official said Tuesday a “significant number” were recovered and the affected voters’ information can be retrieved in the “vast majority” of cases. Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan and County […]
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OC Reports 302 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Fatalities

The Orange County Health Care Agency Tuesday reported 302 new COVID-19 diagnoses, a sharply higher number than usual in recent weeks, as well as two more coronavirus-related fatalities. On Monday, the county reported 203 new coronavirus diagnoses. The county’s death toll and cumulative caseload now stands at 1,412 and 57,373, respectively. The number of hospitalizations […]
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Spencer Davis of Popular 1960s Band Dies at 81

Singer and guitarist Spencer Davis of The Spencer Davis Group, a major band in the world of 1960s pop/rock, has died at the age of 81, it was reported Tuesday. Davis died Monday at a Los Angeles hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia, his agent told the BBC. “So sad to hear the […]
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Hit-And-Run Suspect Returns To Scene Where Elderly Woman Was Killed

An elderly woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hawthorne, and the suspect returned to the scene about 45 minutes later to identify himself to authorities, police said Tuesday. Officers were sent to the 11700 block of Prairie Avenue at about 9:25 p.m. Monday for a report of an elderly woman on the ground […]
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