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‘Dating Game’ Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Dies in Prison A 77-year-old inmate who spent time on California’s death row for kidnapping and murdering a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and killing four other people has died of natural causes, state officials said. Rodney James Alcala died of natural causes at 1:43 a.m. Saturday at a hospital in the community near Corcoran State Prison, according to […]
US Olympic Softball Team To Face Japan To End Opening Round Play The U.S. Olympic softball team, which includes three players from Orange County and one from Los Angeles County, will conclude opening round play Sunday, California time, by facing Japan, two days before they meet to determine the gold medal. The U.S. assured itself of a berth in the gold medal game with a 2-1 eight-inning […]
Archbishop To Celebrate Mass Honoring Grandparents and the Elderly Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly Mass for the first time Sunday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Pope Francis instituted the special Mass in January to honor the elderly as main evangelizers and preservers of roots and one of the groups most affected by […]
LA County Reports 2,600 New COVID Cases, 10 Deaths Los Angeles County Public Health officials have reported 2,600 new COVID-19 infections — the fourth consecutive day above 2,500 cases — and 10 additional deaths Sunday. Health officials have repeatedly blamed the current surge in cases on the highly infectious “Delta” variant of the virus. The variant was first discovered in India and is blamed […]
Leimert Park Residents Offered Incentives to Get Vaccinated Los Angeles County officials continue to offer a variety of incentives to get people vaccinated, with their latest efforts targeting people in the Leimert Park area. Officials say only about 58.7% of Leimert Park residents over the age of 16 have been vaccinated so far, and Saturday’s focus was particularly on young Black men, who […]
Nighttime Lane, Ramp Closures Scheduled This Week for I-10 Tune-Up Project Nighttime road work and associated lane and ramp closures will continue this week along Interstate 10 between Beaumont and the Coachella Valley. Crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and Highway 111 near Palm Springs as part of the I-10 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, also called the I-10 Tune-Up, […]
Kelsey Plum Leads US To Third Victory in Olympic 3X3 Basketball Poway resident Kelsey Plum made all seven of her 1-point shots en route to a game-high 12 points as the United States Olympic women’s 3X3 basketball team defeated Romania, 22-11, Sunday in a pool round game in Tokyo. The Americans never trailed and were only tied twice, 3-3 and 4-4. Plum made a 2-point basket […]
No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to grow to $186 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Maryland and Virginia, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts […]
Saugus Swimmer Abbey Weitzeil Wins Olympic Bronze Medal Abbey Weitzeil of Saugus Saturday became the first Southern Californian to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, winning a bronze medal by swimming the second leg on the U.S. women’s 4X100-meter freestyle relay team. The U.S. was sixth in the field of eight after Erika Brown swam the opening leg in 54.02 seconds. Weitzeil […]
Man Wounded in Watts Drive-By Shooting A 47-year-old man was wounded Saturday evening in a drive-by shooting in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported just after 7 p.m. at 115th Street and Mona Boulevard, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The man was walking down the street when a man […]
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