| | | | The news for Friday, May 21, 2021
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Dead Little Girl In A Duffel Bag Smuggled Into Mexico: Whittier Couple ‘No Contest’ Of Sex For Sale, Manslaughter, Trafficking, Threats  A Whittier couple who pleaded no contest in the death of a 4-year-old girl whose emaciated body was found in a duffel bag as they were trying to cross the border into Mexico have been sentenced under a plea deal that spared them potential life prison terms. Mercy Mary Becerra, 48, was sentenced to 24 […]
  
LA County Reports Just 933 ‘Breakthrough’ COVID Cases Among 3.3M Vaccinated Residents Saying the numbers highlight the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, Los Angeles County’s public health director said the county has identified just 933 “breakthrough” cases of fully vaccinated residents testing positive for the virus — out of more than 3 million people. Barbara Ferrer said the numbers translate to an infection rate of 0.03% […]
Innocent Elderly Woman’s Near-Death Robbery Nightmare As Bullet Narrowly Misses: She Fights Off Armed Attack In Riverside Strip Mall  An innocent elderly woman and her adult son narrowly escaped death as they fought off two purse snatchers in a Riverside strip mall parking lot when one of the attackers pulled out a gun and fired at the victims’ heads. Two suspects have been charged with armed robbery and other crimes, and they are slated […]
LA Presiding Judge Extends Deadline for Criminal Trials The presiding judge of Los Angeles County’s court system has issued an order authorizing a new set of emergency continuances for criminal trials and juvenile dependency matters as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even as COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations continue to fall in Los Angeles County, the need to maintain social distancing in […]
Orange County Records 37 New COVID-19 Infections as Hospitalizations Go Up Orange County, which moved this week into the least-restrictive tier of the state’s COVID-19 economic reopening blueprint, has reported a small uptick in coronavirus-related hospitalizations and logged four more fatalities. The county also reported 37 new infections, increasing the cumulative caseload to 254,919. Two of the newly reported deaths occurred this month and the other […]
Updated Vote Count in Assembly Special Election To Be Released Friday An updated vote count will be released Friday in the 54th Assembly District special election, with educator and community organizer Isaac Bryan just short of the majority needed to win without a runoff. Bryan had 49.62% of the vote according to semi-official results released Tuesday night by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office. Fellow […]
Grammy Museum To Reopen To The Public The Grammy Museum will reopen to the public Friday after being closed more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The museum will reopen with three new major exhibits: “Dave Matthews Band: Inside and Out,” which will be on view through Fall 2021; “Y Para Siempre… Marco Antonio Solís,” on view through Spring 2022; […]
Hollywood’s Magic Castle Set to Reopen Hollywood will regain a little magic Friday, as the Magic Castle, the world-famous private clubhouse for magicians, reopens its doors. The club, which closed on March 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will initially operate at reduced capacity — open Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings for members and their invited guests, according to The […]
Palisades Fire Containment Increases to 72%  The Palisades Fire was 72% contained Friday morning after burning more than 1,150 acres. The fire in rugged terrain was 66% contained on Wednesday. No structures have been lost, and the only injury has been a minor eye injury to a firefighter, LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas said. About 370 firefighters were assigned to the fire […]
Average LA County Gas Price Rises Slightly The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose three-tenths of a cent Friday to $4.186, its highest amount since Oct. 20, 2019. The average price has increased 27 of the past 28 days, increasing 16 cents, including four-tenths of a cent both Wednesday and Thursday, according to figures […]
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