| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, June 26, 2020
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Death Row Killer, 71, Dies In San Quentin Cell: He Murdered Woman On Ride Home From Valley Bar  A man who was on death row for murdering a woman after offering her a ride home from a San Fernando Valley bar in 1990 has died in San Quentin State Prison, authorities said Friday. Richard Eugene Stitely, 71, was found unresponsive in his single cell Wednesday night and was pronounced dead a short time […]
  
USC’s Dean of School of Dramatic Arts Admits Improper Relationship, Resigns The dean of USC’s School of Dramatic Arts has resigned after a woman publicly revealed that he had a romantic relationship with a student while she was attending the university more than a decade ago. The relationship was revealed during a town hall meeting on Wednesday for faculty, students and alumni of the MFA in […]
‘Family Guy’ White Guy Voiced Black Character Cleveland For 20 Years, But Now Says Persons Of Color Should Take Over  Continuing a recent pattern of white actors walking away from roles voicing Black or mixed-race characters, Mike Henry announced Friday he will no longer lend his voice to Cleveland Brown on the long- running Fox animated series “Family Guy.” “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on `Family Guy’ for 20 years,” Henry wrote on […]
Newsom Again Chides Residents Against Complacency In Virus Fight A week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday issued another stern warning to residents about the dangers of public or family gatherings, while blasting “lazy punditry” suggesting that hot weather will kill the coronavirus. The warning came as the governor announced a 3.3% increase since Thursday in the number of […]
L.A. County Committee Seeks Report on Possible Mask Enforcement A Los Angeles City Council committee asked Friday to have its staff report back on ways of encouraging — possibly through citations or other enforcement — adherence to requirements that residents wear masks to prevent spread of the coronavirus. During the council’s Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts and Recreation Committee meeting, Councilman Paul Koretz said […]
Long Beach Resident Sues City over Typhus Infection A Long Beach man is suing the city, alleging he contracted typhus in 2019 because the local animal control service would not remove homeless kittens possibly carrying fleas near his home. Caesar Colorado’s Los Angeles Superior Court negligence suit, filed Thursday, seeks unspecified damages. Typhus is an infectious disease in which sufferers often have a […]
Adult Film Star Ron Jeremy Pleads Not Guilty in Rape Case Adult film star Ron Jeremy pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate attacks dating back to 2014. The 67-year-old defendant — whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt — was ordered to remain jailed in lieu of $6.6 million bail, despite a defense request to lower […]
SpaceX Scrubs Launch Of Internet Satellites; New Date Pending Hawthorne-based SpaceX Friday scrubbed a planned launch of 57 internet satellites to allow more time for “pre-launch checkouts,” but a new date for the mission was not immediately set. The Falcon 9 rocket had been scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:18 p.m. California time. SpaceX officials announced at about 11 […]
Los Angeles Zoo Announces Birth of Four Meerkat Pups The Los Angeles Zoo Friday announced the birth of four “energetic” meerkat pups, bringing the total to eight in this particular “mob” or family. Conceived during the zoo’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pups were born May 30 spent the first two weeks of their lives tucked safely inside an underground burrow with […]
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