| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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Detectives Treating Death of Man Found in El Monte as `Suspicious’  The fatal shooting of a man inside a vehicle in El Monte was being investigated Tuesday as a suspicious death. Officers from the El Monte Police Department responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Elliot Avenue, Meeker Avenue and Mountain View Road at about 7:35 p.m. Monday and discovered a man in one […]
  
Lawsuit Against Airlines Involves SoCal Airports  California Attorney General Rob Bonta Tuesday joined the U.S. Department of Justice and seven other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit involving Southern California airports against American Airlines and JetBlue — challenging what they call an anticompetitive joint venture between the companies known as the Northeast Alliance. As part of the code- and profit-sharing venture, […]
Three Council Members Call For Carbon Neutrality in LA By 2030  Three Los Angeles City Council members Tuesday introduced a motion calling for the city to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, 20 years earlier than the city’s current goal. If passed, the motion — which was co-introduced by Councilwoman Nithya Raman and Councilmen Paul Koretz and Kevin de León — would instruct the city’s departments to […]
Councilman Kevin de León Announces Run For Mayor Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León announced his intention to run for mayor in 2022 Tuesday. “Every single neighborhood deserves safe streets, clean sidewalks and clean air, and everyone in our city who works hard should have the opportunity to get ahead,” de León said in a campaign announcement video released Tuesday. “… […]
Blac Chyna Loses Motion to Dismiss Some Claims in Lawsuit Blac Chyna lost a round in court Tuesday when a judge denied a motion by her attorney to dismiss the remaining claims in a lawsuit filed by a former friend who alleges the model released the plaintiff’s private contact information to the public. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Draper said he will leave it […]
Two Charged With Anti-Jewish Hate Crime in Attack Outside Restaurant Two men were charged Tuesday with a hate crime attack outside a Beverly Grove-area restaurant in May. Samer Jayylusi, 36, of Whittier, and Xavier Pabon, 30, of Banning, are each facing two felony counts of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. […]
Man Stabbed to Death in Compton Identified Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 69-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in Compton and whose 59-year-old sister was arrested on suspicion of his murder. The fatal stabbing was reported at 12:19 a.m. Friday in the 14000 block of South Harris Avenue, according to Deputy Alejandra Parra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. […]
Jo Lasorda, Widow of Former Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda, Dies at 91 The Fullerton City Council will close Tuesday evening’s meeting with a moment of silence for Jo Lasorda, the widow of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, following her death Monday at age 91. Anissa Livas, a spokeswoman for the city, said the council’s tribute was one of two planned for Jo Lasorda, who died […]
LA City Council Seeks Flexible Rental Subsidies To Quickly House Homeless The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to seek funding to increase rental subsidies for the homeless in partnership with the county Department of Health Services — particularly for those with health problems and mental health needs. “What’s really key about this isn’t just that it’s fast, but that it’s cost-effective … this is […]
Orange County Sees Continued Decline in COVID-19 Metrics Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 averages continued a marked declined Tuesday as hospitalizations remained relatively flat. Weekly averages, released on Tuesdays, showed that the county’s weekly case rate per 100,000 residents improved from 15.3 last week to 11.3, while the positivity rate fell from 4.7% to 3.7%. The county’s Health Equity Quartile positivity rate — which […]
Nithya Raman Seeks Funding For `Encampment To Home’ Program Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman introduced a motion Tuesday to request $3.86 million to fund an “Encampment to Home” program throughout her district, which includes parts of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Koreatown, Sherman Oaks, Miracle Mile, Fairfax District and more. “This targeted and strategic funding will allow my office to begin a multi-pronged, […]
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