| | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, December 16, 2020
|
|
Did Garcetti Witness Gay Sex Harassment By Top Advisor On Cop And Do Nothing But Laugh? A Los Angeles police officer who sued the city, alleging he was subjected to repeated acts of sexual harassment by a former mayoral adviser, says in a sworn declaration that Mayor Eric Garcetti witnessed many of the incidents, never intervened to stop them and often laughed at the ex-aide’s remarks. Officer Matthew Garza’s statement was […]
Horrifying LA County Records But Worse Ahead: Most COVID-19 Cases, Most Deaths, Most Hospitalizations Marking the worst point of the COVID-19 pandemic, but warning of even more devastating times ahead, Los Angeles County health officials Wednesday reported record-shattering numbers of virus deaths, cases and hospitalizations that have the emergency medical system “under seige.” The county Department of Public Health reported 138 additional coronavirus fatalities, seven of which were reported […]
Half Million Dollar Fraud In Coronavirus Unemployement Benefits: Guilty! A Riverside County woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal criminal charge for fraudulently obtaining more than $500,000 in coronavirus-related unemployment benefits for herself. Cara Marie Kirk-Connell, 32, of Menifee, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to a single federal charge of credit card fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte […]
Outdoor Dining OK On Film Sets But Not At Restaurants: Venice Neighborhood Council Outraged, Demands Change In an Only In Los Angeles moment, Venice Neighborhood Council members Wednesday demanded restaurants be allowed to resume outdoor dining as film sets already do for their casts and crews. They decided to ask the Los Angeles City Council to demand the county’s Department of Public Health allow outdoor in-person dining to resume at restaurants. […]
Will You Get The Vaccine? Most Los Angeles County Residents Say ‘Yes’ More than 78% of Los Angeles County residents are willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey released Wednesday by the UCLA Center For Health Policy Research. According to the survey’s preliminary data, the same number — 78.6% — of all residents statewide are ready to get the vaccine as soon as possible. […]
Riverside County Reports 3,948 Coronavirus Cases, 38 Deaths Riverside County health officials Wednesday reported 3,948 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and more than three dozen additional virus-related deaths, as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to shatter records. The aggregate number of coronavirus infections recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March is 124,613, compared to 120,665 on Tuesday, according to […]
As Vaccines Arrive, OC Struggles with More COVID-19 Patients As the first of Orange County’s frontline healthcare workers received newly arrived COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday, another 23 people fatalities were reported and area hospitals continued to shatter coronavirus patient admittance records. The county logged 3,231 new diagnoses of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative case total to 111,168. The fatalities reported Wednesday, which date back […]
Brush Fire Scorches Three Acres Near 405 Freeway in Sepulveda Pass Area A fire scorched about three acres of brush Wednesday near the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass area. Firefighters sent to the area of Getty Center Drive shortly after noon extinguished the flames in about an hour and 15 minutes, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Nearly 150 firefighters were involved in […]
More COVID-19 Vaccinations Administered in LA County Health care workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday as the effort to inoculate millions of people in the county accelerated. Emergency physician Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson was the first person at the Westwood hospital to be vaccinated. After receiving the Pfizer vaccination, she told urged everyone to get the shot […]
Used Car Dealer Victim Exchanged $100,000 In Real Cash for Construction-Paper Fake Bills A Hawthorne man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months behind bars for running a scheme in which a used car salesman was persuaded to exchange $100,000 in cash for what turned out to be construction paper cut to the size of actual bills with markings suggesting they were genuine $100 notes. Fonka Arouna Moundih, 53, […]
|
|
Read more news on the MyNewsLA.com website |
|
|
| |
| |
|