| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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Did He Molest Little-Girl Relative For Eight Years? Verdict Reached! A jury reached a verdict Thursday afternoon in the trial of a felon accused of molesting an underage relative for more than eight years in the San Jacinto Mountain community of Pinyon Pines near Palm Springs. There was no word of what that verdict will be. MyNewsLA.com will update this story as soon as the […]
Sad Kobe Bryant Widow Outraged At Mom’s Lawsuit Demanding Big Bucks From Daughter: Kobe Promised? Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, lashed out Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed against her by her mother demanding financial support and claiming the late Laker legend had vowed to take care of her financially for life. In a statement posted online, Vanessa Bryant accused her mother — Sofia Urbieta Laine — of trying to […]
Horrifying Flood Of COVID-19 Patients: Hospitals Overwhelmed COVID-19 patients continued flooding Los Angeles County hospitals Thursday, mirroring a regional and statewide surge that threatens to overwhelm emergency departments and intensive-care units. The dramatic coronavirus surge — which on Wednesday saw Los Angeles County set daily records for new cases and deaths and overall hospitalizations — has health officials continuing their plea for […]
COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Underway, But You Must Not Let Down Your Guard COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued across the Southland Thursday, including the first wave of health care workers to be inoculated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of nine sites being used for ultra-cold storage of the Pfizer medication. But while the vaccine continues to offer hope that an end to the pandemic is near, health officials continued […]
Judge Rules Garcetti Can Be Deposed in Officer’s Sexual Harassment Case Saying his testimony can be “extremely probative,” a judge ruled Thursday that Mayor Eric Garcetti must testify in a deposition brought by a Los Angeles police officer who sued the city, alleging he was subjected to repeated acts of sexual harassment by a former mayoral adviser. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ruth A. Kwan said […]
Scam To Help Chinese Citizens Get Student Visas: Defendant Gets Probation A Woodland Hills man was sentenced Thursday to probation for helping operate a scheme that raked in thousands of dollars by recruiting impostors to earn passing grades in English proficiency for Chinese nationals seeking student visas. Liu Cai, 25, was the last of six defendants to be sentenced in the case in which doctored People’s […]
Disney Grandson, Stepmom Seek Removal of Judge From Bench A grandson of the late Walt Disney and his stepmother announced Thursday the filing of letters with the California Commission on Judicial Performance asking for the permanent removal of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cowan from the bench for alleged violations of the California Canons of Judicial Ethics. Bradford D. Lund, 50, has been […]
Counterfeit Products in Shipments from China Seized at Port Complex Authorities recently seized counterfeit products arriving in shipments from China that, if genuine, would be worth more than $32 million, including more than one million erectile dysfunction pills, along with footwear, belts, purses and headphones, officials said Thursday. The items were seized in cargo containers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport complex, said Jaime Ruiz […]
Two Men Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Foothill Freeway in Glendora Two motorists were killed Thursday morning in a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Glendora. The crash was reported about 12:10 a.m. east of Sunflower Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. A man in his 50s and a man in his 20s died at the scene, according to the coroner’s […]
Horse Racing Board Grants Los Alamitos License for Six Months, Sted Full Year The California Horse Racing Board Thursday granted Los Alamitos Race Course a license to conduct quarter horse racing in the 2020-21 season, but only for six months instead of the full year on the original agenda, prompting the track’s owner to angrily threaten to shut it down. “The people (owners, trainers and other stakeholders) are […]
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