| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, October 8, 2021
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Environmental Group Threatens to Sue Biden Administration Over Oil Spill  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent Friday to sue the Biden administration if it does not immediately reexamine the offshore oil industry’s threat to California’s endangered species and their habitats. The letter, sent to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, claims that the government’s […]
  
Two Parents Convicted in Boston of Bribing Kids’ Way Into USC  Two fathers were convicted Friday of paying bribes to get their kids into USC as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the college admissions cheating scandal that ensnared elite universities across the country. Former casino executive Gamal Aziz and former Staples Inc. executive John Wilson were found guilty in federal […]
Apple Announces Plans for Two-Building Campus Near Culver City Train Station  Apple announced plans Friday for a 500,000-square-foot office facility in Culver City that will serve as a regional headquarters for the tech giant’s local operations, which include Apple TV+ and Apple Music. The complex will consist of two buildings connected by a shared wall, actually straddling Culver City and Los Angeles, at National and Venice […]
Felon Who Killed Man in Love Triangle Sentenced A parolee who gunned down a romantic rival on a Hemet street was sentenced Friday to 125 years to life in state prison. A Banning jury in August deliberated less than a day before convicting 42-year-old Samuel James Wright of Hemet of the 2020 slaying of Frank Ray of Hemet. Jurors found Wright guilty of […]
Ex-Gardena Officer Found Guilty for Second Time of Firearms Sales After an earlier conviction was overturned, a former Gardena police officer was found guilty again of scheming to purchase “off-roster” firearms not available to the general public and then illegally reselling the weapons for profit, prosecutors announced Friday. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Edward Yasushiro Arao, 51, of Eastvale, of conspiracy to engage in […]
Meteor Shower May Be Visible Across Remote Areas of IE Friday evening Meteors flung through the lower reaches of space may be visible in remote parts of Riverside County Friday evening as the “Draconids” meteor shower arrives, providing a spectacular light show in the Northern Hemisphere. According to meteorologists, the Draconids, which are debris shed from the comet 21P Giacobini, provide perhaps the best meteor raining activity […]
Beaches Reopening as Work on Oil Cleanup Continues More Orange County beaches were at least partially reopened Friday as workers continued scooping up oil from the sand and water from a major leak off the coast of Huntington Beach. The beach reopenings came one day after officials reduced estimates of the amount of oil spilled into the ocean from ruptured underwater pipeline. On […]
Health Officials: OC Coastal Air Quality Still Good Despite Oil Spill Testing conducted along the Orange County coast following the massive underwater oil leak has not detected any discernable issues with air quality, health officials said Friday. According to testing done by the South Coast Air Quality Management District in coordination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Orange County Health Care Agency and a consulting […]
Cal State LA, USC Receive Grant to Digitize Historical Visual Record Cal State LA and USC have been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to digitize Mesoamerican and Spanish colonial materials, it was announced Friday. Through the three-year Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant, Cal State LA and USC will receive support for the digitization of cultural artifacts, […]
Five Hurt in Bus Crash in Van Nuys A Metro G Line Bus and a passenger vehicle collided Friday in Van Nuys, leaving five people with minor injuries. Paramedics sent to the 6000 block of North Kester Avenue, near Oxnard Street, about 12:15 p.m. transported three people for hospital treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The circumstances of the crash were under […]
LA to Hold Five Cleanup Events Saturday to Honor Late Councilman Tom LaBonge Los Angeles Saturday will hold five “Tom LaBonge Day of Service” cleanup events around the city in honor of the former councilman, known as Mr. Los Angeles, who died on Jan. 7. City officials are scheduled to speak at each event at 8:45 a.m. and the cleanups will start at 9:20 a.m. The cleanup locations […]
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