| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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Former Councilman Price Field Deputy Sues City for Whistleblower Retaliation A former senior field deputy for City Councilman Curren Price is suing the city of Los Angeles, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in January by Price’s office on grounds she was a “snitch” who gave prosecutors information about the councilman and alleged pay-for-play schemes. Angie Reyes English’s Los Angeles Superior Court whistleblower seeks unspecified damages […]
  
Walk of Fame Star Honoring Tim Burton Unveiled A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Burton was unveiled Tuesday, three days before the release of his latest film, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Cast members Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder joined Burton in speaking at the ceremony in front of Hollywood Toys & Costumes at 6600 Hollywood Blvd. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is […]
March Trial Set for Main Defendants in `Friends’ Star Matthew Perry Death A Los Angeles federal judge Tuesday set a March trial date for Jasveen Sangha, a North Hollywood woman allegedly known as the “Ketamine Queen,” and Salvador Plasencia, a Santa Monica doctor — the two main defendants in the death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry. Sangha and Plasencia are charged with one count of conspiracy to […]
State of Emergency Proclaimed as Landslides Continue in Rancho Palos Verdes On the heels of power being shut off for hundreds of residences in Rancho Palos Verdes, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency Tuesday in the city in an effort to free up state resources to assist in the response. “The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been coordinating with the city and county […]
SoCal Not Done with Summer Yet; Another Heat Wave Drives Up Temperatures Labor Day has come and gone, but summer isn’t over yet, with a late-season heat wave building over the region Tuesday and promising to push temperatures into the triple-digits for most of the week. National Weather Service forecasters said the “dangerous heat wave” will linger through at least Friday, and while temperatures will back off […]
South American National Pleads Not Guilty to Beverly Hills Hotel Robbery One of two South American nationals allegedly linked to the armed robbery of a $1 million watch from a man sitting on the patio of a restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges. Jamer Mauricio Sepulveda Salazar, 21, of Colombia, entered his plea in Los Angeles federal court to […]
Judge: Suit Alleging Wrongful Termination of Ukrainian Jew Can Proceed A former employee of a Hollywood adult care center who sued the facility, its owner and the Russian director of nursing, alleging she was wrongfully laid off in 2020 “for the sole purpose of getting rid of an assertive Ukrainian Jewish woman,” can proceed with her case, a judge has ruled. On Friday, Los Angeles […]
Boy Attacked by Mountain Lion at Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas A 5-year-old boy was recovering at home Tuesday after a mountain lion grabbed him by the head and started to run away with him at Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas.. The attack occurred just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Tapia Park section of the state park, according to the California Department of Fish […]
Man Hit by Vehicle, Killed on 101 Freeway in Woodland Hills Area A man was hit by a vehicle and killed Tuesday on the Ventura (101) Freeway in the Woodland Hills area. Officers were sent to the southbound 101 Freeway near Winnetka Avenue about 6 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured man, who died […]
USC Seeks Exit from Late Rapper’s Mom’s Suit Over Fatal Stabbing at LA Concert USC is seeking dismissal wholly or in part of all causes of action filed against the university in a consolidated lawsuit by the mother of rapper Drakeo the Ruler, who was stabbed to death during a 2021 star-studded concert at what was then called Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park. Drakeo, 28, whose real […]
Man Arrested in Tussle with Seal Beach Police A 44-year-old Seal Beach man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assaulting police officers and barricading himself in a car repair shop. Jordan Molina was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, police said. Police responded to a call of a suspect “banging on cars and climbing trees” just before 8:50 a.m. in the 300 block […]
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