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Good News For Accused Torture Killers Of Lancaster 10-Year-Old: Mom, Boyfriend Won’t Face Death Penalty As DA Gascon Ignores Own Outraged Prosecutor The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has ignored its own prosecutor and dropped its bid for the death penalty against a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend who are charged with the horrifying murder and torture of the woman’s 10-year-old son. The alleged torture included whipping the boy with a belt and a looped cord, […]
Vaccine Demand Down, But LA County Large-Scale Vaccination Sites Staying Open Despite a recent sharp decline in demand for COVID-19 vaccines, Los Angeles County plans to continue operating its large-scale vaccination sites while also stepping up outreach efforts in communities where the inoculations have lagged, the county’s public health director said. While health officials in Orange County announced Thursday they will be closing mass-vaccination facilities due […]
Los Feliz Bloody Mayhem As Homeless Man Stabbed In Fight With Other Transient Amid Pricey Homes On Road To Greek Theatre A homeless man was in custody Friday for the alleged bloody stabbing of a fellow transient during a fight in the Los Feliz area amid pricey homes on a major road that leads to the Greek Theatre and Griffith Park. The victim was hospitalized with numerous stab wounds. It wasn’t clear what his condition was. […]
Burglary Suspect Arrested After Traffic Stop in Beverly Hills A suspect wanted in connection with more than 30 masked burglaries in the Los Angeles area was free on bond Friday morning after being arrested in Beverly Hills following a traffic stop. Police stopped the suspect, identified as Rockim Prowell, 30, of Inglewood, on Sunday and found items, including a face mask, in the vehicle […]
Average Southland Gasoline Prices Rise To Highest Amount Since October 2019 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Friday for the 14th consecutive day, increasing nine-tenths of a cent to $4.131, its highest amount since Oct. 23, 2019. The average price has increased 10.5 cents over the past 14 days, including 1.5 cents Thursday, according to figures from […]
Vaccine Sites to Open at 3 Metro Transit Stations Three new COVID-19 vaccination sites are scheduled to open next week at Metro transit stations located in areas hard hit by the virus, Metro announced. Thursday’s announcement comes as the county is scaling down its large-scale vaccination sites while also stepping up outreach efforts in communities where inoculations have lagged. The new sites are scheduled […]
Orange County Planning to Close COVID-19 Mass Vaccine Sites Orange County officials have announced they will shut down the county’s mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in June due to a lack of demand for inoculations. Instead, the county will focus more on mobile vaccination clinics to provide shots in areas where there is more resistance to getting the jab in the arm. The Super Point-of-Dispensing, […]
Burbank to Follow County Guidelines on Mask-Wearing With Los Angeles County now in the yellow tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening blueprint, Burbank has lifted its separate face-covering order and will follow the Los Angeles County order, the city announced. The move took effect Thursday. The L.A. County order outlines when people can go without a mask in public — and applies […]
Distance Runner, 78, to Begin Cross-Country Run in LA Veteran distance runner Stan Cottrell is celebrating his 78th birthday Friday morning by embarking from Los Angeles’ Pan Pacific Park for 100 days of back-to-back marathons to raise funds for charity before arriving in Washington, D.C. Cottrell entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1980 by completing a cross-country run in 48 days. He […]
Sheriff’s Department Seeks Public Help to Identify Sexual Assault Suspect The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Thursday sought the public’s assistance to identify the man who sexually assaulted a 79-year-old woman after breaking into her home in Hacienda Heights. The man entered the woman’s home in the 1300 block of Kwis Avenue through a window between 2-5 a.m. Sunday and woke her from her sleep […]
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