| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, August 6, 2020
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‘Graphic,’ ‘Disturbing’ Death Video Released Of Riverside Sheriff’s Deputies Shooting Suspect Aiming Gun At Them  Authorities Thursday released “graphic” and “disturbing” video footage that appears to show a man pointing a gun at Riverside County sheriff’s deputies before they fatally shot him in front of a gun store in Palm Desert. The video, introduced by Sheriff Chad Bianco warning viewers of “graphic” and “distrubing” images, may be viewed on the […]
  
Five Women Raped By Grammy Award-Winning Producer ‘Detail?’ Arraignment On 20 Sex Charges  The Grammy Award-winning producer known as Detail is set to be arraigned Friday on a 20-count criminal complaint alleging that he raped five women and sexually assaulted another woman, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Noel Christopher Fisher, 41, was charged last week with 11 counts of forcible rape, three counts of […]
Hermosa Beach Will Get You If You Don’t Wear A Mask: More Enforcers Hired -$100 First Offense, $200 Next And Then $500!  Hermosa Beach announced Thursday that it is adding up to four more health ordinance enforcement officers to enforce an urgency measure requiring that people wear face coverings any time they are in the more crowded parts of the city or face fines. The additional workers, who are from a private consulting firm, will join the […]
He Got $8.5M From Feds In Paycheck Protection Program, Then Hit Vegas Tables? Not Guilty Plea To Fraud Charges A Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that he fraudulently obtained at least $8.5 million in coronavirus relief funds and gambled away some of it in Las Vegas. Andrew Marnell, 40, was given a tentative trial date of Sept. 29 in Los Angeles federal court. Marnell faces bank fraud charges for […]
Riverside Man Killed in Wreck on Interstate 215 A 39-year-old man died when his sedan slammed into the back of a motorhome on Interstate 215 in Riverside, authorities said Thursday. Cory McClanahan of Riverside died about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on southbound I-215 near University Avenue. He was in the No. 3 lane of the five-lane corridor “traveling at a high rate of speed,” […]
Knock Off Those Giant Parties If You Want To Live: LA Health Officer Warns COVID-19 ‘Spreading Pretty Easily’ Following a series of recent high-profile parties held in spite of coronavirus restrictions, Los Angeles County’s health officer Thursday added his voice to calls against large gatherings that can be come super-spreaders of COVID-19. “COVID-19 is spreading pretty easily,” Dr. Muntu Davis said in an online media briefing. “We have high case rates, and the […]
Orange County Reports 580 New COVID-19 Cases, 32 More Deaths The Orange County Health Care Agency Thursday reported 32 COVID-19 fatalities, raising the coronavirus death toll to 697, but the number of hospitalizations edged down. Of Thursday’s death toll, five were skilled nursing facility residents, three were assisted living facility residents and one was homeless. Since the pandemic began, 279 skilled nursing facility residents have […]
LAPD Announces $10,000 Reward for Help Finding Vandal Authorities Thursday announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information that helps track down a man they say vandalized a memorial display on an outside wall of the Los Angeles Police Department’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The vandalism occurred about 5:30 p.m. on July 25, when a group of protesters entered the property […]
Funeral Services Held For LAPD Officer Who Died of COVID-19 Family, co-workers and elected officials gathered Thursday for the funeral service for Los Angeles Police Department Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency’s first sworn employee to die of complications from COVID-19. Martinez was a 13-year veteran of the department and is presumed to have contracted the virus on duty. He was 45 when he died on […]
MOCA Launches Sales of Artist-Created Masks As Fund-Raising Tool Starting Thursday, face masks designed by artists and crafted in Los Angeles are available from the Museum of Modern Art’s online store for $28 apiece. Featured artists include Yoko Ono, Virgil Abloh, Mark Grotjahn, Alex Israel, Barbara Kruger, Catherine Opie, Pipilotti Rist and Hank Willis Thomas. The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts also took […]
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