| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, February 22, 2021
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‘Horrific’ Kidnap Sex Murders Of Two ‘Young, Vulnerable 6-Year-Old Boys’: Life, No Parole As OC, LA DAs Fight Over Prosecution  A “dangerous serial predator” sex offender pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of murder and is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the kidnap sex killings of two young Southland boys within a five-year span. Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced on April […]
  
‘Heartbreaking Loss Of Life,’ Moment Of Silence As US Tops 500,000 COVID Deaths, LA County Nears Grim 20,000  On a day the nation surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, Los Angeles County’s public health director paused for a moment of silence Monday as she delivered a daily update on case numbers, noting the county is nearing 20,000 fatalities from the virus even as infections rates improve. “I do want to start today’s update recognizing the […]
Get Kids Back Into Classroom! Newsom Demands Return To School ‘If You Care About Women, You Care About Moms’  Pointing to the city of Long Beach as a “demonstrable leader” in COVID-19 vaccination efforts, particularly for inoculating teachers, Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday again pressured authorities across the state to accelerate all measures necessary to get students back to in-person classes. Newsom has advanced measures to prioritize vaccinations for teachers — announcing recently that 10% […]
Good News For Orange County: Coronavirus Count Continues Going Down Orange County continued its march from purple to the less restrictive red tier, due to decreasing coronavirus cases, which will allow for the reopening more businesses, as 253 new COVID-19 cases and logged 38 more deaths were reported. The cumulative case count stands at 244,885 and the death toll rose to 3,848. Hospitalizations continued a […]
Coroner’s Inquest Finds Willowbrook Fatal Shooting By Deputy Was One Gunshot To The Back: Deputy Would Take The Fifth A retired justice appointed by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner to conduct an inquest into the death of a parolee shot by a sheriff’s deputy last fall issued her findings Monday, listing the medical cause of death as “a single gunshot wound to the back” and the manner of death as “by […]
Non-Teacher LAUSD Workers, District Reach Deal In Step Toward Reopening A union representing non-teachers at Los Angeles Unified — including custodians, food service workers, truck drivers and other essential workers — has reached agreement with the district in preparation for the eventual reopening of schools for in-person instruction, the union announced Monday. In a statement released Monday morning, Service Employees International Union Local 99 said […]
Two Men Set To Be Arraigned on Murder Counts in December LB Shooting Two men are set to be arraigned Monday in Long Beach on first-degree murder charges stemming from the apparent gang-related shooting death of an innocent bystander who got caught in the crossfire. Long Beach residents Jacquise Wright, 31, and Tyquan Benson, 25, are also each facing counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and shooting […]
Voter Turnout In L.A. County Cities Increases With On-Cycle Election Switch Average voter turnout tripled in 35 cities in Los Angeles County following a 2015 state law that mandated local elections be moved to days of national or state elections if a city’s voter turnout was 25% or lower than the previous four statewide elections, according to a study released Monday. The report, released by the […]
Riverside County Reports 288 Newly Confirmed Coronavirus Cases, 31 New Deaths Riverside County Monday reported 288 newly confirmed coronavirus cases since Friday and 31 additional virus-related deaths, as county health officials continued working toward implementing the state’s new system of tracking and scheduling vaccines alongside Blue Shield. The aggregate number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Riverside County since the pandemic began last March stands at 287,822, […]
Kate Hudson, Kenan Thompson, Tiffany Haddish Added To Golden Globe Presenters Anthony Anderson, Tiffany Haddish, Kate Hudson, Margot Robbie and Kenan Thompson were added Monday to the list of presenters at this weekend’s 78th annual Golden Globe Awards. With much of Sunday’s Globes ceremony being held virtually, the event is being split, with Tina Fey hosting from the Rainbow Room in New York and Amy Poehler […]
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