| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, October 9, 2020 |
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Horror Of Sexual Intercourse With 2-Year-Old Girl Gets Buena Park Attacker 50 Years To Life A 24-year-old Buena Park man was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl. Arthur William Robert Callender was convicted in April following a trial that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced a closure of the county’s courthouses for a time. Jurors agreed to return to […]
Homeless Housing For LA: $40 Million Awarded To Build 243 New Dwellings Mayor Eric Garcetti joined Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday to announce the city of Los Angeles has been awarded nearly $40 million to create housing for homeless people through the state’s fourth round of the Homekey initiative. “Confronting and ending homelessness is a team effort, demanding attention, resources and investment from cities, counties and our state,” […]
Kidnapping, Carjacking Of Disabled Woman: Suspect Held On $1 Million Bail A 37-year-old man was behind bars Friday on suspicion of driving off with a physically disabled woman in an idling car, refusing to let her go until her family tracked her down and confronted him. Jaime Magana Arechiga was arrested Thursday, booked on suspicion of carjacking, kidnapping and false imprisonment of an elder or dependent […]
Cow Abuse Lawsuit Against San Jacinto Family Based on Fiction, Lawyers Says A lawsuit alleging abuse of dairy cows at a San Jacinto farm, where an animal rights organization claims workers mistreat the bovines as part of their routine, is a “publicity stunt” that is rooted in fiction, an attorney for the defendants said Friday. “These folks have been in the dairy business for many generations, starting […]
Ex-NFL Quarterback Ryan Leaf Pleads Guilty to Domestic Violence Charge Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf Friday admitted a misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from his arrest in Palm Desert over Memorial Day weekend, in a plea deal with prosecutors in which he avoided jail time. Leaf, 44, was sentenced to three years of informal probation and ordered to complete a one-year domestic violence class in […]
LAUSD Teachers Reach Deal For Voluntary In-Person Tutoring The union representing Los Angeles Unified teachers announced Friday it has reached an agreement with the district authorizing instructors to voluntarily provide in-person tutoring, student assessments and “targeted adult education classes.” United Teachers Los Angeles President Cecily Myart-Cruz said such programs “require some level of in-person work.” “We are gratified that we could reach an […]
Man Who Illegally Procured Pistols That He Tried to Sell Sentenced A Riverside man who illegally possessed more than a dozen handguns that he intended to sell privately was sentenced Friday to a year of mandatory supervision and ordered not to own any firearms. In August, Jermaine Anthony Augustine Hernandez, 25, admitted one count of attempted sale of a firearm to a prohibited person and one […]
DA’s Office Warns of Telemedicine Scam The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office warned consumers Friday about a telemedicine scam in which con artists take health insurance information and file bogus medical claims. Con artists promise consumers that video appointments will be covered by their health insurance, and consumers may not end up receiving any services, according to the District Attorney’s […]
LA County Reports Another 1,265 COVID Cases, 13 Deaths For the second day in a row, Los Angeles County reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases Friday, continuing a three-day string of elevated numbers that could further stall efforts to reopen more sectors of the local economy. The county announced 1,256 new cases Friday, down slightly from the 1,280 announced on Thursday. The county […]
Orange County Reports 162 New COVID-19 Cases, 10 Deaths Ten more people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, raising the death toll to 1,316, as officials Friday also reported 162 new diagnoses of coronavirus, hiking the cumulative to 55,345. Orange County Health Care Agency officials said they were pleased to see new daily cases under 200, which keeps the county in the red […]
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