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Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, December 9, 2020

House Of Horrors: Young Sons Forced To View Decapitated Brother, Sister As Bloody Bodies In Lancaster Home Five Days

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with decapitating two of his children allegedly forced his two younger children to view their slain siblings, whose remains were in the family’s Lancaster home for five days before he was arrested. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., a 34-year-old personal trainer, was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder […]
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Deadly DUI Hit-And-Run Woman Suspect Nabbed: Newport Crash Killed Parents, Critically Injured 3 Little Kids

Newport Beach Police patchPolice Wednesday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of driving while impaired and causing a crash in Newport Beach that killed a man and woman and left three young children hospitalized. Grace Elizabeth Coleman of Newport Beach, who has a prior conviction for driving under the influence, was booked on suspicion of […]
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Was Suspect In Eight-Year Sex Molestation Blackmailed? He Denies All, Accuses Alleged Victim’s Mom

Photo from Pixabay.A man accused of molesting an underage relative for more than eight years in the San Jacinto Mountain community of Pinyon Pines near Palm Springs testified Wednesday that the allegations stem from a blackmail scheme perpetrated by the alleged victim’s methamphetamine-addicted mother. “She told me I could afford $100,000 because it was going to cost […]
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Mourners Remember CHP Officer Fatally Injured In Palmdale Motorcycle Crash

Funeral services were held Wednesday in Lancaster for California Highway Patrol Officer Andy Ornelas, who was fatally injured in an on-duty crash in Palmdale last month. Ornelas, who was assigned to the Antelope Valley area office, was on patrol Nov. 23 when his CHP motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. He died of his injuries […]
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Little Girl Molested, Child Porn Downloaded: Four Years In State Prison!

A 22-year-old San Jacinto man who molested a girl and downloaded child pornography from the internet was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in state prison. Ramiro Gonzalez Cano pleaded guilty last month to lewd acts on a child under 14 years old and possession of child porn. In exchange for his admissions, the Riverside […]
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Ca. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Lancaster Man Convicted of Wife’s Murder

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of a Lancaster man convicted of murder for stabbing his wife two dozen times at their home after an argument. Rafael Barragan is serving a 26-year-to-life state prison sentence for the July 1, 2017, killing of his 37-year-old wife, Katrina. He was convicted in June […]
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Sexy Giant Marilyn Monroe Sculpture Returns To Palm Springs

An enormous sculpture depicting Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress-flying pose from the 1955 romantic comedy “The Seven Year Itch” is expected to return to Palm Springs early next year, tourism officials said Wednesday. PS Resorts, a nonprofit tourism organization, is in the final stages of purchasing the 26-foot-tall sculpture dubbed “Forever Marilyn” for about $1 million, […]
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State Agrees To Let Playgrounds Reopen Despite Earlier COVID Closure

State health officials reversed course Wednesday and allowed outdoor playgrounds to reopen, despite initially being closed under COVID-19 restrictions, and Los Angeles County’s quickly followed suit, lifting its local closure order. Los Angeles County ordered the closure of indoor and outdoor playgrounds in late November, responding to a local COVID-19 surge that saw the county […]
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Ca. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Man Convicted of Chinatown Killings

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of a former Las Vegas resident convicted of fatally stabbing two men at a private social club in Chinatown nearly four years ago.. Vinh Dao is serving two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole for the Jan. 26, 2017, killings of Kim […]
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Ralphs Will Provide COVID-19 Vaccine at Its Southland Pharmacies

The owners of the Ralphs supermarket chain said Wednesday that their stores will provide access to the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available in California. Ralphs has 77 pharmacies in the Southern California area. The timing of when the vaccine would be available at those pharmacies was not immediately clear. On Tuesday, Los Angeles […]
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