| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, September 18, 2020
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How To Murder Your Wife: Irvine Attorney Gets Life For Strangling Spouse, Tossing Body Overboard On Cruise A former Irvine attorney was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his ex-wife and throwing her body overboard while on a Mediterranean cruise to solve his financial disputes with the victim. Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 62, was convicted June 15 of murder with a special-circumstance allegation of murder for […]
  
Long Beach Looting Task Force Reports Latest Arrests The Long Beach Police Department announced Friday that its looting task force has made 34 arrests for “significant crimes,” including looting, burglary and vandalism, that were committed during the civil unrest in the city in late May. Among the most recent arrests: — Paul Sanders, 46, of Los Angeles, was arrested on Sept. 5 on […]
Attorney for Dijon Kizzee’s Family Calls Shooting by Deputies `An Execution’ Dismissing the sheriff’s department release of videos and information surrounding the Westmont shooting of Dijon Kizzee by two deputies as a “media-driven sideshow,” an attorney for Kizzee’s family said Friday the man’s killing was nothing short of “an execution.” Attorney Carl Douglas said in a statement that Kizzee’s family was “disturbed by the unspoken messages […]
Actor Danny Masterson Appears in Court on Charges He Raped Three Women Actor Danny Masterson — who is charged with raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003 — made his first appearance Friday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom but did not enter a plea. The 44-year-old actor known for appearing on “That ’70s Show” and “The Ranch” was ordered to return […]
UCLA Researchers Discover Why We Need Sleep A dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs when children are about 2 1/2 years old — a time when sleep’s primary purpose changes from brain-building to brain maintenance and repair, according to a study released Friday by researchers at UCLA. “Don’t wake babies up during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Important work is […]
Jewish New Year Starts at Sundown Amid Coronavirus Restrictions Rosh Hashana begins at sundown Friday with online and outdoor services planned because indoor religious services are prohibited under public health orders. The California Department of Public Health is encouraging families to participate in services within their own homes whenever possible to reduce the risk of the coronavirus. When religious ceremonies require a particular number […]
Azusa Man Pleads Not Guilty to Kidnapping of Luxury Car Dealer An Azusa man pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal charge alleging he took part in the kidnapping of a Southern California luxury car dealer who was held for $2 million ransom, beaten, killed and buried in the Mojave desert. Alexis Ivan Romero Velez, 24, allegedly drove a minivan used in the scheme to abduct […]
OC Reports 247 New COVID-19 Cases, Eight More Deaths Eight more people in Orange County have died from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 1,123, officials said Friday as they reported another 247 newly confirmed coronavirus diagnoses, hiking the cumulative caseload to 51,646. The Orange County Health Care Agency has reported 30 deaths since Sunday. Last week, the OCHCA reported 42 COVID-19 fatalities. The […]
Bobcat Fire Making `Hard Push’ West and North; Evacuation Orders Extended The 60,557-acre Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest was making a “hard push to the west and north” Friday afternoon, as wind gusts reached 35 mph. Containment widened Friday from 9% to 15%, but new evacuation orders were issued for an area east of Highway 39, south of East Fork Road, west of Glendora […]
Giant Cal State System Gets New Leader: Who Will Be Next Chancellor? The California State University – the nation’s largest four-year system of higher education – will learn next week who will be taking over the 480,000-student operation. Current Chancellor Timothy White announced last October that he would be retiring, effective in July 2020. He put those plans on hold in March as the coronavirus pandemic took […]
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