| | | | The news for Wednesday, May 19, 2021
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Innocent Mom Safely Asleep In Bed With Toddler Killed As Drunken Woman Crashes Vehicle Into South LA Apartment Building: 8 Years In Prison  A woman driver who was drunk when she crashed her vehicle into a South Los Angeles apartment building, killing an innocent mother asleep next to her toddler daughter, has been sentenced to eight years in state prison. Connie Jo Howard, now 61, pleaded no contest last October to one count each of gross vehicular manslaughter […]
  
Battle Versus Palisades Fire Enters Day 5, with Arson Suspect in Custody With an arson suspect in custody, firefighters Wednesday began their fifth full day of battling the Palisades Fire, a 1,158-acre brusher in rugged terrain that was 47 percent contained. LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas said no structures have been lost, and the only injury has been a “minor eye injury” to a firefighter. About 450 firefighters […]
Hunt For Bloody Slasher In Nightmare El Pollo Loco Stabbing In Hollywood: Victim Critical, Motive A Mystery  Police Wednesday hunted a Hollywood slasher who ran away after stabbing his victim multiple times in a fight in the parking lot of an El Pollo Loco restaurant. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition. The bloody stabbing victim managed to enter the El Pollo Loco restaurant at Fountain Avenue and Vine Street following the […]
Barger Laments Mixed Mask Messaging, Agrees With June 15 Date to Lift Rules Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who last week called on the governor to immediately align the state with relaxed federal COVID-19 guidelines on mask-wearing, said Tuesday she supports the decision to wait until June 15, but she lamented mixed messaging from federal and local authorities. “My response and the request to the governor was […]
Average LA County Gas Price Rises For 25th Time in 26 Days The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Wednesday for the 25th time in 26 days, increasing four-tenths of a cent to $4.179. The average price has increased 15.3 cents over the past 26 days, including one-tenth of a cent Tuesday, to its highest amount since Oct. 20, […]
Orange County Qualifies for Yellow Tier Wednesday Thanks to Falling COVID-19 Rate Orange County has been notified by the state that it is eligible to move into the least-restrictive yellow tier in the state’s COVID-19 economic reopening plan beginning Wednesday. Initially, officials thought they had to wait 48 hours, but that rule has been dropped and they confirmed they could reopen in the yellow tier on Wednesday. […]
LA County to Hold First Public Hearing on $36.2 Billion Recommended Budget The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to hold its first public hearing Wednesday on a $36.2 billion recommended budget for fiscal year 2021-22 — a plan that emphasizes spending to expand safety-net services, support economic recovery and address racial and other inequities. County Chief Executive Officer Fesia Davenport plans to update the […]
More High Winds Expected in LA Mountains, Antelope Valley Gusty winds will continue sweeping through portions of Los Angeles County Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued wind advisories for the Los Angeles County Mountains, excluding the Santa Monica Range, and for the Antelope Valley. For the L.A. mountains, an advisory will last until 10 a.m. Wednesday. The weather service said to expect northwest to […]
LASD Searching for Missing LA Man, 64, Suffering From Diabetes, Heart Issues Sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help to find a 64-year-old man suffering from diabetes and heart issues who went missing in Los Angeles. William Everett Smith was last seen around 5 a.m. Tuesday in the 2000 block of Marengo Street, near LAC-USC Hospital. Smith may be headed to Diamond Bar, according to the […]
Arraignment Set for Man in San Gabriel Mission Fire  Arraignment is set Wednesday for a 57-year-old man charged with setting a four-alarm fire that caused extensive damage to the historic San Gabriel Mission last summer. John David Corey — also known as “Joker” — was charged May 4 with two felony counts of arson of an inhabited structure and one count each of arson […]
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