LA, Cincinnati Mayors Make Super Bowl Bet Ahead of Sunday’s Game

If the Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval will wear a Rams jersey at an upcoming public appearance thanks to a bet he made with Mayor Eric Garcetti Friday. The bet will work both ways, with Garcetti forced to wear a Cincinnati Bengals jersey during a public appearance […]

Gardena Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering Charge

One of three suspected members of a Gardena street gang charged in the death of a 29-year-old man who was gunned down in front of his home pleaded guilty Friday to a federal racketeering count. Antonio “Tank” Yanez, 23, entered his plea via Zoom to the charge of violent crime in aid of racketeering, which […]

LA County COVID Hospitalizations Fall Again; 75 More Deaths Reported

COVID-19-positive hospitalizations continued to fall in Los Angeles County Friday, moving residents closer to a lifting of outdoor mask-wearing mandates, but another 75 virus-related deaths were also reported. The 75 new deaths gave the county a pandemic death toll of 29,764. The county also reported 5,610 new cases, for a cumulative total of 2,752,398. According […]

Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit’s Cause of Death Undetermined

A necropsy performed on Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, who died at the end of a workout at Santa Anita Park racetrack in December, failed to determine a definitive cause of death, the California Horse Racing Board announced Friday. “The definitive cause of death of this horse was not determined after post-mortem examination and extensive […]

More Summer-Like Heat Bathes Southland, but Change on Tap by Monday

More summer-like heat bathed the Southland Friday, with additional Santa Ana winds on tap Friday evening and a high-pressure system expected to drive up temperatures through Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures actually dropped slightly in some coastal areas on Friday compared to a day earlier, but most of […]

Orange County’s January COVID-19 Death Toll Jumps by 34

Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continued a steady decline, according to data from the state released Friday. The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals dropped from 581 Thursday to 538 Friday, with the number of those patients in intensive care ticking down from 118 to 102, according to the state Department of Public Health. […]

Whittier-Area Brush Fire Damages Three Homes; Man Arrested

A man has been arrested in connection with a fire in the Whittier area that scorched several acres of brush and damaged three homes, authorities said Friday. The fire was first reported about 2:30 p.m. Thursday near Cinco View Drive and East Banyon Rim Drive, near according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Fixed-wing […]

Man Fatally Shot in Park in South LA Area

A man was fatally shot in Ted Watkins Memorial Park in the South Los Angeles area, and a police investigation was under way Friday. The shooting was reported about 6:20 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of East 103rd Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information was not immediately available on the […]

LA Coroner: Former MLB Player Jeremy Giambi’s Death Listed as Suicide

Former Major League Baseball player Jeremy Giambi died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has determined. Giambi, 47, was found dead on Wednesday about 11:40 a.m. when officers responded to a medical emergency all at his parents’ home, according to Claremont police Lt. Robert Ewing. Ewing said […]

Fired Charter School Work Describes Self as Dedicated Employee

A 59-year-old former charter school special education support staff member who sued her ex-employer, alleging she was wrongfully laid off in 2019 — in part for taking time off to care for her handicapped son — says in new court papers that she took her job seriously and went beyond the call of duty. Plaintiff […]

OCDA Clears Deputy of Criminal Wrongdoing in Fatal Shooting of Black Transient

Orange County prosecutors Friday cleared an Orange County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a transient during a deadly struggle in San Clemente. Assistant District Attorney Stephen McGreevy, who is running for Orange County Superior Court judge, authored the report clearing Deputy Eduardo Duran in the fatal shooting of a 42-year-old Black man, Kurt Andreas Reinhold, […]