| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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LA City Attorney Announces Plan To Combat Increasing Gun Violence  Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer Tuesday announced an eight-point plan to address increasing gun violence in Los Angeles. Feuer — who is running for mayor this year — submitted a plan calling for an inter-jurisdictional response to gun violence to Mayor Eric Garcetti, the City Council, the Board of Police Commissioners, Police Chief Michel […]
  
Mayor Eric Garcetti Nominates First Woman to Lead LA Fire Department  Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley Tuesday to be the first woman to lead the Los Angeles Fire Department following Chief Ralph Terrazas’ retirement on March 26. The mayor announced the appointment alongside City Council President Nury Martinez, Crowley and Terrazas outside the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center. The Los Angeles City Council […]
Man Charged with Attack at Vaccine Clinic in Tustin  A 44-year-old man was charged Tuesday with an attack on health care workers at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Tustin after they asked him to don a mask. Thomas Apollo of Poway was told to leave Families Together clinic at 621 W. First Street just before 10 a.m. on Dec. 30 when he refused to […]
West LA Pharmacy in Health Care Fraud Ordered to Pay $4.4M in Restitution  A West Los Angeles pharmacy was ordered to pay restitution of more than $4.4 million Tuesday for its involvement in a health care fraud scheme that paid kickbacks to steer business its way. The now-defunct Fusion Rx Compounding Pharmacy, which pleaded guilty through its owner last year to federal charges, was sentenced to five years […]
Ex-Con Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for Deadly Crime Spree  With a judge calling him “evil personified,” an ex-con was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for taking part in a violent crime spree that included a motorist being fatally shot in Panorama City and a wrong-way freeway crash in which a woman and her three children were injured in […]
`Insecure,’ `King Richard,’ `H.E.R.’ Among Top NAACP Image Award Nominees Films including “King Richard” and “Judas and the Black Messiah,” along with the HBO series “Insecure” and entertainers Megan Thee Stallion and H.E.R. were among the top nominees announced Tuesday for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. The awards celebrate “outstanding achievements and performances of people of color” in categories including film, television, music, literature and […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Stable The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals declined slightly Tuesday, but the number of those patients in intensive care increased. There are 1,197 people with the coronavirus in county hospitals, down from 1,202 on Monday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. But the number of COVID patients in the ICU was […]
Crews Pour Concrete for Last of 20 Arches on Sixth Street Viaduct Construction crews began pouring concrete Tuesday for the last of 20 arches on the Sixth Street Viaduct, marking a major milestone for the project to replace the bridge connecting the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Concrete pouring began about 9:30 a.m., and the 260 cubic yards of concrete will be poured […]
Sen. Hertzberg Announces Run for LA County Board of Supervisors State Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg announced a run for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, vowing to bring a powerful voice to the board on behalf of the San Fernando Valley. “We in the valley know what it means to have an 818 area code,” Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, said in a statement […]
Authorities Seek 3 in String of Store Robberies Authorities Tuesday sought the public’s help to identify three men wanted in a string of at least three convenience-store robberies in the Lakewood, Bellflower and Paramount areas. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were first called about 9:10 p.m. Monday to a convenience store in the 800 block of Bellflower Boulevard in Lakewood after a […]
Former Civilian Westminster Police Investigator Accused in OT Scam A former Westminster Police Department civilian investigator was charged Tuesday with putting in $12,000 in bogus requests for overtime. Nadia Arlett Alvarez Poblete, 26, of Huntington Beach, was charged with a count of grand theft by an employee and 14 counts of presenting a false claim, all felonies. She could face up to 12 years […]
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