| | | | | The news for Saturday, May 21, 2022 |
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LA County Formally Extends COVID Mask Requirement on Public Transit With COVID-19 case numbers steadily rising — enough to push Los Angeles County into the “medium” virus risk level — the mask-wearing requirement on public transit and at transportation hubs has officially been extended. The county issued a health order in late April requiring masks on transit vehicles and at hubs such as airports and […]
Black Woman Settles With El Segundo Over Shoplifting Arrest A 55-year-old Black woman who sued the city of El Segundo and the parent company of Anthropologie stores, alleging she was arrested and falsely accused of shoplifting in 2019 because of the color of her skin, has reached a partial settlement of her case. Attorneys for plaintiff Sheronda M. Bonner filed court papers Friday with […]
Person Struck and Killed on Freeway in Tustin A person was struck and killed Saturday on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Tustin, authorities said. The crash occurred about 1:10 a.m. on the northbound at 17th Street, the California Highway Patrol reported. Witnesses said a person was walking in the No. 3 of the northbound freeway prior to the crash, possibly wearing a […]
Orange County’s COVID Infections, Hospitalizations Climbing Orange County’s coronavirus transmission rate and the number of COVID-positive patients in local hospitals are both on the rise, according to data from the Orange County Health Care Agency. The daily case rate per 100,000 people in Orange County increased from 14.7 Monday to 16.5 Friday on a seven-day average with seven-day lag, and from […]
Famed Hollywood Studio Designer Convicted of Child Molestation Hollywood studio architect Jeffrey Cooper is scheduled to be sentenced June 1 following his conviction in Van Nuys on three counts of child molestation, according to news reports. On Friday, a jury found Cooper guilty of three felony charges of lewd acts on a child. Cooper, 70, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture […]
LA County Monitoring Monkeypox Situation, but No Local Cases Los Angeles County health officials say they are closely monitoring developments in an international monkeypox outbreak, but no cases have been found locally. Thus far, only one case has been confirmed domestically, in Massachusetts. But world health officials have grown increasingly concerned due to cases that have popped up in unusual locations, such as the […]
Supervisor Kathryn Barger Endorses Recall of DA George Gascón Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has become the latest prominent voice to support the effort to recall District Attorney George Gascón — saying “the last straw” for her was a report detailing how zero-bail policies are diminishing the effectiveness of a diversion program aimed at steering mentally ill, addicted or homeless people into treatment […]
Ex-Chapman Law Professor Pushes Back on Jan. 6 Committee Claims Former Chapman University law professor John Eastman has filed a lengthy motion doubling down on his claims of widespread corruption in the 2020 presidential election in his bid to keep the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol from seeing hundreds of his emails. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled in […]
Garcetti’s Parents Hire Lobbyists To Aid Ambassadorship Confirmation Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents have hired McGuireWoods Consulting to lobby for the mayor’s ambassadorship nomination to make it through the U.S. Senate, according to media reports. Garcetti was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to India on July 9, 2021. The Senate’s confirmation of the nomination has become more uncertain amid […]
One Year Ago Today (May 21, 2021)…Actor Danny Masterson Ordered to Stand Trial For Alleged Rapes of 3 Women One Year Ago Today (May 21, 2021)…Danny Masterson was ordered to stand trial on three counts of rape by a judge who found the three female accusers’ delays in reporting their cases reasonable given the tenets of the Church of Scientology, of which the actor is a longtime adherent. “I found all three witnesses to […]
Murder Suspect Arrested in Pomona After Chase A murder suspect was arrested Friday evening after leading police on a chase that ended on the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Pomona. According to broadcast reports, the pursuit began in San Bernardino after police received calls about a domestic dispute. The suspect evaded San Bernardino law enforcement officers and drove a blue Chevrolet […]
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