| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, January 21, 2022
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LA Seeks To Spread Awareness About Human Trafficking Ahead Of Super Bowl  Local and state officials will kick off an anti-human trafficking campaign at the Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday to spread awareness ahead of the Super Bowl, which, like other large events, is susceptible to high levels of human and sex trafficking. The airport installed signs on its digital screens and in the airport’s 460 […]
  
VP Kamala Harris Heading for Weekend Stay in Brentwood  Westside motorists could encounter some afternoon rush-hour delays Friday thanks to an anticipated weekend stopover by Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris will be in San Bernardino Friday afternoon with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, receiving a briefing on efforts to prevent and mitigate wildfires. They will both make public remarks about funding included in the […]
Gascón Says Union Pacific Doesn’t Adequately Protect Cargo  A day after Gov. Gavin Newsom toured a stretch of Union Pacific rail tracks in Los Angeles littered with the remains of looted packages, L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón said the railroad doesn’t do enough to ensure its trains are adequately locked and protected. In a letter to UP General Director of Public Affairs […]
LACo COVID Hospitalizations Drop Slightly, but 65 More Deaths Reported  After a month of steady increases, the number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals fell slightly Friday, but the number of people being treated in intensive care rose again and another 65 virus-related deaths were reported. According to state figures, there were 4,792 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Friday, down from […]
Suspect in Hancock Park Stabbing Death Charged with Murder  A homeless man suspected of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old UCLA grad student inside a Hancock Park furniture store was charged Friday with murder. Shawn Laval Smith, 31, is expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on the murder charge, which stems from the Jan. 13 killing of Brianna Kupfer. She […]
Costa Mesa Police Seek Help Catching Hit-Run Driver  Costa Mesa police asked for the public’s help Friday tracking down a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in a wheelchair. Police were called about 11:30 p.m. Thursday to Newport Boulevard and Industrial Way about the hit-and-run collision, according to Roxi Fyad of the Costa Mesa Police Department. The victim — Richard Smith, 50, of […]
Hundreds at Memorial Service Remember Firefighter Killed in House Blaze Los Angeles County Fire Department colleagues remembered veteran firefighter Jonathan Flagler at a memorial service Friday as a selfless hero, while his widow told nearly a thousand mourners at a Los Alamitos church that she’s lost “my best friend.” “We’ll always remember the day we lost our brother,” department Chaplain Vince Roldan told mourners gathered […]
Ex-Gardena Officer in Illegal Firearms Sales Case Gets Probation A former Gardena police officer was sentenced Friday to two years of probation for scheming to purchase “off-roster” firearms not available to the general public and then illegally reselling the weapons for profit. Edward Yasushiro Arao, 51, of Eastvale, was also ordered to serve 100 hours of community service and pay a $15,000 fine, according […]
L.A. to Weigh Naming Boyle Heights Intersection for Artist Robert Vargas The Los Angeles City Council will consider honoring Los Angeles-based artist Robert Vargas Tuesday by naming an intersection for him in his native Boyle Heights. Councilman Kevin de León introduced the motion, which was seconded by Councilman Gil Cedillo, to name the intersection of Pennsylvania and Boyle avenues “Robert Vargas Square Artist – Angeleno.” If […]
Emmy Award Winning Actor Louie Anderson Dies at 68 Emmy-winning actor and stand-up comedian Louie Anderson died Friday due to complications from cancer at age 68. He was being treated for blood cancer in a Las Vegas hospital after being diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, his publicist Glenn Schwartz told The Hollywood Reporter. Anderson was selected as one of the 100 Greatest […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Trend Down Again Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Orange County saw another welcome decrease for the second consecutive day as signs grow indicating the Omicron variant-fueled surge may be slowing, according to data released Friday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of hospitalized patients fell from 1,183 on Thursday to 1,144, while the number of patients […]
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