| | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
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LACo Sheriff’s Deputy Killed, Passenger Injured in High-Speed Sports Car Crash A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who investigators say was driving a Shelby Cobra “at a high rate of speed” lost control of the roadster and crashed early Thursday in Temple City, leaving the deputy dead and his female passenger injured. The crash was reported at 2:10 a.m. on Santa Anita Avenue north of […]
LA County Announces Re-Homing Program In Effort to Keep Pets Out of Shelters A free online program has been launched to allow people who need to find new homes for their pets to match up with prospective owners without the animals having to be turned in at a shelter, the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control announced Thursday. “Surrendering pets to an animal care center […]
USC: Opioid Deaths Increased Among Less-Educated Whites During Lockdown Stay-at-home orders implemented in Los Angeles County during March and April of 2020 were associated with increased opioid-related deaths among whites, while opioid-related deaths among Black, Asian and Hispanic individuals decreased, according to a USC-led study announced Thursday. The study led by researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and the […]
L.A. World Cup Host Committee Launches Video in Bid to Host 2026 Matches The Los Angeles World Cup Host Committee Thursday released a video featuring actor Will Ferrell and L.A. Galaxy player Cobi Jones in a bid to have the city host matches during the FIFA World Cup in 2026, which will be held in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. “When I think of soccer and L.A., I […]
Man Killed at Metro Station, Suspect at Large A search was continuing Thursday for the person who fatally shot a man who had just stepped off a Metro train south of downtown Los Angeles. Detectives were called at 11:51 p.m. Wednesday to 1945 Long Beach Ave., the Washington Station stop on the Metro A (Blue) Line. According to Los Angeles police, a man […]
Father, Estate of 29-Year-Old Man Shot by Deputies File Civil Rights Suit The father of a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in 2020 filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, alleging that the case raises issues of excessive force and the existence of deputy gangs. Edwin Kizzee, the father of the late Dijon Kizzee, as well as the estate […]
Judge Mulls Fate of Content Creator’s Defamation Suit Against Comic/Singer A judge says she is inclined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a social media and digital marketing strategist and “Girl, I Guess” podcast co-host against a comedian/singer, but took the case under submission Thursday to study the issues further. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Monica Bachner issued a tentative ruling granting Jessie Woo’s motion […]
CHLA, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Get Cancer Research Grants Hyundai Hope On Wheels, a nonprofit organization supported by Hyundai Motor America and its U.S. dealers, Thursday announced the winners of 64 childhood cancer research and programmatic grants totaling $13 million, with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital among the recipients. The grants, which are focused on improving outcomes for children battling […]
August Ontario Airport Passenger Traffic More Than Doubles From Last Year Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport — a popular alternative for Southland travelers — more than doubled in August compared to the same month a year ago, reaching a near full recovery from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that dramatically slowed air traffic, airport officials announced Thursday. More than 467,000 passengers traveled through the airport in […]
CalOptima’s CEO Announces Retirement The chief executive officer of CalOptima, the county’s insurance program for residents in need, will retire in November, officials said Thursday. Richard Sanchez will step down on Nov. 7. Sanchez has led the agency since April of last year. Before that, he was director of the Orange County Health Care Agency for three years. “After […]
OC’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Flat Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained relatively flat Thursday with a slight uptick in the patient count, continuing a slowdown of the summer Delta variant-fueled surge. Hospitalizations ticked up from 368 Wednesday to 371 Thursday, with the number of patients in intensive care dipping from 103 to 102, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. […]
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