| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Lady Gaga’s Accused French Bulldog Dognappers Nabbed, Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Dog Walker  Three people were charged Thursday with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker and the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs, while two others — including a woman who claimed to have found the dogs — are charged with being accessories after the fact. Los Angeles police said […]
  
Innocent Young Couple Killed As Pickup Truck In Cop Chase Crashes Into Victims’ Car In Inglewood  A man and woman were killed when a suspected impaired driver being chased by authorities crashed a pickup truck into their car in Inglewood, authorities said Thursday. Officers saw a blue Dodge pickup truck speeding and running a red light on Century Boulevard near the San Diego (405) Freeway at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, then the […]
`Very Worrisome’ Sharp Drop In Demand For COVID Vaccine In LA County: Lots Of People Fail To Show Up For First Shot  In a trend described as “very worrisome,” the number of people getting their first COVID-19 vaccination at Los Angeles County sites dropped significantly over the past week, marking the first such drop and leading to more calls Thursday for people get the shots and propel the county toward a return to normalcy. County Public Health […]
He’s Accused Of Driving Truck Into Pasadena Black Lives Matter Protesters; He’ll Now Plead Guilty To Fed Firearm Crimes  A San Gabriel Valley man accused of driving a truck into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Old Town Pasadena last year agreed Thursday to plead guilty to a series of federal weapons offenses. Benjamin Jong Ren Hung, 28, of San Marino, will plead guilty to 11 felony offenses, including conspiracy, transporting and […]
Wounded LAPD Cop Still Hospitalized From Wild Gunfight In Sherman Oaks Apartment Garage An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer remained hospitalized Thursday after being shot with his own service weapon during a rolling gun battle in Sherman Oaks that also injured the suspect, who allegedly broke into the officer’s car and stole his weapon and bulletproof vest. The dramatic confrontation occurred about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday when the […]
Jury Finds Anaheim Cops Largely Responsible For Death Of Homeless Man In Scuffle: Parents Awarded $1.8 Million A jury found Thursday that Anaheim police were largely responsible for the death of a 35-year-old transient in a scuffle with officers three years ago, awarding his parents nearly $1.8 in damages. The panel deliberated for about 5 1/2 days before reaching the verdict and determining that the officers were 78% responsible for Christopher Eisinger’s […]
Orange County Reports Just 43 New COVID-19 Cases Orange County Thursday reported just 43 new COVID-19 cases and logged four more fatalities, including one that happened in December, as hospitalization rates inched downward. The new cases Wednesday pushed the county’s total to 253,780 since the pandemic began, while the death toll rose to 4,948. The number of COVID-19 patients in county hospitals decreased […]
Man Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting in Lake Los Angeles Area: Large Rocks Blocking Traffic, Shotgun Fired? A man was killed Thursday in a shooting involving sheriff’s deputies in the Lake Los Angeles area, authorities said. The man died at the scene of the shooting, which occurred about 11:05 a.m. in the 39400 block of 167th Street East, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. No deputies were injured. Information on […]
Mars Helicopter’s 4th Flight `Didn’t Get Off The Ground’; Crews To Try Again The fourth flight of Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s history-making Ingenuity helicopter on Mars “didn’t get off the ground” Thursday, and mission managers were assessing data from the rotorcraft to determine the next steps. No information was immediately released about what prevented the flight from occurring. According to a JPL Twitter post: “Aim high, and fly, fly […]
Coalition of CA Mayors Seeks $20 Billion Over Five Years For Homeless Funding Mayor Eric Garcetti joined a coalition of mayors from California’s 13 largest cities Thursday in calling on state officials to provide cities with $20 billion over five years to address the statewide homeless crisis. “This is the biggest crisis in California. We see it on our underpasses and overpasses, we see it under our bridges, […]
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