| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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Little Girl Sex Attacks By Two Men For Five Years? One Suspect Says ‘Not Guilty,’ Other Hunted  One of two men accused of sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl over a five-year period pleaded not guilty Wednesday to child molestation. Angel Moreno Salazar, 26, is accused with 47-year-old Oscar Moreno Martinez of assaulting the victim, identified in court documents only as “Jane Doe,” on multiple occasions between 2011 and 2016. Salazar was […]
  
Weather Whiplash: Hot Thursday But Cold Blast Coming This Weekend  Brief critical fire weather conditions returned to the Southland’s coastal mountain slopes Wednesday, with more warm, dry weather expected Thursday before a sharp change to the first truly cold days of autumn. “Big swings in the weather this week, going from near normal temps, to much above normal, to well below normal all in the […]
Holly Mitchell Wins Race Against Wesson: She’s New LA Supervisor! Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, was celebrating Wednesday an unexpectedly lopsided victory in her race against Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson to replace termed-out Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in the county’s 2nd District. Results from Tuesday night’s election showed Mitchell with a surprisingly wide margin, pulling in nearly 61% of the vote, collecting roughly 100,000 […]
Santa Ana Jail Inmate Found Dead in Cell An inmate in Sana Ana’s jail was found dead in his cell early Wednesday. During a routine welfare check, the inmate, whose name was not immediately released, was found alone in his cell dead just before 1:40 a.m., Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. Jail staffers attempted to revive the man, but were unable […]
L.A. Council Votes to Authorize Businesses to Require Patrons to Wear Masks The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to give authority to business owners to refuse service to patrons who do not wear masks or face coverings while on their premises amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Small business owners and their employees are risking their lives to stay afloat in the midst of this economic and public […]
Measure J’s ‘Care First’ Public Safety Plan Headed for Victory County voters appeared Wednesday to have passed a charter amendment requiring that a minimum of 10% of the county’s unrestricted general funds be spent on housing, mental health treatment, jail diversion programs and other alternatives to incarceration. With initial vote-counting from Tuesday’s election complete, Measure J had the support of 57% of voters and a […]
Star Trek Actress’ Son Seeks New Conservatorship for Mom in NM Nichelle Nichols’ son will ask a New Mexico court to grant him a new conservatorship of his mother in that state, where he moved the 87-year-old “Star Trek” actress on Sunday, his attorney told a Los Angeles judge Wednesday. When Nichols was still living at her longtime Woodland Hills home, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge […]
IRS Warns of New COVID-Related Scam The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry Wednesday warned of a new text scam created by thieves that attempts to trick people into disclosing bank account information under the guise of receiving the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. The IRS, states and industry, working together as the Security Summit, reminds taxpayers that […]
Three Razor-Thin Congressional Races Still Undecided in L.A., Orange Counties Assemblywoman Christy Smith, OC Supervisor Michelle Steel and former Assemblywoman Young Kim were holding onto unsteady leads Wednesday in three of the closest Southland congressional races in recent memory. California election officials reported 100% of the same-day vote had been counted Wednesday, but thousands of mail-in, provisional and conditional registration ballots were still uncounted. Mail-in […]
Pair Suspected of Gunning Down Man During Attempted Abduction Two men suspected of beating, attempting to abduct and ultimately killing a 36-year-old Hemet resident were behind bars Wednesday. Alberto Franco, 24, of Hemet and Christian Anselmo Gomez, 43, of Homeland were both arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Hemet Police Department. Franco was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion […]
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