| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, November 18, 2021
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Los Angeles’ Three-Day Memorial For Victims Lost To Pandemic Begins Thursday  Los Angeles is having a three-day memorial beginning Thursday to memorialize the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Strength and Love, The City of Angels’ COVID-19 Memorial” is organized by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office. The memorial comes as another 22 COVID-19 deaths were reported on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll to 26,923. “It’s not […]
  
Hollywood Sign Undergoes Cleanup, Restoration Ahead of 100 Year Anniversary  The nonprofit responsible for maintaining the Hollywood Sign announced Thursday it completed the first stage of restoration work in preparation of the sign’s 100th anniversary in 2023. The Hollywood Sign Trust is working to restore the sign to its “pristine condition,” achieved in its rebuild in 1978. The first phase, which began on Oct. 15 […]
Holiday Travel Crush Begins: LAX Expects 2 Million People Over Next 2 Weeks  Up to 2 million people are expected to pass through Los Angeles International Airport during the two-week Thanksgiving holiday period that begins Thursday, potentially doubling the number from the same time last year. In a statement, airport officials said they expect the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, which begins Thursday and continues through Nov. 30, to […]
`You’ Tops Streaming Ratings; `Squid Game’ Second After Four Consecutive Wins “You” ended “Squid Game’s” four-week streak atop the streaming ratings in the first full week its 10-episode third season was available on Netflix, according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen. Viewers spent 2.682 billion minutes watching the 30 episodes of the psychological thriller the week of Oct. 18-24, 38.4% more than the 1.938 billion minutes […]
Boy, Teen Missing from Tennessee Found Safe in Dana Point A 3-year-old boy and his 16-year-old cousin who were the subject of an Amber Alert out of Tennessee were found safe Thursday in Dana Point. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies received a tip from a “concerned resident” around 8:50 a.m. Thursday about a boy matching the description of 3-year-old Noah Clare. Responding […]
No-Burn Order Extended Through Friday For Many Parts of Southland The South Coast Air Quality Management District Thursday extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland until Friday night due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban now extends through 11:59 p.m. Friday for all those in the South Coast Air […]
OC Prosecutor Sues County for Racial, Sexual Harassment One of several women who have accused a retired Orange County senior prosecutor of sexual harassment sued the county Thursday alleging racial and sexual harassment and retaliation by the District Attorney’s Office. The suit, which names the county and former prosecutor Gary LoGalbo as defendants, on behalf of an unnamed woman by attorney Matt Murphy, […]
Santa Ana Minister Charged with Child Porn A 22-year-old Santa Ana minister is charged with possessing thousands of images of child pornography, including some of infants, according to court records obtained Thursday. Luis Pablo Anayamartin is charged with a count of possession or control of child pornography, a count of advertising of obscene matter depicting children, and three counts of sale or […]
County Sues Law Firm Over Compensation Demand for Representing Sheriff A law firm that temporarily represented Sheriff Alex Villanueva in his failed attempt to reinstate a deputy fired over domestic violence allegations should not be able to arbitrate its claims for compensation, Los Angeles County argued in a new lawsuit. The county brought the complaint Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart […]
Jury Gets Case of Sheriff’s Deputy Charged in On-Duty Shooting Death Jurors were handed the case Thursday against a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy charged with voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of a man at a Norwalk gas station nearly six years ago. Deputy District Attorney Chris Baker told jurors in his closing argument that Luke Liu “made one tragically bad decision after another and […]
Ontario Airport Expects High Volume of Travelers More than 180,000 passengers are expected to pass through Ontario International Airport — a popular alternative for Southland travelers — during the Thanksgiving holiday period, a number airport officials said Thursday will nearly equal pre-pandemic volumes of Thanksgiving 2019. Airport executives estimate 180,639 passengers will fly into and out of Ontario International Airport during the […]
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