| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, July 16, 2021
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Man Convicted of Cyber-Prowling in Search of Sex with Teen  A 28-year-old man who planned a sexual tryst with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl he met online, but was in fact an undercover law enforcement officer, is facing up to six years in state prison when he’s sentenced next month. A Riverside jury on Thursday afternoon convicted Leonides Edgardo Guzman of Phelan […]
  
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stabbing His Lover’s Husband and the Man’s Teen Son  A man accused of stabbing his lover’s husband and the man’s 14-year-old son in Placentia pleaded not guilty Friday to a half-dozen felony charges, including attempted murder. Uriel Cortezchavez, 31, was also charged Thursday with one count each of burglary, mayhem and battery with serious bodily injury, and two counts of assault with a deadly […]
Skeletal Remains Found During Search For Woman Missing Since December  Police searching for signs of a woman who disappeared from Venice in December discovered skeletal remains Friday while combing a 600-acre area of the Ballona Wetlands and Ballona Creek near Marina del Rey. There was no immediate confirmation the remains are those of Kolby Story, 32, who was last seen Dec. 7, 2020, in the […]
`Hollywood Ripper’ Sentenced To Death For Pair Of Southland Murders  A man dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper” was sentenced to death Friday for killing and mutilating two Southland women, including one who died hours before she was set to go out with actor Ashton Kutcher. Michael Gargiulo, 45, was also convicted of attacking a third woman who survived and testified against him at his trial. In […]
Man Arrested at Federal Building with Weapons to Remain in Custody for Now A man accused of trying to enter the parking garage of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles while wearing body armor and carrying firearms in his truck was ordered Friday to remain in federal custody pending a detention hearing. Erik Christopher Younggren, 34, of Cherry Valley in Riverside County, is scheduled […]
Cox Uses Disney’s Relocation of 2,000 Jobs to Assail California Politicians  Standing outside Disneyland, Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox Friday blasted the Walt Disney Co.’s plans to relocate about 2,000 jobs from Southern California to Florida as an example of California politicians’ “failures.” “Disneyland calls itself the `Happiest Place on Earth.’ Sadly, it looks like Disney is happier and happier in Florida,” Cox said. “The failures […]
OC Home Prices, Sales Go Higher The median price of a single-family home in Orange County increased 3.5% last month, while sales of existing homes grew by double digits, the California Association of Realtors said Friday. The median home price countywide in June was $1.13 million, compared to $1.1 million in May, according to CAR. On a year-over-year level, the price […]
Truck Crash Prompts Closure of Northbound 170 Freeway in North Hollywood Area A crash involving a pickup truck carrying pool chemicals prompted closure of the northbound Hollywood (170) Freeway in the North Hollywood area for about four hours Friday. The crash was reported about 9 a.m. at Sherman Way, according to the California Highway Patrol. Hazardous-materials crews were sent to clean up the chemicals, a process that […]
COVID Surge: LA County Residents Again Ordered to Wear Masks Indoors In the face of steadily increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County will again require people to wear masks in indoor settings beginning Saturday night, regardless of their vaccination status. “We’re not where we need to be for the millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something […]
Father Charged In Death Of 17-Month-Old Son Found At South LA Motel A man accused in the death of his son, who was found unresponsive at a South Los Angeles motel, was charged Friday with murder. Shane Zachary Flowers, 23, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and was being held on $100,000 bail. He is expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon on charges of murder and assault on a […]
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