| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Killing at Hollywood Hills Home  A transient was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the bludgeoning death of a friend of Canadian talk show host George Stroumboulopoulos during a burglary at the celebrity’s rented home in the Hollywood Hills. Keenon Jamal Buchanan, now 27, was convicted Aug. 18 of first-degree murder for the Sept. […]
  
Nithya Raman Seeks End To Employee Discrimination For Marijuana Use  Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman introduced a resolution Tuesday to have the city support legislation that would prohibit employers in California from discriminating against potential and current employees if evidence of marijuana use is found in drug tests. “California has long had a progressive stance on the consumption of cannabis — but it has fallen […]
House Fire in South LA Area Leaves Three Dead, Two in Critical Condition  A house fire in the Florence-Graham neighborhood near South Los Angeles left three people dead and two hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said Tuesday. Firefighters sent to the 8700 block of Compton Avenue at about 11:45 p.m. Monday extinguished the flames and found one person dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County […]
Fire Weather Watch Issued for Friday in LA County The National Weather Service Tuesday issued a Fire Weather Watch for much of Los Angeles County on Friday, warning of a dangerous combination of dry conditions, gusty Santa Ana winds and low relative humidity. “Santa Ana winds are expected to form over most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. While uncertainty remains in the wind […]
Buehler To Pitch As Dodgers Seek To Extend Series Walker Buehler will be the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting pitcher Tuesday evening as they attempt to avoid elimination when they face the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of a National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium. Buehler will be pitching on three days rest for the first time in his five-season major league career. […]
Wind Advisories Canceled in Santa Clarita Valley, LA Mountains While cool and blustery conditions persisted through most of the Southland Tuesday, wind advisories that had been extended for the Santa Clarita Valley and Los Angeles County Mountains, excluding the Santa Monica Range, were canceled early as gusts diminished earlier than anticipated. However, Antelope Valley residents should prepare for cold weather overnight, with a frost […]
`Sunday Night Football,’ `60 Minutes,’ `NCIS,’ NBC Top Television Ratings “60 Minutes” was the most-watched non-NFL prime-time program for the second consecutive week, while “NCIS” finished first among entertainment programs for the third time in the three-week-old 2021-22 prime-time television season, according to live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen Tuesday. The CBS News magazine was ninth among the prime-time broadcast and cable programs airing between Oct. […]
UC Irvine Reports Promising Tool in Battle Against Opioid Dependency With opioid addiction and overdoses surging in the United States, researchers at UC Irvine say an herbal treatment — used in conjunction with opioid painkillers — could lessen dependency and help curb the epidemic. In the a study published in the October issue of the journal Pharmaceuticals, UCI researchers found that YHS, an extract of […]
Man Killed in South Los Angeles Shooting A man was fatally shot in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles and police Tuesday were continuing to unravel circumstances of his death. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at approximately 10 p.m. Monday at 6725 Fourth Ave. near South Van Ness Avenue and found a 25-year-old man with gunshots wounds, […]
SGV Man Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering Scheme A West Covina man was sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday for laundering more than $900,000 in drug money over a two-year period via a black market peso exchange scheme for Mexico-based drug traffickers. Oscar Sanchez, 52, pleaded guilty last November to a single count of concealment money laundering, according to the U.S. […]
Cerritos College to Require COVID Vaccines for Students/Staff in January Staff and students at Cerritos College will have to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to work or attend classes on campus beginning next year. The vaccine mandate will take effect Jan. 3. The policy, approved by the college’s Board of Trustees last week, allows for religious or medical exemptions “with proper documentation.” People receiving […]
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