| | | | The news for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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Marriott Molester’s Sex Crimes Alleged On Little Girl At Palm Desert Resort: Jury Selection For Lewd Acts On Innocent Child  Jury selection will continue this week for the trial of a Cathedral City man accused of molesting a girl at a Palm Desert resort. Ismael Gaspar, 38, was arrested March 26, 2018, on suspicion of sex crimes he allegedly committed six days earlier at the Marriott Shadow Ridge Resort. Gaspar, who remains free on $55,000 […]
  
LA Welcomes Reopenings, While Marking Anniversary Of First Shut-Down Order As Los Angeles County celebrated the reopening of indoor restaurants, movie theaters and fitness centers thanks to declining COVID-19 cases, officials preached continued vigilance while reflecting on Tuesday’s anniversary of the first health order closing businesses and barring public gatherings. “It was a time of great anxiety for our county,” County Supervisor Hilda Solis said […]
Naked Arsonist Sets Fire At Subway Shop In Anaheim? He’s Already Twice Convicted Of Exposing Himself  A 50-year-old man twice convicted of exposing himself is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges of setting fire to a potato chip rack at a Subway restaurant in Anaheim while nude. Jason William Ackroyd was charged with single counts each of arson of property, attempted arson of property of another and indecent exposure with […]
Riverside County Could Move Into Less Restrictive Tier Tuesday COVID-positive hospitalizations in Riverside County have dropped below 200 — a four-month low — ahead of the county’s anticipated move Tuesday into a less restrictive tier of the governor’s reopening criteria. According to the Riverside University Health System, patients diagnosed with coronavirus numbered 195 as of Monday, compared to 234 on Friday. The decline marks […]
Average LA County Gas Price Hits Highest Level Since November 2019 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Tuesday for the 35th consecutive day and 55th time in 56 days, increasing nine-tenths of a cent to $3.904, its highest amount since Nov. 23, 2019. The average price has increased 55.6 cents in the past 56 days, including a […]
Sewage Spill Prompts Closure of Stretch of Beach in Newport Beach  A mile-long stretch of beach in Newport Beach was closed Tuesday morning due to a sewage spill. The spill of approximately 1,000 gallons “was caused by an operator error during routine maintenance of a sewer main line” and closed the beach between Bayside Drive Beach and China Cove, according to a statement Monday evening from […]
Orange County COVID-19 Case Rates Continue Downward Trend Orange County’s COVID-19 case and positivity rates continue on a downward trend, but hospitalizations appear to have stabilized over the past several days. The county on Monday reported 169 coronavirus cases, upping the cumulative to 248,881, and logged 21 more fatalities, raising the death toll to 4,486. Hospitalization rates dropped from 241 on Sunday to […]
Gusty Winds Knock Out Electricity, Topple Power Poles in Coachella Valley Repair crews worked Tuesday morning to restore power to the remaining Imperial Irrigation District customers who lost power when gusty winds blew through Indio and knocked trees and 18 power poles to the ground. A total of 1,012 customers in Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Thermal and Bermuda Dunes lost power between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 […]
LA County Supervisors Set To Clarify Guidance on Fines, License Suspensions As indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms begin reopening under less restrictive health orders, county officials are expected to consider new guidance Tuesday that focuses on penalizing only the worst or repeat offenders for COVID-19-related violations. Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger tried last week to pass a motion directing health inspectors not to impose […]
Former Prison Cook Faces Sentencing in LA for Role in Drug-Smuggling Scheme A former prison cook could be sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles to multiple years of incarceration for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that smuggled narcotics behind bars. Lance “Droop” Medina, 34, of El Centro, pleaded guilty two years ago to one federal count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory 10-year […]
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