Mayor Bass Rescinds Garcetti’s Final Executive Order to Illuminate Hollywood Sign
Mayor Karen Bass has rescinded former Mayor Eric Garcetti’s final executive directive that would have created a program to illuminate the Hollywood sign, a representative for Bass confirmed. The Los Angeles Times first reported that Bass shut down the directive on Wednesday, citing a memo she wrote to city department leaders stating that there would […]
Lacey’s Attorneys Challenge BLM Protesters Bid for Second Desposition
Attorneys for Black Lives Matter demonstrators who were confronted at gunpoint by the late husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey at the Laceys’ Granada Hills home in 2020 are not entitled to a second deposition of the county’s former top prosecutor, Lacey’s lawyers argue in new court papers. The BLM lawyers […]
‘Embarrassed’ Ex-NFL Star Willie McGinest Apologizes for Assault Arrest
Former NFL linebacker Willie McGinest has issued a public apology for a “lapse in judgment” that led to his arrest in West Hollywood on suspicion of assault. McGinest, 51, was arrested Monday morning at the West Hollywood sheriff’s station, where he went to give a statement relating to the alleged assault, which occurred Dec. 9 […]
Ex-‘GH’ Actor Seeks Judgment on Religious Discrimination Claim
Former “General Hospital” actor Ingo Rademacher — who was fired in 2021 after 25 years with the show for opposing the network’s directive to be vaccinated against the coronavirus — is entitled to a pretrial judgment in his favor on his religious discrimination claim, his attorneys argue in new court papers. The 51-year-old Rademacher sued […]
LA County Reports 3,006 New COVID Cases, 23 More Virus-Related Deaths
Health officials have announced 3,006 new coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County and 23 additional virus-related deaths while urging older people to take particular precautions this holiday season against spread of the virus. A day after the county moved out of the federal government’s “high” COVID-19 activity category and into the “medium” level, the Los […]
Orange County Reaches ‘High’ COVID-19 Spread Level
While officials have announced Orange County’s move into the “high” level of COVID-19 transmission in its latest data, an epidemiologist said there are signs COVID-19 hospitalizations may have leveled off. “Hospitalizations and ICU is about the same” as last week, Andrew Noymer, a UC Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, told City News […]
Man Killed in Solo Crash in Santa Ana
A man was killed after his car slammed into a center divider in Orange and was split in half, according to authorities and media reports. Officers from the California Highway Patrol were called at 10:20 p.m. to the southbound Garden Grove (55) Freeway and Katella Avenue where they learned the driver of a gray sedan, […]
Firefighters Gaining Control of Commercial Fire in Westchester
Firefighters have put out most of a greater alarm fire in Westchester Saturday but continue to battle flames in the rear of the building. The fire was reported at 3:08 a.m. and fire crews were dispatched to a one-story commercial building at 8900 S. Sepulveda Westway and began defensive operations, where a large part of […]
Tory Lanez Convicted of Shooting Fellow Rapper Megan Thee Stallion
Rapper Tory Lanez has been convicted by an L.A. jury of assault and two other charges for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a 2020 argument in the Hollywood Hills. On its second day of deliberations Friday, the jury convicted the 30-year-old Canadian musician of one felony count each of assault […]
One Year Ago Today (December 24, 2021)…Fatal Police Shooting of Suspect, Teen Girl at NoHo Store Under Investigation
One Year Ago Today (December 24, 2021)…The state Attorney General’s office is investigating a shooting by a Los Angeles police officer that killed an assault suspect, and a 14-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet that passed through a dressing room wall at a North Hollywood clothing store . California Attorney General Rob […]
Cathedral Masses, LA County Holiday Celebration Set for Christmas Eve
