| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, July 12, 2021
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More Extreme Heat Bakes Southland, With Some Relief in Sight on Tuesday  Parts of the Southland endured another day of dangerous, triple-digit temperatures Monday, accompanied by elevated fire danger and a statewide Flex Alert urging residents to conserve power in hopes of preventing outages. A cooling trend is expected Tuesday that will bring temperatures down to near-normal levels for the rest of the week — but triple-digit […]
  
Man Suspected Of Killing MoVal Resident During Confrontation  A man suspected of killing a 51-year-old Moreno Valley resident during a confrontation in the victim’s house was being held Monday in lieu of $1 million bail. Jose Luis Hernandez, 20, of Moreno Valley was arrested Saturday night following the alleged attack in the 13800 block of Sylmar Drive, near Cottonwood Avenue. According to Riverside […]
Transformer Problem Results In Valley Glen Area Outages On a day that a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s in the San Fernando Valley, roughly 6,500 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers lost electricity Monday in the Valley Glen and Sherman Oaks areas due to possible explosions in underground electrical vaults. Firefighters were sent to the 6000 block of North […]
Judge Gives Final Approval To $73M Settlement Of Ex-UCLA Gynecologist Lawsuit A federal judge Monday gave final approval to the $73 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by more than 5,500 women who allege they were sexually abused and assaulted as patients of disgraced ex-UCLA campus gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps. The settlement approved by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner also requires UCLA to ensure stronger oversight […]
Man Last Seen In Castaic Found A 57-year-old Fontana man with memory loss who went missing in Castaic has been found, authorities announced Monday. Luis Manuel Arellano was last seen about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the 32000 block of Castaic Lake Drive, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sought the public’s help to locate him. The LASD announced Monday afternoon […]
White House Creates Gun Trafficking Strike Force For Los Angeles The White House announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Justice launched a gun trafficking strike force in Los Angeles to prevent guns coming across state lines from areas with weaker gun laws. The funding for the strike forces — which will also be in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., the Bay Area — comes […]
Man Killed by Vehicle in Culver City; Motorist Arrested on Suspicion of DUI A man was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking in Culver City early Monday, and the motorist was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police said. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which occurred about 1:10 a.m. on Sepulveda Boulevard south of Venice Boulevard, Culver City police Sgt. […]
SFV Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Operating Document Mill Two San Fernando Valley men were sentenced to federal prison terms Monday for participating in a document-trafficking ring that created and sold counterfeit United States passport cards, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and other documents. Carlos A. Hernandez, 44, of Granada Hills, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and Miguel J. Guerrero, 23, […]
Whittier Man Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years In Child Pornography Case A federal judge Monday imposed a prison sentence of nearly 20 years on a Whittier man who admitted to exchanging child pornography — some of which involved infants and toddlers — with others on the internet. Fred Joseph Stecher Jr., 29, was sentenced to serve 235 months in a federal prison for distribution of child […]
Man Fatally Shot In Long Beach, Suspect Sought Police Monday were searching for a suspect who fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Long Beach. The suspect on Sunday followed Bernardo Solorio of Long Beach on foot to an apartment complex located in the 300 block of East 17th Street and shot Solorio before running from the scene toward Long Beach Boulevard, according to […]
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