| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Motorist Killed In Fiery Car, Truck Crash On Interstate 15 In Temecula: Traffic Nightmare  A motorist was killed and another person suffered moderate injuries Thursday in a fiery collision involving a box truck and car on Interstate 15 in Temecula. Traffic was backed up for miles as authorities shut down lanes as the blaze was extinguished and wreckage was cleared. The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. on southbound I-15 […]
  
LAPD Officer A High-Dollar Super Bowl Bookie? Veteran Cop Pleads Not Guilty  A Los Angeles police officer and two other men who allegedly orchestrated an illegal gambling operation in which participants placed high-dollar bets on the outcome of the Super Bowl pleaded not guilty Thursday to bookmaking charges. Robert Felix — a 13-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran who was last assigned to the LAPD Transit Services […]
Hunt For Hit-And-Run Trucker: Boyle Heights Bicycle Rider Severely Injured, Big-Rig Driver Takes Off  Authorities announced Thursday they are hunting a hit-and-run trucker in Boyle Heights who left a 30-year-old bicycle rider severely injured last month. The man was riding his bicycle about 6:05 p.m. on March 9 on the sidewalk of Olympic Boulevard just east of Boyle Avenue when a semi-truck collided with him as it was entering […]
You Can’t Go To Class Or Work At UC, CSU Unless You’re Vaccinated: Million Students, Workers Affected  The California State University and University of California systems jointly announced Thursday that they intend to require all students, faculty and staff returning for on-campus classes and activities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement, however, would not take effect until one or more of the COVID vaccines receives “full approval” from the U.S. […]
Migrant Children From Mexico Border With No Adult Arrive At ‘Humanitarian’ Long Beach Convention Center  As many as 150 migrant children were expected to arrive at the Long Beach Convention Center Thursday, beginning its operation as a shelter that will house unaccompanied minors from the U.S.-Mexico border until they can be reunited with family or placed with sponsors. According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the children […]
Ex-Con Woman Tried To Kidnap Two Kids Coming Out Of Elementary School In Desert Hot Springs? Felony charges were filed Thursday against a probationer accused of attempting to abduct two children from an elementary school in Desert Hot Springs. Yessica Chavez Mercado, 24, was arrested at the school Tuesday after being detained by school staff, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. She is charged with kidnapping and attempted kidnapping, […]
Cop Killer Pleads Guilty To Lancaster Execution-Style Murder Of LA Sheriff Sergeant: Life No Parole  A parolee pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant outside a Lancaster apartment complex in October 2016. Trenton Trevon Lovell, 31, of Lancaster, is set to be sentenced May 17 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the execution-style killing of Sgt. Steve Owen, 53, who was shot […]
‘No Evidence” Homeless People To Blame For Giant Blaze At 108-Year-Old Venice Home: Dog Trapped Amid Flames  The investigation was continuing Thursday into the cause of a fire that damaged a 108-year-old house in Venice and seriously injured or killed a trapped dog. There were media reports alleging people at a nearby homeless encampment may have had something to do with the blaze, but officials said there is “no evidence” that homeless […]
Former Palmdale Mayor Pleads Guilty to Perjury Former Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony perjury charge for lying about income he illegally received from two consultants. Ledford, now 67, was immediately sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $189,800 in restitution to NASA, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. He was charged in […]
Corona Nurse Whose Murder Conviction Was Set Aside Will Not Be Retried Prosecutors announced Thursday they will not retry a Corona nurse who was found guilty 15 years ago of the bludgeoning death of her live-in boyfriend but whose conviction was later invalidated by a judge who cited ineffective defense counsel, resulting in her release from state prison. Kimberly Louise Long, 45, was represented by the nonprofit […]
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