| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, January 7, 2021 |
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Naked Flasher Suspect Says ‘Not Guilty’: Six Female Victims In La Quinta Indecent Exposure Case A 20-year-old man accused of publicly exposing himself to six female victims in La Quinta pleaded not guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges. Christopher Duran Jr. of Thermal was arrested last May and later charged with three counts each of indecent exposure and attempted indecent exposure, all misdemeanors, for alleged crimes that occurred between Nov. 28, […]
Oust Trump From Office! LA Mayor Garcetti Cites ‘Thugs,’ ‘Abomination’ Of Capitol Riots Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday if President Donald Trump cannot keep peace in the United States it may be necessary for him to leave office early, joining several Los Angeles leaders accusing Trump of inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. “What we saw yesterday were thugs, thugs who brought an abomination to our […]
Teen Counselor-Killing Suspect Pleads Not Guilty: Juveniles Also Charged In Murder Of Wayfinder Family Services Victim One of two 18-year-old men who is charged — along with several juveniles, with fatally injuring a counselor who was trying to break up a fight at the South Los Angeles-area residential youth facility pleaded not guilty Thursday. Nyier Mason was charged Tuesday, along with Keith Lewis, in the murder of David McKnight-Hillman, 25. Lewis […]
Trust The Vaccine: LA Mayor Garcetti, Supervisor Mitchell Promise Black Community COVID-19 Shot Safe Mayor Eric Garcetti and county Supervisor Holly Mitchell Thursday joined two city councilmen who represent the South Los Angeles area to urge constituents distrustful of the COVID-19 vaccine to get inoculated. Mitchell said that while the Black community has reason to be distrustful of health care systems and medical professionals in the U.S. — citing […]
Westside LA Congressman Leads Drive To Impeach Trump: Democrat Ted Lieu Says Pres ‘Threat To National Security’ Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Los Angeles, and two other congressional Democrats announced Thursday they are circulating articles of impeachment in an effort to remove President Donald Trump from office, accusing him of inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. Meanwhile, the FBI put out a call to the public for help identifying insurgents who were […]
Cute Kitties, Poor Pooches: Anonymous Donor Matches Spay-and-Neuter Fund Donations To $25K The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services announced Thursday that an anonymous donor pledged $25,000 to match donations to the Spay and Neuter Trust Fund. “This matching grant towards mobile spay and neuter clinics help ensure that we are able to provide spay-and-neuter surgeries to pets in underserved communities,” said Brenda Barnette, General Manager for […]
Charges Filed against Man Accused in Palm Springs Armed Home Invasion Robbery Felony charges were filed Thursday against a felon accused of orchestrating an armed home invasion robbery at the Palm Springs residence of a man he met through a dating app. Juan Lopez-Villanueva, 26, of Cathedral City was arrested late Monday and is charged with five counts of robbery and one count of burglary. The alleged […]
`The Office’ Tops Streaming Viewership “The Office” was the most-watched streaming program for a record seventh time, according to Nielsen’s latest report released Thursday. Viewers watched 1.279 billion minutes of the 2005-13 NBC comedy’s 192 episodes between Dec. 7-13, the seventh consecutive week it has surpassed the 1 billion-minute mark. “The Office” has finished second 15 times since Nielsen released […]
Injured Construction Worker Airlifted from Blythe Job Site A construction worker suffered a workplace injury Thursday morning in Blythe and was immediately airlifted to an area hospital for treatment. A stack of rebar tumbled on the worker at a job site in the area of Mesa Drive and Blythe Way about 7:30 a.m., according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Officials said the […]
One Killed in Fiery Freeway Crash in Anaheim The driver of a big rig was killed Thursday morning in a fiery crash on the eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim. Officers responded about 3 a.m. to the crash near the Kraemer Boulevard off-ramp and found the tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames, according to the California Highway Patrol. Video from the scene showed the […]
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