| | | | The news for Friday, March 12, 2021
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Newsom Sparks International Outrage: Turkey Blasts Parole Of Armenian Westwood Killer Who Murdered Turkey Counsel General In 1982  Gov. Gavin Newsom will not appeal a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s decision allowing the parole of a man convicted in the 1982 Westwood murder of a Turkish diplomat. The decision and impending parole immediately drew outrage from Turkish diplomats. Hampig “Harry” Sassounian, now 58, was convicted in 1984 for the shooting death of Turkish […]
  
1 Killed, Another Injured in Crash That Sends Vehicle into Garden Grove Pool  One person was killed and another injured Friday in a two-vehicle crash in Garden Grove that sent one vehicle into a pool and left the other vehicle overturned and up against a brick wall. The vehicle that crashed into the pool sheared a hydrant and crashed through a brick wall near the corner of Euclid […]
Amazing But True: Indoor Dining At Your Favorite Restaurant May Resume Monday  Indoor dining is about to return to Los Angeles County, with health officials confirming Thursday they will permit restaurants to again welcome customers into their dining rooms at limited capacity when the county moves into the “red” tier of the state’s four-level economic reopening blueprint. The county is expected to move into the “red” tier […]
Slow-Speed Chase of Suspected Stolen Truck Ends with Driver in Custody The driver of a suspected stolen truck who led Los Angeles police on a slow-speed pursuit in West Los Angeles was in custody Friday morning after stopping the truck, then running from officers who captured him about a half-block from the termination of the chase. The driver traveled along city streets and at one point […]
Commercial Building Fire in East Los Angeles Extinguished Fire ripped through a commercial building in East Los Angeles Friday morning and burned for nearly three hours before being extinguished by firefighters. Crews responded about 12:15 a.m to 4611 E. Olympic Blvd., and assumed a defensive posture to battle the flames, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A news photographer at the […]
Inglewood Mayor Expected Back at Work After ‘Cardiac Event’ Mayor James T. Butts Jr. plans to return to work Friday following a “cardiac event” earlier this week that required emergency surgery and days of hospitalization, it was reported. The Daily Breeze, quoting City Manager Artie Fields, reported Thursday that Butts, 67, experienced the cardiac event on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. while in his […]
Orange County Continues March Toward Reopening More Businesses Orange County is continuing its declining trends in COVID-19 cases as it nears the less-restrictive red tier in the state’s coronavirus reopening system next week. The county Thursday reported 139 more coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative to 248,217. The county also reported 33 more COVID-19 fatalities, but those are often delayed for a variety of […]
Average L.A. County Gas Price Rises For 31st Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Friday for the 31st consecutive day and 51st time in 52 days, increasing 1.6 cents to $3.862, its highest amount since Nov. 28, 2019. The average price has increased 51.4 cents in the past 52 days, including nine-tenths of a […]
Metro C Line Service Will Be Partially Suspended This Weekend Rail service on LA Metro’s C (Green) Line will be partially suspended this weekend, beginning Friday evening, to upgrade signal systems. Service will be suspended starting at 9 p.m. Friday and through the end of service on Sunday. Bus shuttles — which will run every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and every […]
Man Killed in Florence-Firestone Area Shooting An investigation was underway Friday morning into the shooting death of a man in the unincorporated Florence-Firestone area. Deputies responded about 10:45 p.m. Thursday to the 1200 block of East 76th Street, near Central Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Details of what led […]
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