| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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Of Course Coronavirus Far Deadlier Than Flu: Grim Warning In LA With New Five Dozen Deaths  While reporting more than 60 new deaths and 3,000 additional cases, Los Angeles County health officials again pleaded with residents Wednesday to take precautions against the spread of coronavirus, while also slamming the notion that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than flu. County public health director Barbara Ferrer presented figures showing that during the recent […]
  
Orange County Reports 767 COVID-19 Cases and 8 Deaths Orange County health officials Wednesday reported eight more COVID-19 fatalities to push the death toll up to 521, along with 767 additional coronavirus diagnoses. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in Orange County hospitals dipped slightly from 700 on Tuesday to 699, and the number of patients in intensive care units dropped from […]
‘Little Love Rescue’ Pet Adoption A Scam? Attorney General Sues, Says ‘Charity Ripoffs Abound’ California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Wednesday sued a Los Angeles-based animal rescue and adoption agency for allegedly misleading donors and unlawfully soliciting donations. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names Little Love Rescue and Brittany Littleton, its founder and director, alleging the nonprofit ought donations without being registered with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable […]
Divided CSU Board Mandates Ethnic Studies/Social Justice Course The California State University Board of Trustees Wednesday approved the creation of an ethnic studies/social justice course requirement, despite objections that including “social justice” classes waters down the intent of the proposal. Some dissenters on on the board argued that allowing students to take a social justice course means they would be able to meet […]
Banning Police Investigate `Swatting Call’ That Led to House Being Surrounded A bogus domestic violence report that prompted Banning police to surround a home and order the occupants outside at gunpoint was under investigation Wednesday, with detectives seeking clues as to who made the fake and potentially dangerous 911 call. “This type of harassment will not be tolerated,” Banning Police Chief Matthew Hamner said. “These actions […]
Priscilla Presley Speaks Out on Loss of 27-Year-Old Grandson Priscilla Presley spoke out Wednesday about her grandson Benjamin Keogh’s July 12 death, saying his loss had rocked her family. Benjamin Keough, the son of Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough and grandson of Elvis Presley, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the morning of July 12 in Calabasas. He was […]
Santa Ana Police Monitoring Recently Released Sex Offender Santa Ana police Wednesday were monitoring recently released sex offender Cary Jay Smith, who has been on the move throughout the Southland, but is staying at a mental health facility in Santa Ana. Smith has bounced around the Southland for the past week after being met with repeated protests by residents during brief stays in […]
Ex-Aide to LA Councilman Jose Huizar Pleads Guilty in Corruption Probe A former aide to now-suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal racketeering charge arising from a City Hall pay-to-play scheme in which real estate developers paid bribes to ensure building projects received favored treatment. George Esparza, 33, of Boyle Heights entered his plea via video conference to a single […]
Fed Appeals Court Rules on `Excessive’ LA Parking Meter Fines A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Los Angeles’ $63 expired parking meter fine is not excessive, but ordered a lower court to decide if a late-payment penalty in the same amount is going too far. In a lawsuit brought six years ago in Los Angeles federal court, local residents Jesus Pimentel and David R. […]
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