| | | | The news for Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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One Man Dead, Another Critically Wounded in Leimert Park Shooting  One man is dead and another was listed in critical condition Wednesday after a shooting in Leimert Park. Officers were called at 1:26 a.m. to the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and 43rd Place, where they found two male victims between 25 and 35 years old wounded by gunfire, said Officer Mike Lopez of the Los […]
  
Long Beach Groups Offering ‘Joints for Jabs’ to Encourage COVID Vaccinations Looking to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations as case numbers in Los Angeles County surge upward, a community coalition in Long Beach plans to offer one free marijuana joint to the first 150 city residents 21 and older who get the jab at an upcoming one-day pop-up clinic. “Joints for Jabs LBC” is the product of partnership […]
COVID Cases Continue Rise In LA County; Supervisors Lament Vaccine Resistance  With local COVID-19 infection numbers surging upward, topping 1,000 new cases for the fifth straight day, Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday lamented continued resistance to vaccines while health officials announced an outreach effort to bring shots to people’s doors. The county reported 1,103 new COVID cases on Tuesday, lifting the cumulative total from throughout the […]
Little Change to Average Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped two-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $4.339 after rising two-tenths of a cent for two consecutive days to its highest amount since Oct. 25, 2012. The average price is four-tenths of a cent more than one week ago, 9.3 cents […]
Potpourri of Issues on Tap for Britney Spears Conservatorship Hearing Less than a month after Britney Spears’ impassioned court appearance, another hearing is scheduled Wednesday in the singer’s long-running conservatorship — and the agenda this time includes the pop star’s personal choice for an attorney, a request by her personal conservator for more security and some estate accounting matters. The singer’s mother, Lynne Spears, recently […]
Opening Statements Set to Begin in Trial of Political Donor Ed Buck Opening statements are scheduled to begin Wednesday in the federal trial of former political donor Ed Buck, who is accused of providing methamphetamine to two men who overdosed and died in his West Hollywood apartment. Buck is accused of paying Black men to allow him to inject them with methamphetamine — even while they were […]
Firefighters Extinguish Motor Home Blaze in Temecula Firefighters Wednesday morning extinguished a motor-home fire in Temecula. Crews were called at 1:26 a.m. to the 30000 block of Rancho California Road and contained the blaze at about 1:50 a.m., according to the Riverside County Fire Department. No further details were immediately available regarding the cause of the fire or any injuries. >> Want […]
No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $117 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The […]
Reward in 2009 Inglewood Shooting of Preschool Teacher Now Totals $35,000  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered or renewed $10,000 rewards Tuesday for information leading to the killers of a 24-year-old preschool teacher sitting in a parked car in Inglewood in 2009 and a 53-year-old father of three shot to death in the backyard of his Windsor Hills home in 2019. Supervisor Holly Mitchell […]
Orange County Supervisors Vote to Settle Deputy Lawsuit The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $195,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the son of a retired Orange County sheriff’s sergeant who was involved in a conflict with a gun-wielding sheriff’s deputy in a San Clemente skate park two years ago. Max Chance III filed the lawsuit in Orange County Superior […]
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