| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, January 4, 2021
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Pomona Woman Who Acted as Imprisoned Gang Leader’s `Voice’ Gets 12 Years  A high-level female associate for an imprisoned Mexican Mafia member was sentenced Monday to a dozen years behind bars for using her power on the streets of Pomona to solicit a murder and for participating in a carjacking attempt that resulted in a shooting. Cheryl Perez-Castaneda, 58, of Pomona pleaded guilty in October to one […]
  
Counselor Murdered And Six Teens, Adults At Wayfinder Family Services Arrested  A weekend assault left a 25-year-old counselor dead and six young people in custody on suspicion of murder, sheriff’s officials reported Monday. Deputies were called about 9:50 p.m. Saturday to 5300 Angeles Vista Blvd. — the site of Wayfinder Family Services, a nonprofit organization that provides support services to children, adults and families, said Deputy […]
Outrage Over Red MAGA Hat In Hermosa Beach Eatery Gets Attacker Four Years In Prison  A San Fernando Valley man who attacked a patron wearing a red hat bearing the slogan “Make America Great Again” written in Russian was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. David Delgado, 33, of Winnetka, pleaded no contest in March to a felony count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury […]
First Woman Orange County Sheriff Dead Of Breast Cancer: Sandra Hutchens Was 66 Former Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, the first woman to head the department, died Monday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was 66. Hutchens was appointed sheriff in June 2008 following the resignation in January of that year of Mike Carona, who was later convicted of witness tampering. Hutchens was elected to her […]
Newsom: State Looking To Speed Administration Of COVID Vaccines Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state is working to accelerate the administration of COVID-19 vaccines across the state, including expanding the number of distribution sites and the types of people who can give the shots. Newsom said the state has received nearly 1.3 million doses of the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and another […]
L.A. County to Consider Requiring $5 Per Hour `Hero Pay’ for Grocery Workers A proposal to require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour in “hero pay” is set to be considered Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. Supervisors Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell co-authored the motion calling for a temporary “urgency” ordinance […]
Are You Under Extreme Stress? You’re Not Alone As Study Finds Spike in COVID-Related Psychological Distress The coronavirus pandemic is creating a large spike in significant psychological distress, according to a study released Monday by a Santa Monica-based nonprofit global policy think tank. Findings from what the RAND Corp. characterizes as the first longitudinal study of psychological distress during the pandemic show that among a representative sample of Americans, more than […]
Study: 74% Of Women Who Forgo Reconstruction After Mastectomy Are Satisfied Nearly three-quarters of women surveyed for a study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center were satisfied with their decision to forgo reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy. Of the 931 survey participants who had unilateral or bilateral mastectomies and did not undergo breast mound reconstruction, 74% were satisfied with their outcome and […]
FEMA Ranks L.A. County Riskiest in U.S. For Natural Disasters Los Angeles County has come out No. 1 on an unenviable list — the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s rankings of the riskiest counties in America. The agency has published its first National Risk Index, which ranks all 3,006 counties in the United States based on their vulnerability to 18 kinds of natural disasters, from earthquakes, […]
La Quinta Man Accusing of Killing Wife Seeks Case Dismissal A 29-year-old man accused of gunning down his wife at a mobile home park in La Quinta while their children slept nearby appeared in an Indio courtroom Monday, where his attorney signaled plans to seek the dismissal of the murder case against his client. Jose Valles Meza of La Quinta was arrested on Jan. 27, […]
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