| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, November 16, 2020
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Pregnant Woman, Unborn Baby Murdered In Wilmington Horror  A 24-year-old woman was shot and killed along with her unborn baby while sitting in a parked vehicle in the Wilmington neighborhood, authorities said Monday. Arlene Leonor Rodriguez, who was seven months pregnant, was in the 1100 block of North Neptune Avenue at about 11:25 a.m. Sunday while a man she was with worked on […]
  
Bad News For Business And Fun: Coronavirus Cases Soar, Newsom Hits `Emergency Brake’  Citing what he called an unprecedented spike in new COVID-19 cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state is hitting an “emergency brake” on economic activity, moving 28 counties — including Orange — back to the most restrictive tier of California’s matrix governing business operations. The move means 41 of the state’s 58 counties are […]
Water Bottle Battle Leads To Six-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 10 Near Palm Desert  Two motorists throwing water bottles at each other’s vehicles caused a six-vehicle crash Monday on Interstate 10 near Palm Desert, authorities said. The non-injury crash was reported at about 8 a.m. in the westbound direction, west of the Washington Street off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fast lane was temporarily blocked. Further information […]
Farmer John Fried Over State Fines In Worker Coronavirus Cases State regulators have issued citations and fines of more than $100,000 against the owner of the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon and a subcontractor related to 315 cases of the coronavirus contracted by workers at the plant. Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, owner of Farmer John, was fined $58,000, and another $47,000 in fines were issued to […]
He Bought Liquor, Cemetery Plots In Credit Card Scheme: Prison! A Glendale man was sentenced Monday to seven years behind bars for running a series of “bust-out” schemes that defrauded more than 20 banks out of nearly $5 million by, among other things, using fraudulently obtained credit cards to buy millions of dollars in liquor and cemetery plots that were later sold for a profit. […]
Garden Grove Tax Preparer Gets Nearly 3 Years for Fraud A Garden Grove-based tax preparer who cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of nearly $5 million was sentenced Monday to almost three years in federal prison. Michael Hung Lee, 70, of Garden Grove pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to aid and assist in preparing false tax returns. U.S. District Judge David […]
Officials ID One of Two Women Fatally Shot in South L.A. One of two women who were shot to death at a warehouse party in South Los Angeles over the weekend was identified Monday, and police urged possible witnesses to contact authorities. The women died at the scene of the shooting, which occurred shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in the 3000 block of South Hill Street, […]
Child Killed in Palmdale Crash; Arrest Made A 2-year-old boy was killed in a crash at a Palmdale intersection and a suspect was arrested early Monday. The crash was reported at 9:11 p.m. Sunday at 240th Street East and East Avenue P, according to the California Highway Patrol. People were trapped inside a vehicle and a child was not breathing when firefighters […]
Man Accused of Stabbing Co-Worker Inside Airbnb Rental Must Stand Trial A Las Vegas man accused of stabbing his co-worker several times inside an Airbnb rental in Cathedral City must stand trial on an attempted murder charge, a judge ruled Monday. Francisco Michael Fisher, 21, was arrested early Jan. 21 at 68355 Tachevah Road, and faces up to 11 years to life in state prison if […]
Gang Member Charged with Fatally Shooting Man on East End of Riverside A gang member who allegedly gunned down a 20-year-old man and wounded his friend in a drive-by attack in Riverside was charged Monday with first-degree murder and other offenses. Steven Daniel Carrillo of Riverside was arrested Nov. 10 in connection with the slaying of Derrion Thomas of Rialto. Along with murder, Carrillo is charged with […]
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