| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, November 17, 2023
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Realtors Say Interest Rate Hike Kept October Home Sales Flat  Home sales in Southern California were essentially flat in October, as the cost of borrowing remained high and housing inventory continued to be tight, the California Association of Realtors reported Friday. In the Los Angeles metro area, the median sale price of a single-family home was $785,000 last month, up from $780,000 in September, and […]
  
Costa Mesa Babysitter Child Care Provider Gets Life in Prison for Molestations A 34-year-old child care service provider from Costa Mesa was sentenced Friday to 707 years and eight months to life in prison for molesting 16 boys, aged 2 to 14, and showing another victim child pornography. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was convicted Oct. 3 of 34 felony sex charges related to 17 victims in crimes that […]
Soggy Friday Evening on Tap as Storm System Slowly Approaches  It was a mostly clear and sunny day across much of the Southland Friday, but rain is still expected to arrive later in the day and continue into Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, the storm system began developing over the Central Coast, then will move slowly inland, with rain arriving in Ventura and […]
Ex-Owner of Long Beach Hospital Sentenced to Prison in Forfeiture Case The ex-owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, who served prison time for running a massive workers’ compensation fraud scheme involving spinal surgeries, was sentenced Friday to 15 months behind bars for selling off his luxury cars and keeping the money for himself instead of forfeiting the cash to the government as ordered. Michael D. […]
Fire-Damaged 10 Freeway in Downtown LA to Reopen by Tuesday  The fire-damaged portion of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles is expected to reopen earlier than anticipated and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is saying Friday “this is what happens when we work together with urgency.” In a major schedule advancement, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that the freeway will reopen with […]
Police: Alleged Tagger Wounded in Gang-Related Shooting in South LA A male juvenile who was allegedly tagging a wall in South Los Angeles was wounded Friday in what police called a gang-related shooting. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to 36th Street and Maple Avenue around 11:50 a.m. Friday to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon involving a victim […]
Port of L.A. Officials Report Cargo Handling Continues to Grow  Cargo volume rose by 7% in the month of October, an improvement compared to last year, Port of Los Angeles officials announced Friday. In the total, the port processed 725,775 twenty-foot equivalent units, TEUs, in October. Loaded imports landed at 372,455 TEUs, and increase of 11%, and loaded exports came in at 121,277 TEUs, an […]
Woman Killed in Hit-And-Run in South LA Area; Suspect Sought Authorities Friday sought the public’s help to find the hit-and-run motorist involved in fatally injuring a woman who was crossing a street in the south Los Angeles area. Officers were sent to Manchester Boulevard and Cimarron Street about 10:35 p.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “A vehicle traveling eastbound Manchester Boulevard collided […]
LA High School Graduate Settles Free Speech Suit Against LAUSD  The Los Angeles Unified School District has settled a lawsuit brought by a 2023 high school graduate who sued the school system over the then-student’s free speech right to criticize dairy products on campus, according to court papers obtained Friday. The legal settlement has been called the first of its kind. The lawsuit filed in […]
Women Allegedly Abused by Late Prominent Horse Trainer Settle Part of Case Two women who allege they were sexually abused as children by the late horse trainer Jimmy Williams have settled the part of their consolidated lawsuit against the U.S Equestrian Federation and USA Equestrian Trust Inc. Attorneys for Gigi Gaston and retired Los Angeles police Officer Julie Boyer filed court papers on Wednesday with Burbank Superior […]
Farm Sanctuary, Others Offer Holiday Refuge for Turkeys According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 46 million turkeys will be killed for Thanksgiving dinners this year, but the beleaguered animals do have a few friends in the Southland who’ll be celebrating the holiday without eating birds. Vegans of LA will host what it bills as “Los Angeles’ biggest vegan potluck event […]
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