| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, October 19, 2020
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‘Reprehensible’ Arson Fire Destroys Ballots In Official Vote By Mail Drop Box: FBI, AG Hunt Suspect  A fire that destroyed ballots inside an official Vote by Mail Drop Box outside the Baldwin Park Library is being investigated as arson, authorities said Monday. “This attack on a county ballot drop box was reprehensible,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said about the Sunday night fire. “Burning ballots is not just vandalism, it […]
  
Psych Exam For Hacksaw-Attacking Son, 61: He Allegedly Tried To Kill Mom, 91, As Half Her Foot Was Cut Off  A judge Monday ordered a psychiatric evaluation of a man who allegedly tried to kill his 91-year-old mother with a hacksaw, cutting off half of her foot in her Canyon Lake home. Mark Robert Vermillion, 61, of Lake Elsinore was arrested on Oct. 8 following the alleged attack on Marian Vermillion. The defendant was slated […]
Registrar: Number of Ballots Returned Almost Twice What Was Received in 2016 The number of mail-in ballots returned to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office at this point is nearly double the intake at the same juncture during the previous presidential election in 2016, the registrar said Monday. “We currently have 105,327 ballots returned,” Rebecca Spencer told City News Service. “At this point in time during […]
Woman Sought in Stabbing Death of LA Metro Employee Police Monday released security images of a woman being sought in the fatal stabbing of a Metro employee during a dispute on a Metro B Line train at a downtown Los Angeles rail station. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the attack occurred on the B Line — formerly known as the Red Line […]
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Rape Charges Against Actor Danny Masterson A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Monday to dismiss charges against actor Danny Masterson, who is accused of raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003. Judge Eleanor J. Hunter denied the defense’s motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations, leaving Masterson facing three counts of forcible rape […]
Only A Few Hours To Register To Vote In November’s Election Monday is the deadline to register to vote in November’s election. To be eligible to vote in an election, you must have registered 15 days before Election Day, which is on Nov. 3 this year, although people who miss the deadline will still be permitted to conditionally register and vote provisionally through Election Day. Anyone […]
Airbnb Sues Party Organizer Over Glendora Summer Mansion Party Airbnb Inc. Monday sued the organizer of a party at a Glendora mansion this summer that attracted about 700 people, despite concerns by health officials that such events could be spreading grounds for COVID-19. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants Davante Dajon Bell and unspecified “Does” who may be identified later. The […]
Younger Residents Continue Driving LACo COVID Cases; Gatherings Remain Trouble Pointing again to younger residents as driving forces behind coronavirus case numbers, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned Monday that large and small gatherings are a continued major source of COVID-19 transmission. And with the Thanksgiving holiday and cooler weather on the horizon, Barbara Ferrer warned that indoor get-togethers present even higher risk of […]
OC Reports 203 New COVID-19 Cases, One Fatality Orange County continues to knock on the door of the orange tier as its COVID-19 numbers have remained relatively stable over the past few weeks, county CEO Frank Kim said Monday. The county on Monday reported one additional COVID-19 death, raising the death toll to 1,410, and 203 new coronavirus diagnoses, hiking the cumulative total […]
Recording Studio Founder Sues Ex-Assistant Over Alleged Sexual Assault Comment The founder of a West Hollywood recording studio is suing his former executive assistant, alleging she defamed him by telling a work colleague in July that he sexually assaulted her during what the plaintiff maintains was a consensual relationship. Jed Leiber, founder and resident composer of NightBird Recording Studios, brought the suit Friday in Los […]
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