| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, November 27, 2020
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Santa Claus Really The Grinch: Cruel Christmas Scam Targets North Pole Letters  City Attorney Mike Feuer distributed a warning Friday for Los Angeles residents to beware of scammers this holiday season — including a Santa Claus ruse that seek to capitalize on children’s wishes. “It starts with an email — an unsolicited email — offering to sell you a handwritten letter from Santa to your child, usually […]
  
Thanksgiving Misery As Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Soar In LA  Los Angeles County reported 5,087 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 additional deaths on Thanksgiving Day, one of the highest single-day case totals of the entire pandemic. The number of county residents hospitalized with the coronavirus jumped from 1,682 to 1,809, with 24% of those in intensive care. The county’s cumulative total of coronavirus cases […]
Driver Alleges Former Employer Called Coronavirus a Hoax A former driver for a chemical company is suing his ex-employer, alleging he was forced to resign this spring after management ignored his pleas for protective uniforms and social distancing and called the coronavirus a “hoax.” Shawn Zamora’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against TerraChem Inc. alleges wrongful termination, retaliation, disability discrimination, failure to reasonably […]
Tense Time As Chopper Rescues Injured Hiker In La Quinta A helicopter rescue crew hoisted an injured hiker to safety from a trail in La Quinta Friday. The injury was reported at about 10:50 a.m. on the Bear Creek Oasis Trail, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Initially, fire officials said that firefighters were trekking seven miles from the trailhead to reach the injured hiker, […]
O.C. Sheriff’s Seek Public’s Help in Finding Man Who Pointed Gun at Boy The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Friday sought the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at a 10-year-old boy in San Clemente. The incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 near Camino Celosia and Camino Silla, the department reported. The boy was walking his dog in an isolated greenbelt area […]
Police Search for Man Checking Mailboxes in Glendale Police Friday released photos of a man believed to be seen peering into mailboxes along a residential neighborhood in Glendale. The suspect was seen about 2:05 p.m. Tuesday looking into mailboxes in the 300 block of Mission Road, the Glendale Police Department reported. “He then walked upstairs onto a residential property and was confronted by […]
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Celebrates Historic Listing of Hotel for Homeless Members of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation celebrated the Los Angeles City Council’s designation Friday of a hotel in Skid Row used to house homeless and extremely low-income people to the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. The council voted unanimously Wednesday to add the 150-room King Edward Hotel, which was built in 1906 and purchased by the […]
USC-Colorado Football Game Canceled Due to Trojans’ COVID-19 Cases Saturday’s planned USC-Colorado football game has been canceled and the Trojans’ game next Friday against Washington State could be in jeopardy because of a lack of scholarship players available at a specific position group. The Pac-12 Conference has established minimum thresholds to play. A team must have at least 53 scholarship players available, including at […]
Fourth Consecutive Daily Anti-Garcetti Demonstration Underway Members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles demonstrated outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence Friday for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint him to his cabinet. The group calls Garcetti “the worst mayor in the nation,” claiming he “has racked up a dismal record of handling Los […]
Woman, 30, Killed in Long Beach Hit-and-Run A 30-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach, authorities said Friday. Erica Cardenas was homeless, said coroner’s Lt. David Smith. A Long Beach police officer was flagged down by someone at 9:29 p.m. Thursday to report that Cardenas was struck in the 1900 block of Pacific Avenue by a speeding, southbound […]
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