| | | | | The news for Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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Seven Terrified Little Girls Molested By Trusted Fullerton Pastor For More Than A Decade A pastor at a Fullerton church was in custody Tuesday and starting his sentence of 15 years to life after pleading guilty to molesting seven girls ages 5 to 15, according to court records. John Rodgers McFarland, who had been the head pastor at Orangethorpe United Methodist Church from 2014 until his arrest in May […]
New UK Strain of COVID-19 Detected in Orange County A 21-year-old San Clemente man has tested positive for the more contagious strain of COVID-19 first detected in the United Kingdom, marking the first known case of the variant in Orange County, according to local health officials. The man tested positive on Jan. 26 and “his symptoms have now resolved,” according to a memo sent […]
Underage Girl’s Sex Slave Nightmare: Victim, 15, Rescued By Long Beach Cops In Sex Offender Traffic Stop A registered sex offender and an alleged hooker accused of forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution after the underage teen ran away from a placement home in Simi Valley were in custody Tuesday after a routine traffic stop in Long Beach. Officers pulled over the vehicle of the man and woman about 9 a.m. Saturday […]
Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Monrovia An investigation was underway Tuesday morning into the stabbing death of a woman in Monrovia. Police and fire department personnel responded about 9:10 p.m. Monday to a medical emergency call in the 1000 block of Wildrose Avenue, east of Mountain Avenue, and found a woman who had sustained traumatic injuries, according to the Los Angeles […]
20-Day Streak of Rising Average L.A. County Gas Price Ends A 20-day streak of increases that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County to its highest amount since March 7 ended Tuesday with a decrease of one-tenth of a cent to $3.519. The average price increased 17.2 cents during the streak, including four-tenths of a cent on […]
Vacant South Park Home Damaged by Fire A fire in a vacant home in the South Park neighborhood caused significant damage to the structure before being extinguished by firefighters Tuesday morning. Crews responded about 3:50 a.m. to the 200 block of East 53rd Street, near San Pedro Street, and found heavy fire coming from the one-story home, which had previously burned, according […]
Assemblyman To Introduce Bill to Strengthen Building Codes A San Fernando Valley assemblyman plans Tuesday to introduce a bill to strengthen California’s building codes, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Sylmar earthquake. The Seismic Functional Recovery Act calls for the state’s building codes to include standards to provide for timely recovery of housing and other community services following an earthquake. “California deserves […]
Slow COVID Vaccination Effort In LA County Failing To Reach Black Residents More than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Los Angeles County to date, but statistics reveal a “shockingly” low percentage of doses being given to Black residents, with roughly half of the doses so far going to white and Latino people. According to statistics released Monday by the county Department of […]
Report: County’s Pension Debts Still High, But Gap Is Gradually Closing Riverside County’s unfunded pension liabilities fell slightly in the last year, thanks in part to bond issuances that covered long-term obligations, but the county remains shy of the funded status needed to validate robust financial health, according to a report that the Board of Supervisors will review Tuesday. The Pension Advisory Review Committee’s 16-page narrative […]
6 Hurt, 2 Seriously, in Multi-Vehicle Crashes on Harbor Freeway in Carson Two people were hospitalized Tuesday morning with major injuries sustained in one of two multi-vehicle crashes in the same area on the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway in Carson that prompted a closure of the freeway for more than three hours. Minor injuries were reported to four other people. The accidents occurred about 8:10 p.m. Monday […]
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