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Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

St. Louis Blues Player `Doing Very Well’ After Collapse in Anaheim

St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who collapsed on the team bench during the first period of an NHL game against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center, was doing “very well” at an Irvine hospital Wednesday, according to the team’s general manager. Bouwmeester suffered the cardiac episode with seven minutes, 50 seconds left in the […]
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Groundbreaking Held For Baseball/Softball Fields in Compton

Groundbreaking was held in Compton Wednesday for the largest Dodger Dreamfields project, which will include three fields and fitness and training zones. The multimillion-dollar project’s Field 42 will be designed for baseball and softball players ages 5-to-8 years old, Rachel Robinson Field for baseball players ages 9-to-12 years old and softball players 9-to-18 years old […]
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Drivers Petition for City to Restore LAX Terminal Curbside Pickup for Taxis

Taxi drivers flooded the hallways to Mayor Eric Garcetti’s City Hall office and the council chamber Wednesday to demand the city allow cab drivers to resume curbside pickups of passengers at Los Angeles International Airport. Since the implementation of the LAX-it lot in October, which lumped taxi drivers into the same pickup area as ride-hailing […]
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Police Serve Warrant on Suspected Gambling House in Santa Ana

Police Wednesday raided a Santa Ana house suspected of being used as a gambling establishment. The residence in the 600 block of South Newhope Street is “fortified” with steel doors and wrought-iron windows and doors, as well as surveillance cameras, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. Police found 13 illegal video gambling machines in […]
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Los Angeles Controller Debuts Map of City’s African American Heritage Sites

In honor of African American Heritage Month, Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin released an online map Wednesday identifying public sites and resources that highlight black history in the city. The map, titled “African American Heritage Across Los Angeles,” showcases 28 places, monuments and institutions that are recognized as culturally or historically significant to the development […]
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Fire Tears Through Apartment Complex in Tustin; Two People Injured

A five-alarm fire that heavily damaged a two-story apartment complex in Tustin Wednesday left two residents injured, and firefighters were working to determine if anyone was unaccounted for. The fire was first reported at 3:01 a.m. at 15751 Williams St., near McFadden Avenue, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The address corresponds to the […]
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Fire Tears Through Apartment Complex in Tustin

One person was unaccounted for Wednesday morning following a five-alarm blaze that caused the roof of a two-story apartment building in Tustin to collapse and displaced about five dozen residents, two of whom suffered smoke inhalation. The fire was reported at 3:01 a.m. at Chatham Village apartments at 15751 Williams St., near McFadden Avenue, and […]
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Two Men Fatally Shot in Van Nuys, Police Search For Suspects

Two men were fatally shot in Van Nuys, and police Wednesday were looking for three or four suspects who fled the scene. Police responded to a shots fired call in the 15300 block of Wyandotte Street about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and located two men on the front porch of a residence who had suffered gunshot […]
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Federal Indictment Targets L.A. Drug Ring

Authorities Wednesday arrested 11 purported members of a long-running drug trafficking ring that allegedly distributed heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from multiple locations in Los Angeles County, including a storefront in Lincoln Heights. A 20-count indictment, filed in Los Angeles federal court, charges a total of 15 defendants with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and alleges […]
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