| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, January 13, 2023 |
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Storms Move Over Southland; Rain Expected Through Monday The already saturated Southland will have to endure more rain over the coming days, with forecasters anticipating off-and-on precipitation possibly beginning late Friday evening and continuing through Monday. The National Weather Service downgraded earlier predictions of rain over the Los Angeles area Friday night, but said some “light sprinkles or very light showers” are possible. […]
LA Mayor Bass Seeks for Venice to `Reclaim’ Streets with Encampment Initiative Mayor Karen Bass held an event in Venice Friday touting what she described as the early success of a program intended to bring people living in encampments into housing. Bass appeared with Councilwoman Traci Park at The Rose Venice, a restaurant near some longstanding, large encampments on Sunset Avenue and Hampton Drive. The Los Angeles […]
Funeral Services Pending for Lisa Marie Presley, 54 Funeral services were pending Friday for Lisa Marie Presley, one day after the 54-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley died at a hospital after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at her home in the Calabasas area. Her mother, Priscilla Presley, confirmed the death in a statement Thursday, saying, “It is with a heavy heart that I […]
Mayor Bass Declares State of Emergency in Los Angeles Due to Storms Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of local emergency in Los Angeles Friday, as the city recovers from a series of strong storms and prepares for more rain and wind in the coming days. The declaration, effective immediately, directs the city’s Emergency Operations Organization to take steps to protect life and property and requests that […]
LA County Reports 1,500 New COVID Infections, 25 Deaths Los Angeles County reported more than 1,500 new COVID-19 infections Friday, along with 25 additional virus-related deaths. The number of COVID-positive patients in county hospitals, meanwhile, fell to 1,053 on Friday, down from 1,119 on Thursday. Of those patients, 137 were being treated in intensive care units, up slightly from 133 a day earlier. The […]
Los Angeles County Plans to Implement Governor’s Mental Health Plan in 2023 Los Angeles County will accelerate the implementation of a statewide program intending to assist people suffering from severe mental illness, officials announced Friday. The program, called CARE Court, was on track to roll out in seven counties in 2023: Glenn, San Diego, San Francisco, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Orange and Riverside. Los Angeles, the state’s most populous […]
Teen With Medical Problem Taken to Hospital A 17-year-old high school student who may have overdosed was taken to a hospital Friday, according to authorities and a broadcast report. Officers were sent to the 18600 block of Erwin Street shortly after 9 a.m. on a report of a possible overdose, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, which reported that the case […]
LA Council Members Seek to Remove Gender References from City Code Several members of the Los Angeles City Council are seeking to remove all references to gender from the city’s municipal code, according to a motion filed Friday. Council President Paul Krekorian’s motion, signed onto by five other council members, cites at least 200 instances in the city code that presumes the gender of city officials […]
Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Baby in Orange A 31-year-old ex-Marine was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for killing his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter in the city of Orange. Christopher David Recio pleaded guilty July 7 to second-degree murder. Recio killed his girlfriend’s daughter, Claire Frickenschmidt, Jan. 5, 2019, in the mother’s apartment at 3099 W. Chapman Ave., according to […]
Ex-Owner of OC Wastewater Treatment Company Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge The former owner of a wastewater treatment facility in Orange County and his company each pleaded guilty Friday to a federal environmental criminal charge for discharging untreated industrial wastewater into the county’s sewer system. Tim Miller, 65, of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, and his company, Klean Waters Inc., pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to one felony […]
UCLA Health Notifies Patients of Potential Data Leak UCLA Health announced Friday it is notifying patients that some information they provided on appointment request forms on its website and mobile app may have been captured and transmitted to third-party service providers. UCLA Health officials said a small percentage of patients filled out the appointment request form on the website or mobile app between […]
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