| | | | The news for Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Suspect Identified in Fatal Stabbing in Hancock Park Furniture Store  The Los Angeles Police Department has identified a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old UCLA graduate student in the Hancock Park boutique furniture store where she worked. Shawn Laval Smith is Black. He stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds and is 31 years old. He should be considered armed and […]
  
TV Judge’s Son’s Case Over Wife’s Death Cleared for Trial Family members of television judge Glenda Hatchett, who claim a loved one died in 2016 due to medical malpractice at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, can move forward to trial with their lawsuit, a judge has ruled. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert B. Broadbelt on Tuesday denied a defense motion to dismiss the case brought in […]
Fatally Beaten Counselor’s Son Sues Los Angeles County, Group Home The father of a 25-year-old counselor at a Windsor Hills group home is suing Los Angeles County after teenage residents of the facility allegedly pummeled his son to death there in 2021. David Hillman III, the father of David McKnight-Hillman, brought the suit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, also naming as a defendant the […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Stable The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals declined slightly, but the number of those patients in intensive care increased, according to the latest data. There are 1,197 people with the coronavirus in county hospitals, down from 1,202 on Monday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. But the number of COVID patients […]
LA County Health Officials Warn of Rising ICU Admissions Due to COVID  The percentage of COVID-19-positive hospital patients admitted to intensive care units in Los Angeles County is slowly rising, despite suggestions that the Omicron variant of the virus causes less severe infections, health officials said. According to the county Department of Public Health, average daily hospital admissions of people with COVID are also rising, from 588 […]
Coroner Identifies Motorcyclist who Died in Hawthorne County authorities Wednesday identified a 37-year-old man who was killed in a freeway motorcycle accident. Jeffery Lanie was identified as one of the victims of the freeway crash by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The fatal accident occurred a little before 11 a.m. Sunday when a motorcycle that Lanie was riding rear-ended a vehicle […]
Villanueva to Discuss Crime Stats, Department Goals  Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will give an end-of-year summary of crime statistics, department goals for 2022 and what he says are his accomplishments since taking office in 2018 at a news conference Wednesday. The event will take place at 11 a.m. at the Hall of Justice, 211 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. The […]
Man Found Dead Near 101 Freeway Identified The body of a man that was found on the right shoulder of the southbound Hollywood (101) Freeway near Echo Park was identified Wednesday by county authorities. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified Russell Knox, 81, as the deceased. Knox’s body was discovered at 8:10 a.m. Sunday on an embankment just north of the […]
COVID Hospitalizations, ICU Cases Rise in Riverside County The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Riverside County, and the number of virus-infected people in intensive care, both notched up, according to county data released Wednesday. The Riverside University Health System said COVID hospitalizations countywide were at 1,078 Tuesday, up 55 from Monday’s numbers reported by the California Department of Public Health. That includes 158 […]
Little Change To Average Southland Gas Prices The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped two-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $4.674, one day after decreasing three-tenths of a cent. The average price is unchanged from one week ago, two-tenths of a cent less than one month ago and $1.326 higher than one year ago, […]
One Year Ago Today (January 19, 2021)…Bookkeeper Alleges Manager’s Harassment Forced Her To Quit One Year Ago Today (January 19, 2021)…A former bookkeeper for a Sherman Oaks tax preparation service is suing her ex-employer, alleging she was forced to quit rather than endure sexual harassment by her supervisor who withheld part of her pay when she refused his advances. Estela Aldana’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit allegations against Stabler […]
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