| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, February 24, 2020
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Tears, Memories Flow at Staples Center in Emotional Kobe Bryant Tribute Amid tears, laughs and cheers, memories flowed through Staples Center Monday as the NBA, the city and the world bade a formal farewell to Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, one month after the helicopter crash that claimed their lives. Walking onto a stage adorned with thousands of roses, Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, made her […]
  
Woman Killed, Husband Injured in Echo Park Hit-and-Run A 58-year-old woman was killed Monday and her husband was badly injured when they were struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while crossing a street in Echo Park, police said. Morena Dell Carmen Alvarado Lopez and her 71-year-old husband were struck by a car — described only as a dark-colored passenger vehicle — about 12:50 a.m. […]
Weinstein Could Face Longer Sentence for Alleged L.A. Crimes Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein — found guilty Monday of rape and felony sex crime counts in New York — still faces serious charges in Los Angeles that could land him a longer prison sentence. Weinstein, 69, was acquitted of the most serious New York charge — predatory sexual assault. In Los Angeles, he faces […]
Man in Custody After Whittier Barricade Following Burbank Police Pursuit A man accused of nearly running over a Burbank police officer and leading officers on a vehicle chase to Whittier, where he barricaded himself in an apartment before surrendering early Monday, was being held on $390,000 bail. Michael Wedge, 35, of Santa Fe Springs was taken into custody about 1 a.m. and booked on suspicion […]
L.A. Man Pleads Guilty in Latina Grandmothers Scam A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge for targeting Latina grandmothers throughout the Southland in a scam involving a fake winning lottery ticket. Tito Lozada, 50, faces sentencing May 11 on a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years behind bars. […]
DUI Cited as Cause of Two 91 Freeway Deaths A Santa Ana resident is expected to face drunken driving charges stemming from a collision on the Riverside (91) Freeway in Yorba Linda that killed a 94-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man, authorities said Monday. The crash occurred about 3:25 a.m. Sunday on the westbound side of the freeway, just west of Gypsum Canyon Road, […]
Vanessa Bryant Sues Helicopter Company Over Crash That Killed Laker Legend On the day her husband and 13-year-old daughter were being memorialized at Staples Center, Kobe Bryant’s widow filed a lawsuit Monday against the operators of the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, killing the Laker legend and eight other people. Vanessa Bryant’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names Island Express Helicopters, Island Express Holding Corp. and […]
Judge Says Man Suing Singer, Others Can Have Guard Present at Deposition A celebrity manager and two other men accused in a civil suit of conspiring to kidnap Courtney Love’s son-in-law in 2016 to try to recover a prized Kurt Cobain guitar may attend the deposition of the plaintiff, who can have a security guard armed with nothing more than tear gas present for his protection, a […]
Costco Seeks Court Help in Controlling Signature Solicitors In response to individuals soliciting signatures at the front entrance of its Marina del Rey, Costco is asking a Los Angeles judge to find that its policy banning the use of its property for public expression is lawful. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit states that individuals have interfered with Costco’s business operations by trespassing […]
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