| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, November 2, 2020
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Tense Times: Law Enforcement On Heightened Alert For Election Day  Police across the Southland will be on heightened alert Tuesday as voting wraps up in a highly contentious presidential election that has led to fears of large protests — regardless of the winner — and possible looting or violence. Business owners have also been making preparations, with some choosing to board up their windows or […]
  
Feds Crack Down On Possible Voting Rights Violations: Justice Department Will Watch LA, OC  The Justice Department Monday announced its plans for voting rights monitoring in Los Angeles and Orange counties and throughout the country for Tuesday’s general election. The department historically has monitored in jurisdictions in the field on election day, and is again doing so this year. The department will also take complaints from the public nationwide […]
Decade Of Sex Horror For Little Girl: Trial Launched For Relative Jury selection began Monday for the trial of a 41-year-old man accused of molesting an underage relative for nearly a decade in the San Jacinto Mountain community of Pinyon Pines. Stanford James Stelle III was arrested in 2015 stemming from allegations he sexually assaulted the girl from 2003, when she was 5 years old, until […]
Drop in Jail Population Failed to Cut Number of Black or Mentally Ill Inmates The release of thousands of inmates from Los Angeles County jails in response to the coronavirus failed to reduce the proportion of mentally ill inmates or racial disparities in the lockups, both of which are on the rise, according to a county report released Monday. The analysis — by a county taskforce charged with mapping […]
Cedars: COVID-19 Control Measures Shorten Hospital Stays for Moms, Babies A Cedars-Sinai study released Monday shows new infection prevention practices implemented during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in significantly shorter hospital stays for mothers and their babies, with no changes in the rates of cesarean deliveries, complications or poor outcomes. The retrospective study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, examined the […]
2021 Palm Springs International Film Festival Canceled The 2021 Palm Springs International Film Festival has been canceled and will instead return in 2022, organizers announced Monday. The festival’s 32nd installation was originally set for Feb. 25 through March 8, but was nixed amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Palm Springs International Film Society, which organizes the festival. “The COVID-19 pandemic has […]
Voting Kicks Into High Gear On Final Day Of Early Balloting It’s the final day of early balloting ahead of Tuesday’s election day, and turnout continues to be strong, with more than half of Los Angeles County voters already casting their ballots. As of Sunday night, more than 2.9 million people had cast ballots, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office. That total includes […]
Orange County Reports 183 New COVID-19 Cases, One Less Death Orange County officials Monday reported 183 new diagnoses of COVID-19, raising the cumulative case total to 60,298, but readjusted the death toll downward by one, to 1,483. The rate of deaths has been trending down over the past few weeks. From Oct. 25 through Saturday, there were 39 deaths reported, up from 35 the week […]
Gatherings Large And Small Continue Driving Up LA County COVID Cases Again citing mounting evidence of residents ignoring health orders to gather in public places or hold private get-togethers, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned Monday of an already worsening COVID-19 situation becoming even more dire during the upcoming holiday season without rapid behavioral changes. Barbara Ferrer said surveys of residents and patients who have […]
One of Two Hate Crime Suspects Charged A hate crime suspect, who was arrested in July in Torrance after allegedly performing a Nazi salute and vandalizing an occupied vehicle with a shovel, pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges. Gregory Edward Howell, 29, of Carson, was charged Friday with one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism, and is […]
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