| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, November 13, 2020
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They Spent Sixteen Years In Prison Despite Innocence? They’re Finally Released, Sentenced to Time Served  Two men who spent 16 years in state prison for a 2004 shooting in Lancaster for which their attorney says they were falsely accused were sentenced Friday to time already served behind bars. Dupree Antoine Glass and Juan Marichal Rayford — who were serving 11 consecutive life prison sentences — were freed from state prison […]
  
Scary Warnings Of Soaring Coronavirus Danger: Newsom Warns Don’t Travel, Don’t Have Holiday Feasts, Just Don’t!  Amid a statewide surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom joined with the governors of Washington and Oregon Friday to issue an advisory urging people to avoid non-essential out-of-state travel and recommending that people traveling into the state quarantine for 14 days. “California just surpassed a sobering threshold — 1 million COVID-19 cases — with […]
Pimping Of A Minor: Suspect Nabbed For Sex With Minor, Forcing Victim Into Prostitution  A young man suspected of compelling a minor to work as a prostitute in the Thermal area was behind bars Friday in lieu of $1 million bail. Jose Manuel Quevedo Pimentel, a 21-year-old Thermal resident, was taken into custody Thursday and booked at the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of pimping, human trafficking […]
Armed Physician Begs Deputies To Kill Him: They Say ‘No,’ But Finally Do It Amid Gunfire A 65-year-old physician showed up at La Quinta City Hall armed with an assault-style rifle and then called 911 to report his whereabouts before being fatally shot by a responding deputy, according to Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. “Kill me,” the suspect is heard saying after being struck by the gunfire, according to body camera […]
El Monte Toy Importer Pleads No Contest in Counterfeit Goods Case The owner of an El Monte toy import business pleaded no contest Friday to felony charges involving the manufacturing and possession of more than $1.4 million in counterfeit goods, including plush toys, backpacks and playing cards. Wan Piao — also known as Edison Piao or Edisson Park — pleaded no contest to two counts of […]
Man Pleads Guilty to 1981 Strangulation in Newport Beach A 68-year-old man convicted of the 1981 killing of a Newport Beach retiree in his condominium is scheduled to be released from jail Friday or Saturday under a plea bargain that will end years of legal wrangling in the case. James Andrew Melton accepted a plea deal on Monday in which he acknowledged the first-degree […]
LAUSD, Administrators Union Reach Deal On Eventual Return To In-Person Classes The Los Angeles Unified School District announced a tentative agreement Friday with the union representing principals and administrators, outlining protocols for the eventual reopening of school campuses. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no timeline for the full opening of campuses. The agreement announced Friday outlines safety guidelines for the return of students, citing […]
Judge Sets Date, Parameters In Grace Community Church Contempt Hearing A judge said Friday he will allow pretrial discovery and the calling of witnesses in a contempt hearing against Grace Community Church and its pastor for holding indoor services in alleged violation of a September court order issued over coronavirus concerns. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff also set a Jan. 15 date […]
Brush Fire in Malibu Burns Several Acres; Man Taken into Custody Firefighters Friday battled a brush fire that scorched more than an acre along a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The acre-and-a-half fire in the 18900 block of PCH, near Tuna Canyon Road, was reported shortly after 5 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire prompted the closure of PCH […]
Penalty Trial Coming to Close for Ex-Baseball Player Who Killed Three Testimony is slated to conclude Monday in the penalty trial of an ex-minor league baseball player who fatally bashed his father, uncle and a bystander with a baseball bat inside a Corona home. Brandon Willie Martin, 27, killed 64-year-old Michael Martin, along with the elder man’s brother-in-law, 51-year-old Ricky Lee Anderson of Corona, and 62-year-old […]
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