| | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, November 2, 2021
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Tired of Masks? LA County Lays Out Scenario for Lifting COVID Mask Mandate  Los Angeles County’s health director presented a set of criteria Tuesday being monitored for a possible lifting of mask-wearing mandates at large outdoor events and in indoor settings such as workplaces, but the requirements likely mean face coverings will be around into the new year. The county has maintained its strict masking requirements despite growing […]
  
Britney’s Attorney Backs Conservatorship End, Questions Jamie Spears’ Motives  In new court papers, Britney Spears’ attorney formally backed a proposal to end the 13-year conservatorship controlling the singer’s life and business affairs, while also suggesting the singer’s father is supporting the move to avoid answering questions about his work as conservator of his daughter’s estate. A hearing is scheduled in Los Angeles Superior Court […]
Villanueva Steps Up Attack on LA County COVID Vaccine Mandate  Sheriff Alex Villanueva continued Tuesday to assail Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, claiming more than 4,000 sheriff’s department employees are facing possible termination, the vast majority of them sworn deputies. Speaking at a downtown Los Angeles news conference, the sheriff said that as of Tuesday morning, 51.7% of the department’s roughly 16,000 employees are […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Weekly Averages Increase Orange County’s weekly averages for COVID-19 cases and positivity rates ticked up after several weeks of gradual decline, according to data released Tuesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county’s weekly COVID case rate per 100,000 residents, which is released on Tuesdays, increased from 6 to 7.2, while the test-positivity rate ticked up […]
Ex-Con Gets Life Sentence in Murder of Former College Football Player An ex-con was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering a former Long Beach City College football player during a robbery outside a fast-food restaurant just over three years ago. Shortly before handing down Edward Jacobs’ sentence, Superior Court Judge Judith L. Meyer called the Sept. 26, 2018, shooting […]
LA City Council OKs $2M To Post Signs For Anti-Camping Enforcement The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved spending $2 million from its homeless services fund for the printing and installation of signage to enforce a new law prohibiting people from sleeping and camping on sidewalks and in parks. The law, which went into effect Sept. 3, prohibits sleeping, sitting, camping and obstructing the public right […]
L.A. County Declares Local Emergency over Foul Smell in Carson Area The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday declared a local emergency as residents of the Carson area continue to endure a noxious smell coming from decaying organic material in the Dominguez Channel. Supervisor Holly Mitchell stressed that the declaration was driven by a wish to unlock more resources to address the problem, not due […]
LA County Ready to Start Vaccinating Kids 5-11, As Final Federal OK Nears Los Angeles County received its first shipment of pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, the same day a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee approved the shots for kids aged 5-11. The committee’s approval follows the OK given last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Once CDC director […]
De León Vows LA City Council Will `Step Up’ in Homelessness Battle Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León — the newly appointed chair of the council’s Homelessness and Poverty Committee, following the suspension of former Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas — vowed Tuesday that the council “will step up, and we will lean into this crisis with urgency.” “Los Angeles has done enough talking, reporting and studying about […]
Las Vegas Man Convicted in Deadly Chain-Reaction Pile-Up in Irvine A 25-year-old Las Vegas man was convicted Tuesday of triggering an alcohol-fueled, chain-reaction pile-up on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Irvine that killed a young mom and injured her 6-month-old son. Jurors deliberated for about two hours before convicting Irving Aguilar of second-degree murder and a count of driving under the influence causing injury […]
LA County to Review Programs Paid For By LASD Inmate Welfare Fund The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to review all jail programs funded by jail phone calls and commissary profits. Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended the audit as a next step in a move toward no-cost phone calls and an end to price markups on commissary items, which the board agreed to consider in […]
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