| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, January 18, 2021
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Trump Was Wrong: UCLA Finds Nationwide Mask Mandate Could End Coronavirus Spread, Trigger $1 Trillion Boom  Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potential $1 trillion impact on the U.S. GDP, according to UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers. The team’s research “makes clear that even as vaccines are developed and new variants, like […]
  
‘Loving’ Grandmother, 78, Beaten To Death In Riverside Home Invasion Horror: Killing Suspect Faces Murder One  A young man accused of fatally beating a 78-year-old Riverside woman during a home invasion robbery is due in court Tuesday. Sixto Jesus Garcia Pena, 19, of Palm Springs was arrested last Wednesday following a Riverside police investigation into the death of Denise Irene Wong. Pena is charged with first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations […]
Allergic Reactions To One Batch Of Moderna COVID Shots: One Vaccine Group May Be Temporarily Pulled From Use  With the supply of COVID-19 vaccines already a concern as inoculation efforts intensify, the state is warning providers Monday to stop administering a particular batch of the Moderna vaccine due to an unusually high number of people who experienced allergic reactions to the shot at a San Diego clinic. “A higher-than-usual number of possible allergic […]
`Ozark,’ `The Crown’ Lead TV Nominees For Critics Choice Awards A pair of Netflix series dominated nominations Monday for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards, with “Ozark” and “The Crown” both earning a leading six nods and each landing in contention for best drama series. Also nominated for the top drama prize by the Critics Choice Association were AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” CBS All Access’ […]
Anti-Semitic Hate Crime At Wilshire Boulevard Temple: ‘I Hate Your Race’ Police Monday opened a hate crime investigation involving graffiti that was spray-painted on a famed Jewish temple in the Koreatown area. The discovery was made about 8:30 a.m. at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in the 3600 block of Wilshire Boulevard. The reform temple is one of the oldest Jewish houses of worship in Southern California. Officer […]
Strong Winds Coming to Southland With Gusts Reaching 75 mph By Tuesday A “damaging” wind event is expected to arrive in the Southland as early as Monday evening, bringing powerful gusts and increased fire danger to parts of the region, prompting warnings of possible power outages and calls for residents to be prepared to evacuate should blazes erupt. “A strong and widespread damaging wind event is expected […]
Man Killed in Quad Crash near Lake Mathews Identified Authorities Monday publicly identified a 22-year-old man who was fatally injured in an off-road vehicle accident just west of Lake Mathews. Vicente Brambila of Los Angeles died at the scene of the crash that occurred on Tine Mine Road, near La Sierra Avenue, shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday. According to the California Highway Patrol, Brambila […]
Beutner Asks Permission To Administer COVID Vaccines At Schools Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday he has asked state and county health officials to allow the district to provide COVID-19 vaccinations at schools to expedite administration of the shots and speed a return to in-person classes. “There’s a unique and important benefit to having Los Angeles Unified as a vaccination […]
Alex Padilla Is A US Senator Now! Ex-LA Councilman Officially Takes Office Former Los Angeles City Councilman Alex Padilla resigned Monday as California secretary of state and was formally appointed by the governor to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last month that he would be appointing Padilla to Harris’ seat, making him the first Latino to represent […]
O’Farrell Speaks With Activist Gerald Garth About `All Black Lives Matter’ In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Councilman Mitch O’Farrell spoke Monday about the importance of “All Black Lives Matter” with activist Gerald Garth, one of the founders of Black LGBTQ Activists for Change. Garth said his activism during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, who died […]
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