| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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UC Earmarks $7M to Address Racial, Religious Conflicts Amid Gaza War  The University of California has dedicated $7 million to provide its campuses with improved response to conflicts stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, UC officials announced Wednesday. UC President Michael Drake’s announcement at the UC Board of Regents meeting described new initiatives to support students, enhance campus safety and improve the climate on UC’s 10 campuses […]
  
Bass: Commuters Appear to be Heeding Warnings to Avoid Closed 10 Freeway Commuters who were stuck in traffic might not believe it, but Mayor Karen Bass said Wednesday motorists appear to be heeding warnings about avoiding the area of the closed Santa Monica (10) Freeway stretch in downtown Los Angeles, saying surface streets appeared to be much less congested during the morning commute. “I can tell you […]
Jessie Lopez Survives Recall Attempt in Santa Ana  Santa Ana City Councilwoman Jessie Lopez appeared to survive a recall attempt led by the police union Wednesday, leading with a little over 55% of the vote in the latest election day results. Lopez, whose term representing the Third Ward runs through December 2024, had received 3,254 “no” votes to the recall question in Tuesday’s […]
Fire Knocked Down After Damaging Retail Building in Hollywood A fire damaged a retail building at the Ovation Hollywood mall Wednesday in the heart of the Hollywood tourism district, but no one was hurt. The fire was reported in the four-story building at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at 12:12 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters quickly controlled a small fire […]
Aniston, Schwimmer, Kudrow Add to Tributes for `Friends’ Co-Star Matthew Perry More “Friends” co-stars paid tribute Wednesday to Matthew Perry, as Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer took to Instagram to express grief over his death. “Oh boy this one has cut deep,” Aniston wrote in her post, which was accompanied by a photo, video and screenshot of a text message she once received from […]
Jimmy Kimmel Returning for 4th Stint as Oscars Host  Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 96th Academy Awards, marking his fourth turn leading the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. Kimmel also hosted the ceremony earlier this year, and he hosted in 2017 and 2018. He will join Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon as four-time Oscar hosts, and […]
Clouds, Rain Move into Southland, Beginning Several Days of Wet Weather Dark clouds and rain moved across much of the Southland Wednesday as the first wave of a two-storm front arrived in the area, with wet weather expected to persist into the weekend. Rain began falling in some areas by late Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service even reported a strong thunderstorm that developed over Long […]
Arson Suspect Arrested in Fires in Boyle Heights, Chinatown Area Authorities Wednesday arrested a man suspected of setting about a dozen “vegetation and debris fires” in the Boyle Heights and Chinatown areas. “Between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. this morning, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to and quickly extinguished approximately 12 intentionally set vegetation and debris fires in the Boyle Heights and Chinatown […]
Tarzana Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Linked to Two Deaths A Tarzana man accused of having distributed fentanyl in the form of fake Percocet pills that caused the deaths of an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges. Dominick Alvarado, 23, entered his plea to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. […]
LA Planning Commission to Discuss Ordinance to Streamline Housing The City Planning Commission is expected to vote Thursday on a proposed ordinance that would create a permanent land use program to expedite approval and construction of affordable housing projects in Los Angeles. The commission will hear from staff about the proposed Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance, which seeks to codify the benefits of Mayor Karen […]
Woman Killed, Man Injured in Hit-and-Run in Arlington Heights Area  A woman was killed and a man was injured when they were struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while attempting to cross a street in the Arlington Heights area, authorities said Wednesday. Officers were sent to the 1500 block of South Arlington Avenue at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The […]
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