| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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UC Walkout Averted as Faculty Members Reach Labor Agreement  Non-tenured professors, lecturers and other faculty members reached what they’re calling a historic five-year agreement with the University of California, averting a planned two-day walkout that was scheduled to begin Wednesday. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers was planning a walkout at all nine UC campuses, including UC Riverside, in a dispute over several labor […]
  
Man Convicted of Assault and Murder in 2 1/2-Year-Old Boy’s Death  A man was convicted Wednesday of assaulting and murdering his live-in girlfriend’s 2 1/2-year-old son at their Los Angeles apartment in 2015. Jurors got the case against 31-year-old Ronald Salmond on Tuesday and deliberated about five hours before finding Salmond guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder, but acquitting him of first-degree murder. Salmond — who faces […]
LA Care Awards $3.2M to Support Residency Positions  L.A. Care Health Plan announced Wednesday it is awarding more than $3.2 million to support 25 residency positions at four medical institutions in Los Angeles County. According to the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, the grants are part of its efforts to address a growing physician shortage. The organization cited an Association of American […]
Judge Dismisses Abbey’s Defamation Claim Against Comedy Writer/Actress A judge Wednesday dismissed defamation and trade libel claims brought by the Abbey bar against a comedy writer and actress over her alleged false allegation that she was drugged by a bartender at the West Hollywood establishment, despite video footage to the contrary. Finalizing his tentative ruling issued Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel […]
Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Conducting 1-Mile Outfall Tests This Week A successful routine maintenance test of the gates in the 1-mile outfall pipeline from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant was conducted Wednesday, with officials saying there were no noise, odor or other impacts on the surrounding area. The plant annually tests its three bypass gates to ensure they are properly functioning. During the tests, which […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Inch Up Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations ticked up Wednesday, increasing to 216 from 210 on Tuesday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of those patients in intensive care declined from 55 to 52. The county also reported 341 new cases of COVID-19 but just one additional death, which occurred in September. The county […]
Attorney: Gardena to Pay $1.3M to Settle Officer-Involved Shooting Lawsuit The city of Gardena will pay $1.3 million to the child of a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2018, attorneys announced Wednesday. Kenneth Ross Jr., 25, was shot twice as he attempted to elude Gardena police at Rowley Memorial Park on April 11, 2018. Officers were responding to reports […]
Woman, 78, Reported Missing in Torrance Is Found A 78-year-old woman who was reported missing in Torrance has been found, authorities announced Wednesday. Betty Ann Drouillard was last seen at about 5 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of West 226th Street, near the Harbor (110) Freeway. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sought the public’s help to find her. The LASD announced […]
Halle Berry Lawyer Denies Actress at Fault for Fighter’s UFC Contract Release An MMA star who sued Halle Berry, blaming the actress for her firing by the UFC in 2019, actually lost her contract because of her poor recent fighting record, Berry’s attorneys state in new court papers. Cat Zingano, 39, sued Berry, Bruised Film Productions LLC, Thunder Road Film Productions Inc. and Romulus Entertainment LLC on […]
CSU Expands Program Providing iPads, Other Technology for Incoming Students Students at six more California State University campuses, including five in Southern California, will be offered free iPads and other technology tools during the spring semester, the university announced Wednesday, expanding a program that now includes 14 CSU schools. Under the program known as CSUCCESS — California State University Connectivity Contributing to Equity and Student […]
No-Burn Order Issued for Thursday For Many Parts of Southland The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland Thursday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect from midnight Wednesday through 11:59 p.m. Thursday for all those in the […]
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