| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Vaccination ‘Horror Stories’ Not Happening In Long Beach: Mayor Gets His Shot, Insists No Delays, Backlogs  Proclaiming his city to be free of the delays and vaccination backlogs that have plagued other jurisdictions, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia received a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Thursday to attest to its safety and said shots will be administered to a wide swath of the community in coming days. “I’ve been reading […]
  
Maybe Good COVID News In LA: Hospitalization Numbers Ease, But Watch Out For More Deadly Spikes  Hospitalization numbers continued to ease slightly in Los Angeles County Thursday, although health officials warn that COVID-19 admissions could spike again in response to holiday gatherings and the potential for rapidly increasing infections from a highly contagious new variant of the virus. As the health battle continues, Los Angeles County seemed not ready to gear […]
Mom Murdered Four Daughters In Santa Clarita Fire Horror: High Court Hears Death Penalty Appeal  The California Supreme Court is set to hear an automatic appeal next month in the case of a Santa Clarita woman who was sentenced to death for murdering her four daughters and trying to kill her son in an arson fire at the family’s home more than two decades ago. Sandi Dawn Nieves was convicted […]
Major Scare For LAPD Chopper Hit By Drone: Hollywood Man Pleads Guilty  A 22-year-old Hollywood man pleaded guilty Thursday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter in what’s considered the nation’s first use of the federal criminal charge. Andrew Rene Hernandez pleaded guilty to a class-A misdemeanor charge of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, which carries a penalty of […]
Glendora Man Charged With Participating in U.S. Capitol Violence A 20-year-old Glendora man accused of participating in the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol is expected to make his initial federal court appearance in downtown Los Angeles Thursday. Hunter Allen Ehmke was taken into custody about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at his home by FBI agents and local police officers, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura […]
Judge Approves Inquiries into Plaintiffs’ Sexual Backgrounds Attorneys for the Boys and Girls Club of San Fernando can conduct deposition inquiries into the sexual backgrounds of multiple male and female plaintiffs who sued the club and Los Angeles Unified, alleging they were sexually abused due to the actions of a former wrestling coach, a judge ruled. The plaintiffs were minors at the […]
Man Suspected of Killing Riverside Senior During Home Invasion Robbery A young man suspected of fatally beating a 78-year-old Riverside woman during a home invasion robbery was being held without bail Thursday. Sixto Jesus Garcia Pena, 19, of Palm Springs was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside on suspicion of murder, home invasion robbery and first-degree burglary. Pena […]
Hate Crime Sucker Punch Conviction in OC Reversed A 24-year-old San Clemente man who sucker-punched a black Whole Foods employee in Laguna Beach had his hate crime conviction overturned by a panel of appellate court justices, according to records obtained Thursday. Fernando Ramirez, who was sentenced to six years in prison last January, was convicted in October 2019 of battery with serious bodily […]
Suspect in Two Baseball Bat Killings in Hacienda Heights Remains at Large A man suspected in the baseball bat killings of his 73-year-old stepfather and 65-year-old mother inside a Hacienda Heights home remained at large Thursday, as authorities identified the stepfather. Detectives named Nelson Fermin Garibay, 44, as the suspect in Monday’s deadly attack in the 14400 block of Marwood Street that also injured his 37-year-old brother, […]
DA Drops Bid for Death Penalty in Accused Cop Killer’s Case Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not seek the death penalty for a man who is awaiting a retrial for the June 1983 killing of a Los Angeles police officer in Lake View Terrace, with a judge subsequently rejecting a bid by the District Attorney’s Office to dismiss allegations that could carry a life prison […]
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