| | | | The news for Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Vow Of Poverty, Ha! Nun Was Catholic Elementary School Principal In Torrance Who Ripped Off $835,000 For Fun, Gambling Trips  The retired principal of a Catholic elementary school in Torrance, who as a nun took a vow of poverty, confessed to fraud and money laundering charges involving the theft of more than $835,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips, federal prosecutors have announced. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, of Los Angeles, […]
  
County Democratic Party Calls on Villanueva to Quit; LASD Spokesman Hits Back The call by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party for Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign is part of a “radical agenda,” a Sheriff’s Department spokesman told City News Service Wednesday. “Yesterday, Sheriff Alex Villanueva began solving the homeless problem on the Venice Boardwalk, while simultaneously conducting the largest illegal drug bust operation in the history […]
Terror Of Freeway Shooting: Ex-Con Gets Five Years, Admits Random Attack On Vehicle Occupants On Riverside (91) Freeway  A 32-year-old ex-con with a previous felony conviction has been sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of shooting at occupants of a vehicle on the Riverside (91) Freeway. Lorenzo Antonio Parra of Corona admitted one count each of shooting at an occupied vehicle, felony driving under the influence and […]
Man Killed in Compton Shooting A man was killed in a shooting in Compton and the shooter was on the loose Wednesday morning. Deputies from Compton station responded about 10:25 p.m. Tuesday to a shooting call in the 1700 block of East Alondra Boulevard and found the victim, who had sustained at least one gunshot wound to the upper body, […]
HazMat Situation Prompts Evacuation of Burbank Business An acid spill at an aerospace business in Burbank prompted the evacuation of the building and a response by a hazardous materials team, it was reported Wednesday morning. Burbank Fire Department crews responded about midnight to a water flow alarm at a business in the 2900 block of San Fernando Boulevard. The business was identified […]
Second Vehicle-Bear Strike in Two Nights Reported Near Castaic  For the second time in as many nights, a bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on a highway near Castaic. The latest crash occurred about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday on eastbound state Route 126 near Chiquito Canyon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Video from the scene showed the bear’s carcass on the right […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Numbers Continue Downward Trends Orange County’s latest weekly averages for COVID-19 remain much like last week’s, as encouraging trends continue. According to weekly state data released every Tuesday, the average for the county’s daily case rate per 100,000 residents dropped from 0.9 to 0.8. The overall test positivity rate ticked up from 0.6% to 0.7%, and the county’s Health […]
COVID Positivity, Case Rates Down in Riverside County The COVID-19 positivity and case rates in Riverside County dropped further Tuesday, and no additional virus-related deaths were reported. The latest metrics published by the California Department of Public Health indicate that the county’s COVID positivity rate is now 1.2%, compared to 1.3% last week, and the state-adjusted case rate is 1.6 per 100,000 residents, […]
Most — But Not All — COVID Restrictions Set to Vanish June 15 in LA County While the bulk of COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted on June 15, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned that rules requiring masking and physical distancing will remain in place in some settings — most notably in schools, on public transit and in health-care facilities. “There are a few sectors where masking and distancing protections […]
Former NCAA Wrestler Convicted of Assaulting Women Seeks Bond Pending Appeal A judge is expected to decide Wednesday whether a former NCAA wrestler convicted of beating up one woman and sexually assaulting another at his Coachella Valley ranch will be allowed to post bond pending the results of his appeal. Wayne Eric Boyd, 74, of Sky Valley was sentenced on April 8 to two years in […]
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