| | | | | The news for Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
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With Fed Approval, Local Officials Quickly Expanding COVID Shots to Ages 12-15 Southland health agencies and other providers will begin vaccinating youth ages 12 to 15 against COVID-19 Thursday, with federal authorities giving final approval for use of the Pfizer vaccine on that age group. Shortly after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s immunization advisory committee voted to approve the use of the vaccine Wednesday, […]
Sad Shooting Leaves Teen Boy, 15, Critical: Hunt For ‘Person Of Interest’ In Mother’s Day Indio Attack Indio police Thursday sought public help in locating a 22- year-old man said to be a “person of interest” in a Mother’s Day shooting that left a teenage boy critically wounded. Detectives investigating the shooting reported about 4 p.m. Sunday in the area of Daisy Street and John Nobles Avenue want to talk to Tasaun […]
Brush Fire Blackens 450 Acres, Burns Two Structures in Llano Area Firefighters Thursday continued to battle a wind-whipped brush fire in a sparsely populated rural area east of Palmdale that burned an estimated 450 acres and prompted evacuations before crews managed to stop its advance, authorities said. Two structures were burned by the blaze, according to CBS2. The Pine Fire erupted about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday near […]
Orange County Grand Jury Criticizes Pandemic Response As Orange County continued its promising COVID-19 trends, the Orange County Grand Jury issued a report critical of the county’s response to the pandemic. The grand jury concluded that the county’s plans to handle a pandemic “had known gaps that were not addressed in accordance with the state, national and international guidelines.” The panel said […]
Battery Suspect Arrested in Beverly Hills After Standoff with Police An hours-long standoff in Beverly Hills ended when a SWAT unit made entry and took a battery suspect into custody, Beverly Hills police said Thursday. The barricade situation in the 100 block of North Stanley Drive began with a 911 call to police about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Beverly Hills police Sgt. David Rudy said. Police […]
Average LA County Gasoline Price Rises for 20th Consecutive Day The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Thursday for the 20th consecutive day, increasing six-tenths of a cent to $4.166, its highest amount since Oct. 21, 2019. The average price has increased 14 cents over the past 20 days, including six-tenths of a cent Wednesday, according to […]
Arraignment Due for Beverlywood Man Charged in $230M Investment Scam Case A Beverlywood man is set to be arraigned Thursday for allegedly operating a $230 million Ponzi scheme based on false claims that investor money would be used to acquire licensing rights to films that HBO and Netflix had agreed to distribute overseas. Zachary Horwitz, 34, who used the screen name “Zach Avery” when acting in […]
Ex-Burbank/Hollywood Teacher Faces Sentencing in Child Porn Case A former elementary school teacher who taught in Burbank and Hollywood is expected to be sentenced Thursday to multiple years behind bars for making pornographic images and videos of two of his ex-students. Sean D. Sigler, 56, of Burbank pleaded guilty two years ago to two felony counts of production of child pornography, according to […]
LA County to Conduct 2nd Full-Volume Test of Beach Evacuation Alert Los Angeles County officials Thursday will conduct the second full-volume test of a new emergency warning system at Torrance Beach, meaning people in the area could hear amplified alerts about tsunamis, shark sightings or earthquakes. The county Department of Beaches and Harbors conducted the first official test of the Beach Emergency and Evacuation Lights System, […]
Man Allegedly Armed with Knives Barricades In NoHo Home A barricade situation in North Hollywood came to a peaceful end Thursday morning when police took into custody a man suspected of being armed with knives and violating a restraining order who forced his way into a home. The arrest came about 2:05 a.m., when the man finally surrendered to police, Los Angeles police officer […]
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