| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, July 30, 2021
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Woman Fatally Stabbed at Retirement Home in Burbank; Suspect Arrested  A woman was fatally stabbed Friday at a retirement home in Burbank where she worked, and police arrested her alleged killer, who they say was recently “terminated” from the business. The stabbing occurred at the Burbank Retirement Villa West, 1911 Grismer Ave., shortly after 8 a.m., according to the Burbank Police Department. The woman, in […]
  
Hollywood Pantages to Require Proof of Vaccination for ‘Hamilton’ Shows  The Hollywood Pantages Theatre, which is scheduled to reopen on Aug. 17 with a production of “Hamilton,” will require ticket holders to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof of vaccination, the theater’s operator, Broadway in Hollywood, announced Friday. The policy will be in effect for performances through Oct. 10, and will be re-assessed […]
OC Reports Nearly 600 New COVID Cases As Hospitalizations Slowly Rise  Orange County reported another 593 COVID-19 cases Friday, along with another jump in hospitalizations. According to data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency, there were 252 people hospitalized in the county due to the virus as of Friday, including 59 people in intensive care. That was up from 236 hospitalizations and 56 ICU […]
Jury Awards Millions in Punitive Damages to Restaurant Scrum Good Samaritans Four men who were previously ordered to pay about $40 million to a brother and sister and a third man severely beaten after acting as good Samaritans outside a West Hollywood restaurant in 2015 were will now have to pay the trio millions of dollars more in punitive damages. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury […]
L.A. Mayor’s House Vandalized Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home in the Windsor Square area of Los Angeles was vandalized overnight. Officers went to the 600 block of South Irving Boulevard about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Damage included graffiti and broken windows, according to reports from the scene. It was not immediately clear […]
Walt Disney Co. Announces Mandate For Workers To Be Vaccinated Against COVID On the day Disneyland began requiring all visitors aged 2 and up to wear masks in indoor theme park locations regardless of vaccination status, the Walt Disney Co. announced Friday it is requiring all of its salaried and non-union hourly workers in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Burbank-based company has also […]
Appeal Dismissed For 2 Who Pleaded Guilty in Officer’s Killing A state appellate court panel has dismissed an appeal filed by two half-brothers from Montebello who pleaded guilty in a crime spree that included the 2015 killing of a Downey police officer who was shot in the face while sitting in his BMW in a parking lot near the police station. In a ruling Thursday, […]
LA Councilman Seeks Report Into High-Rise Building Inspection Practices Following the collapse of a South Florida condominium that killed 98 people last month, Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz Friday introduced a motion to have the Department of Building and Safety report on the city’s existing inspection protocols for high-rise buildings, best practices for the inspections and steps to ensure that L.A. avoids a similar […]
Man Suspected In Double Shooting at Corona Theater Charged With Murder A 20-year-old man suspected of gunning down a young woman and wounding her male companion — a TikTok influencer with nearly 1 million followers — inside a Corona movie theater was charged Friday with capital murder and attempted murder. The charges against Joseph Jimenez include a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, along with […]
Two Killed in Crash of Small Plane Near Banning Municipal Airport A small airplane crashed Friday northwest of Banning Municipal Airport, killing both people aboard. The plane crashed about 9:35 a.m. at Hathaway and Ramsey streets in a field near the airport, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Both people on the plane died at the scene, the fire department reported. Their names were withheld, […]
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