| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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Your Life Will Change: `Most Dangerous Moments’ Of Pandemic Force ‘Additional Sacrifice’ For LA  covid Warning that the county is facing “one of the most dangerous moments in this pandemic,” Los Angeles County health officials Wednesday defended new business and social gathering restrictions, stressing that absent an immediate downturn in COVID-19 case numbers, area hospitals could be quickly overwhelmed. Dr. Christina Ghaly, the county’s director of health services, stressed […]
  
Little Girl Sex Molestation Again And Again Since 2012: Suspect Charged In Lake Elsinore Case  A 27-year-old man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl since 2012 was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of lewd acts on a child. Geovanni Arturo Mendoza was arrested Saturday following a monthlong Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. Along with four counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old, Mendoza […]
Fake ‘Patients’ – Really Drug Dealers – Got Oxycodone Prescriptions From Physician Assistant: Guilty!  A former licensed physician assistant at a Fountain Valley medical clinic pleaded guilty Wednesday to peddling oxycodone to drug dealers, knowing the highly addictive opioid painkiller would be sold on the street. Raif Wadie Iskander, 54, who used to live in Ladera Ranch but has relocated to Ennis, Montana, entered his plea via videoconference to […]
Thermal Man Accused of Pimping Young Girl Pleads Not Guilty A 21-year-old man accused of compelling an underage girl to work as a prostitute over several months in Thermal pleaded not guilty Wednesday to several felony charges. Jose Manuel Quevedo was arrested last Thursday in the 76-000 block of Pierce Street in Thermal on suspicion of sex and drug crimes involving an unidentified teenage minor. […]
Tory Lanez Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting of Megan Thee Stallion Tory Lanez, who allegedly fired shots that wounded fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion while they were inside an SUV in the Hollywood Hills, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony assault and gun charges. Lanez — who last month implied his innocence by posting on Twitter that “the truth will come to light” — was charged […]
Apple to Pay $113 Million Settlement Involving iPhone Batteries Apple Inc. will pay $113 million to resolve allegations that the company misled consumers through software updates that purposely slowed iPhone performance to mask battery issues that made the phones susceptible to unexpected power shutoffs, with a portion of the total settlement going to various California agencies, including the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, […]
Man Accusing of Killing Wife in La Quinta Must Stand Trial For Murder A 29-year-old man accused of gunning down his wife at a mobile home park in La Quinta while their children slept nearby must stand trial on a murder charge, a judge ruled Wednesday. Jose Valles Meza of La Quinta was arrested on Jan. 27, 2019, on suspicion of killing Patricia Cesena, 26, of La Quinta, […]
Brothers, Wives From Encino Charged With CARES Loan Scheme Two brothers and their wives — all from Encino — have been charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to submit at least 35 fraudulent applications seeking more than $5.6 million in federal COVID-19 relief loans, authorities announced Wednesday. Richard Ayvazyan, 42; Richard’s wife, Marietta Terabelian, 36; Richard’s brother, Artur Ayvazyan, 40; […]
County Unveils Mobile COVID Contact-Tracing Effort To Speed Notifications Hoping to speed the process of coronavirus contact-tracing, Los Angeles County announced a feature Wednesday that will allow people who receive a positive COVID-19 test to quickly — and anonymously — use their cell phones to notify others they may have exposed. The county already partners with Healthvana, a company that uses text messages or […]
Off-Duty Deputy Wounded While Seated in His Vehicle in City Terrace Area The shooting of an off-duty deputy in the City Terrace area of Los Angeles County may have been motivated by a dispute at a nearby birthday party, sheriff’s investigators said Wednesday. The shooting occurred about 2:25 a.m. Sunday as the deputy drove his vehicle in the 800 block of North Hazard Avenue, according to the […]
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