| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, February 28, 2022 |
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CA Mask Mandate Ending for Indoor Schools March 11; Everywhere Else on Tuesday California will lift its requirement that students and staff wear masks indoors at schools at 11:59 p.m. March 11, making face coverings “strongly recommended” but not mandated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. As of Tuesday, meanwhile, the state will also lift its requirement that unvaccinated people wear masks in most indoor settings, but masks will […]
Nazarian Steps Out of Assembly Race, Announces 2024 LA City Council Run Reversing course, Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-North Hollywood, announced Monday he will not seek election for the newly created 44th Assembly District, but rather plans to run in 2024 to replace City Councilman Paul Krekorian, who cannot seek another term due to term limits. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve the […]
Garcetti Establishes Olympic Games Cabinet to Facilitate Coordination Mayor Eric Garcetti Monday signed an executive directive to establish a “Games Cabinet” tasked with coordinating Los Angeles city departments and stakeholders during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The cabinet, which will be led by the chief administrative officer and the deputy mayor of international affairs, will work with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee, […]
UCLA Report Uncovers Pandemic Challenges Faced by Black Workers In SoCal Black workers in Southern California have struggled to recover from the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many who were displaced from their jobs still not returning to work, according to a report released Monday by the UCLA Labor Center. The study by the UCLA Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity (CARE) at […]
Sylmar Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Hollywood Pizzerias on Fire A Sylmar man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal arson charge for setting Hollywood’s Pizzeria Mozza and Mozza2Go on fire during the civil disturbances that roiled the city two years ago. Mario E. Alvarado, 44, faces at least five years in federal prison when he is sentenced on June 27, according to the U.S. Attorney’s […]
Third Gang Member in Beverly Hills Robbery Sentenced to Prison The last of three gang members convicted of carrying out an armed robbery at a Beverly Hills restaurant, where one customer was struck by gunfire and a $500,000 watch was stolen from another diner, was sentenced Monday to five years behind bars. Marquise A. Gardon, 41, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to interfere with […]
LA City Council to Consider Plan to Address Illegal Dumping The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider aspects of a plan introduced by Councilman Kevin de Leon aimed at reducing illegal dumping throughout the city, including by shortening the time it takes to deploy cleanup teams after a report is made about excess trash and debris. “The city of Los Angeles is […]
Report: LAPD Bomb Squad Ignored Expert’s Warning Prior to Fireworks Blast Members of a Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad who detonated a cache of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles last year — causing a huge explosion that displaced numerous residents from their homes — ignored the warnings of an expert team member who said the cache should be broken into smaller portions, according to […]
Authorities Seek Suspect Who Set Multiple Rubbish Fires In Venice Authorities Monday sought the public’s help to identify a man suspected of lighting a series of rubbish fires in Venice. The man set several fires Saturday on Flower Court between Sixth and Seventh avenues before continuing westbound and setting additional rubbish fires on Paloma Court between Pacific Avenue and Speedway, according to the Los Angeles […]
Two Charged for Alleged Roles in Hollywood Drug Ring An obscure Los Angeles actor is expected to be arraigned Monday for allegedly delivering fentanyl-laced pills to a Beverly Hills man who later died of an overdose. Mucktarr Kather Sei, 36, of Koreatown, was arrested Saturday on federal charges alleging he worked with a Hollywood woman who ran a drug-delivery operation that sold counterfeit oxycodone […]
Motorist Arrested After Leading Deputies on Chase from Lakewood to Costa Mesa An attempted murder suspect was chased by authorities from the Lakewood area to Costa Mesa Monday, where he was taken into custody after unsuccessfully trying to flee on foot and carjack another vehicle. The suspect, who could be seen running with a gun in his hand, was arrested about 12:50 p.m. near Newport Boulevard and […]
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