| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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COVID Hospitalizations Keep Dropping; LA Co Health Director Urges Booster Shots Amid falling COVID-19 numbers, Los Angeles County’s public health director Friday expressed optimism the region will avoid another winter surge like those that resulted in rampant infections and hospitalizations the past two years. Pointing to the availability of a COVID vaccine booster specifically engineered to attack the highly infectious BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants of […]
LADWP Increases Air Conditioner Rebates for Low-Income Residents The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power introduced a “Cool LA” initiative Friday that increases rebates from $75 to $225 for energy-efficient air conditioners installed for low-income customers. Around 237,000 residents are expected to be eligible for the program, which covers nearly 300 different efficient AC units. Eligible customers can purchase window, room or […]
Woman Reported Missing in Lancaster Found An 85-year-old woman who went missing in Lancaster has been found, authorities said Friday. Shizue Koyona was last seen at 3:17 p.m. Thursday in the 6000 block of West Avenue J-4, and authorities sought the public’s help to find her. On Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that she had been found. Other […]
Ridley-Thomas Co-Defendant to Plead Guilty Monday in Bribery Case A former dean of the USC School of Social Work is set to plead guilty Monday to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case involving suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas. Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, admitted that she bribed Ridley-Thomas — at the time a member of the county Board of Supervisors […]
Councilman Cedillo Criticized Over Handling of Eviction Moratorium Discussion City Councilman Gil Cedillo faced criticism from several members of the public during Friday’s council meeting over how he conducted Wednesday’s Housing Committee meeting, during which the committee took up recommendations to end the COVID-19 eviction moratorium in Los Angeles. Several members from the tenants’ rights group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) attended […]
Late Inmate’s Mother Disputes Official Verson of Son’s Death The mother of an inmate who died in 2021 while in custody is suing Los Angeles County and Sheriff Alex Villanueva, alleging the 27-year-old man succumbed to a beating rather than drugs as asserted by deputies. Terry Lovett’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges negligence and civil rights violations. The mother of the late Jalani […]
Police Seek Suspect Who Fatally Stabbed Homeless Man in Long Beach Police Friday sought the public’s help to identify the suspect who fatally stabbed a 33-year-old homeless man in the face in Long Beach. Long Beach Police Department officers were called on July 29 to the 1400 block of Gundry Avenue to assist paramedics who responded to the scene to treat Alberto Martinez, who was found […]
Trial Set for Man Charged in Rapper Pop Smoke’s Killing An Oct. 13 trial date was set Friday for a man who is among four people charged with murder in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a 2020 robbery at a Hollywood Hills home. Corey Walker, now 21, is charged in the Feb. 19, 2020, killing of the 20-year-old New York-based rapper, whose real […]
Man Sentenced to 50-to-Life Prison Term for 2 1/2-Year-Old Boy’s Death A man who assaulted and murdered his live-in girlfriend’s 2 1/2-year-old son at their Los Angeles apartment was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in state prison. Superior Court Judge Curtis B. Rappe noted that Ronald Nathaniel Salmond III had been “given chance after chance after chance” in a string of criminal cases and […]
Smoke Shop Employee Pleads Guilty in Man’s Killing A Koreatown smoke shop employee pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for stabbing a man whom he accused of shoplifting from the business. Vardan Tokmajyan, now 28, is facing a 15-year-to-life state prison term, with sentencing set Oct. 28 in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. A special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of […]
Man Found Stabbed to Death in Bell Gardens Sheriff’s homicide detectives Friday are investigating the stabbing death of a man in Bell Gardens. Officers from the Bell Gardens Police Department were called at 11:07 p.m. Thursday to the 6400 block of Colmar Avenue regarding an assault with a knife call where they found the victim suffering from apparent stab wounds, according to the […]
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