| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
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Daddy’s Torture Killing Of 3-Month-Old Infant Son? DA Demands Death Penalty For Indio Suspect A judge confirmed Wednesday that prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against an Indio man accused in the torture beating and shaking death of his 3-month-old son. The victim’s parents, Leonardo Daniel Alvarado Fernandez, 34, and Zue Urias, 27, were arrested 14 months ago, after police responded to a report that they had brought […]
Dangerous COVID Variants Spreading In LA: Wear That Mask, Worry About Reopenings While excitement builds for a possible loosening of more restrictions due to sharp drops in COVID-19 cases, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned Wednesday that highly infectious variants of the virus appear to be spreading, heightening the need for continued mask-wearing and infection-control measures. The county’s recent decline in the COVID-19 case rate means […]
Jay Leno Apologizes for Years of Jokes Targeting Asians Comedian Jay Leno issued an apology Wednesday for years of jokes targeting Asians, concluding a 15-year lobbying effort by an Asian American media watchdog group. Leno’s apology came in a joint statement issued by the 70-year-old former talk show host and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans. The group had raised concerns about remarks […]
Zoom Call Murder As Son Charged With Slasher Killing Of Mom, Uncle In Altadena A murder suspect was charged Wednesday with fatally stabbing his mother and uncle at their Altadena home while she was on a Zoom call with colleagues from Pasadena City College — one of whom witnessed part of the attack. Robert Cotton, 32, is set to be arraigned Thursday at the Pasadena courthouse on double murder […]
Ex-Con Who Shot Santa Monica Cop In Traffic Stop Gets Good News, Bad News In Appeal The California Supreme Court Wednesday denied a defense bid to review the case against an ex-con convicted of a shooting that wounded a Santa Monica police officer during a traffic stop more than a decade ago. However, in January, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered a new sentencing hearing for […]
Study: L.A. Can Be Entirely Powered By Renewable Energy in 25 Years A study released Wednesday found that Los Angeles can be powered entirely with renewable energy in the next 25 years without any significant disruption to people’s lifestyles or the economy. The LA100 Study was conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Water and […]
LACo Public Health Director: No Known Plan To Provide COVID Shots To Lakers Los Angeles County’s public health director said Wednesday she was unaware of any effort to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Lakers organization, following an ESPN report that doses would be administered this week to unspecified people with the club. The ESPN report, citing unnamed sources, said members of the “organization” would be receiving […]
Grim Discovery Of Woman’s Body In Car: Suspect Charged In Murrieta Killing A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a man accused of killing a 30-year-old Murrieta woman found in a vehicle abandoned at the bottom of a hill in Temecula. Edwin Omar Cordova, 28, of Wildomar was arrested Saturday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of Cynthia Denise Ibarra Cabrera, who was […]
Orange County Could Make COVID-19 Orange Tier by Next Week If current COVID-19 trends continue, Orange County could graduate from the red to the orange tier under the state’s blueprint for reopening the economy by the end of the month. There was some confusion about whether the county could move up a tier by March 31 or April 7, but after an inquiry Tuesday night, […]
Activists, Homeless Stage Protest Against Clearing Of Echo Park Hundreds of advocates for the homeless gathered at Echo Park Lake Wednesday to protest plans by the city to clear a large homeless encampment from the park and close the area for what’s being described as more than a half-million-dollars in repair work. According to Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell’s office, the work will […]
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