| | | | The news for Thursday, April 8, 2021
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Deadpan Mom Murdered 7-Month-Old Son As Daddy Cries? Lancaster Baby Died Of Neck Trauma  A Lancaster mother will be arraigned April 22 and stand trial on murder and assault charges stemming from her 7-month-old son’s death in November 2018. Superior Court Judge Daviann Mitchell rejected a defense motion that contended there was insufficient evidence to allow the case against Anaiyah Alise Perry, now 22, to proceed to trial. Perry […]
  
LA County COVID Case, Hospitalization Rates Continue Dropping, But Not As Fast Los Angeles County’s rate of decline in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations slowed dramatically over the last month, but it slowed nonetheless, so far helping avoid the surges in infections being seen in other parts of the country, the county’s public health director said. “While all of our metrics are indicating less community transmission, the […]
Escaped Tortoise Gets Skateboard Ride Home Near Corona  An escaped tortoise native to the Saharan desert and found on an Eastvale street south of Corona was back with his happy owners Thursday after a skateboard ride as part of his return. “King,” a 15-year-old Sulcata tortoise, was retrieved by Bonnie and Sean Wang after his roughly three-day stay at the Western Riverside County […]
Wind Advisories in Effect for Parts of LA County High winds are expected to buffet parts of L.A. County again Thursday, the National Weather service said. A wind advisory for the Los Angeles County mountains, excluding the Santa Monica Range, has been extended to 6 a.m. Friday, according to the NWS. It had been set to expire at 3 a.m. Friday. Meanwhile, a wind […]
GLAAD Media Awards To Honor Portrayals Of LGBTQ People, Issues Programs ranging from “Schitt’s Creek” to “Killing Eve” and films such as “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Prom” are among the nominees for the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards, which will be presented Thursday evening to honor fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. The awards, presented in a virtual format […]
Charges Filed Against 17-Year-Old Lamborghini Driver in Fatal Crash Charges have been filed against the 17-year-old driver of a Lamborghini SUV involved in a fatal crash in West Los Angeles in February. Demonstrations calling for charges to be filed in the crash that killed 32-year-old Monique Muñoz were held last month at the crash scene and outside Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence, […]
LA City Council Calls On Governor To Close Playa Del Rey Gas Facility The Los Angeles City Council has called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to close the Playa del Rey natural gas storage facility, which experts believe is at high risk for tsunamis, wildfire and endangering residents. Wednesday’s resolution — which was introduced by Councilman Mike Bonin and passed with 13 yes votes and two members absent — […]
OC Keeps on Mostly Encouraging Path for COVID-19 Statistics  Orange County has reported just 75 new COVID-19 cases, but hospitalization numbers have increased slightly. The new cases boosted the cumulative number to 251,516 since the pandemic began, according to numbers released Wednesday. The county also logged seven more fatalities, including three that occurred in January. The trends overall continue to be encouraging, Orange County […]
High-Profile Hollywood Attorney Howard Weitzman Dies at 81 Attorney Howard Weitzman, whose clients included Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Marlon Brando, Morgan Freeman and Arnold Schwarzenegger, has died at age 81. Weitzman died peacefully at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, surrounded by family and listening to music from his favorite artists, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin and Joni Mitchell, his son Jed told the […]
Average LA County Gas Price Rises For 13th Time in 16 Days The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Thursday for the 13th time in 16 days, increasing a half-cent to $3.972, its highest amount since Nov. 20, 2019. The average price has increased 4.8 cents over the past 16 days, including four-tenths of a cent on Wednesday, according […]
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