| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
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Did Grossman Burn Foundation Co-Founder Kill Two Kids With Speeding Mercedes? She’s Arrested On DUI, Vehicle Manslaughter Two brothers were fatally injured when they were hit by a speeding Mercedes while crossing a street in Westlake Village with their family, and the motorist — a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation — was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, authorities said Wednesday. The crash occurred at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday […]
Accused Ambush Shooter Of Two Sheriff’s Deputies Charged: Attack In Compton As Victims Sat In Patrol Car An ex-con arrested earlier this month in connection with a carjacking was charged Wednesday with trying to kill two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, who were wounded in an ambush shooting while sitting in their patrol car outside a transit center in Compton. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, pleaded not guilty to two counts each of […]
Sex Attack On Rideshare Passenger Gets Driver Four Years In Prison A former rideshare driver has been sentenced to four years in state prison for sexually battering a female passenger nearly three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Kamaru Deen, 37, was also ordered to register as a sex offender in connection with his no contest plea Tuesday to a felony […]
Homeless Boy Sexually Assaulted By Parolee? Suspect Ordered For Psychiatric Exam A parolee accused of sexually assaulting a homeless boy in a Riverside park was ordered Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation based on his attorney’s concerns about his mental health. Ryan Anthony Funk, 31, of Riverside was arrested shortly after the alleged Sept. 11 attack in Hunter Park, near the intersection of Iowa and Marlborough […]
Armed Man Fatally Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy in La Quinta Was Local Doctor A 66-year-old man who authorities say was fatally shot after he pointed a rifle at two sheriff’s deputies at La Quinta City Hall was a local doctor who had been employed by Borrego Health until recently, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Randy Fedorchuk of La Quinta worked for Borrego Health from April 2016 to this […]
Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in LA City Hall Bribery Case A longtime lobbyist and former Los Angeles City Hall official pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of conspiring with now-suspended Councilman Jose Huizar in a bribery scheme. Morrie Goldman entered his guilty plea to a felony count of conspiring to commit bribery and honest services mail fraud in the government’s ongoing investigation of corruption […]
Prime-Time Viewership Drops Sharply To Start Season The combined viewership of the four major broadcast networks for the opening week of the prime-time television season was down 36.4% from last year, mainly due to the unavailability of new scripted episodes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. CBS had the biggest decrease, dropping 60.6% from 6.9 million to 2.72 million, according to […]
Bobcat Fire Size and Containment Increase Slightly The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest increased slightly from 114,202 acres to 114,438 acres Wednesday, while its containment increased from 62% to 63%, authorities said. A heat advisory was in place through 8 p.m. Friday, with hot and dry conditions expected over the region. Temperatures near 100 degrees were expected through Thursday […]
Despite Uptick In Cases, LA County Agrees To Open Nail Salons, Indoor Malls Despite reporting another uptick in daily coronavirus cases and an upward trend in the community transmission rate of the virus, Los Angeles County officials Wednesday cleared the way for nail salons to resume indoor operations and for indoor shopping malls to reopen. The salons and malls will be both be restricted to 25% of capacity, […]
OC Reports 19 More COVID-19 Deaths, 194 New Cases Nineteen more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, raising the death toll to 1,268, and officials also reported 194 new diagnoses of coronavirus Wednesday, hiking the cumulative total to 53,751. The reporting of COVID-19 fatalities comes from multiple hospitals and the Orange County coroner’s office and are often delayed, so the 19 deaths happened […]
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