| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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IATSE Sets Monday Deadline for National Strike, Threatening Film/TV Production  About 60,000 behind-the-scenes film and television workers will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday unless a labor deal is reached, the workers’ union announced Wednesday, putting pressure on producers to get a deal done and avoid a mass production shutdown. Matthew Loeb, the president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees International, said […]
  
Biden: Port of LA to Stay Open 24/7 to Relieve Cargo Bottleneck  The Port of Los Angeles will begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday as part of a push from the White House to clear supply chain disruptions threatening the holiday shopping season and slowing the nation’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Round-the-clock operations were already in […]
Man’s Body Found Burning in Norwalk Area; Investigation Underway  A man’s body was found burning in the Norwalk area Wednesday, and an investigation was underway into the circumstances of his death. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at about 5:15 a.m. to a report of a man down near Imperial Highway and Curtis and King Road, and found the man unresponsive and on […]
Police Shooting in Palms Area Leaves One Person Dead Police fatally shot a person armed with a knife in the Palms area of Los Angeles Wednesday, authorities said. Officers were sent to the 3600 block of Keystone Avenue at about 5:50 a.m. on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Arriving officers learned that a suspect […]
Smoke From Alisal Fire Affecting Air Quality in Southland The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a special air quality advisory through Thursday afternoon due to heavy smoke drifting into parts of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties from the Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara. Impacts on surface air quality are expected in the South Coast Air Basin, with elevated Air Quality […]
LA Metro Transitions All Metro G Line Buses To Electric All buses along the Metro G (Orange) Line are now electric following an $80 million electrification process that began in 2016, officials announced Wednesday. The buses were previously powered by natural gas, and the G Line is the first Metro line to be transitioned to 100% electric buses. “Transportation is not just the largest source […]
South LA Man Convicted of Murder in 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Drowning A South Los Angeles man on trial for his 4-year-old daughter’s drowning in a walk-in bathtub was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder and assault on a child causing death. Jurors deliberated about three hours before convicting Charles Richard Lee, now 26, in the Dec. 2, 2018, drowning of his daughter, Zaraellia Thompson. Sentencing was set […]
LA County Climate Vulnerability Assessment Paints Worrisome Picture More than half of Los Angeles County residents — about 5.7 million people — live in communities deemed “highly exposed” to severe climate impacts now and through 2050, according to a study released Wednesday by the county’s Chief Sustainability Office. Impending dangers include extreme heat, wildfire, inland flooding, extreme precipitation, coastal flooding and drought, according […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue to Decline Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline, according to data released Wednesday. The number of COVID patients in county hospitals fell from 211 on Tuesday to 205, with the number of intensive care patients declining from 45 to 40. The county has 23.5% of its ICU beds available and 70% of its ventilators. OC also […]
Convicted Pimp in Child Sex Trafficking Case Resentenced to 40 Years A self-described “cross-country pimp” from Gardena whose 40-year federal prison term for forcing girls to work as prostitutes was vacated by an appeals court was resentenced Wednesday to the same number of years behind bars. Laron Darrell “Birdd” Carter, 44, was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release. A restitution hearing was […]
William Shatner Completes Trip to Space with Blue Origin Crew Capt. James. T. Kirk was the unflappable commander of the fictional Starship Enterprise in “Star Trek.” But on Wednesday, actor William Shatner, who played the stoic Kirk on TV and in the movies, was absolutely over the moon after venturing into space for real. “I’m overwhelmed. I had no idea,” the 90-year-old Shatner said after […]
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