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Maureen Kindel, Mayor Bradley Adviser, Dies Maureen Kindel, a close confidant, fundraiser and adviser for Mayor Tom Bradley and a years-long powerful figure at City Hall and in other Los Angeles political circles, died Thursday. Michael Gagan, her partner at the Kindel Gagan public affairs firm since 2010, announced her death in an email to friends Thursday evening. Kindel was 86. […]
Parents, Non-Profit Proceed with Lawsuit Against Willows School COVID Vax Mandate A lawsuit brought by against The Willows school by two sets of parents and the nonprofit group Protection for the Educational Rights of Kids concerning the school’s former coronavirus vaccine mandate can move forward for now, a judge has ruled. Plaintiffs Paul and Dee Barshon, as well as Yotam Shochat and Shira Aflalo, along with […]
Airport Fire 95% Contained Containment of the Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside counties is 95%, Cal Fire reported, and is nearly fully contained Friday. “We’re doing everything we can while it’s cooler to construct those fire lines, improving them and making sure they’re tested by the wind,” Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said. The fire authority […]
Police Arrest Barricaded Suspect in Long Beach A suspect accused of shooting a man in Long Beach and then barricading himself inside a residence is in custody, police said Friday. Long Beach Police Department officers were called to the 1600 block of Linden Avenue regarding a shooting at 5:29 p.m. Thursday, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to […]
Fire Extinguished at Row of Commercial Buildings in Downtown Los Angeles Firefighters knocked down a fire at a one-story row of commercial buildings Friday in downtown Los Angeles. Fire crews were called to at 1135 S. Maple Ave. near East 11th Street at 2:08 a.m. where they found heavy flames coming from the row of buildings and climbed to the roof in order to cut holes […]
Containment of Bridge Fire Grows to 98% The Bridge Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument is 98% contained Friday as crews continued efforts to extinguish hot spots and extend lines of cleared vegetation around the burn area. The fire in the Sheep Mountain Wilderness was 93% contained earlier Wednesday. It has burned 54,878 acres, threatened 4,409 structures, destroyed 81 and […]
Man Who Suffers From Depression Reported Missing in Santa Clarita A 44-year-old man who has depression was reported missing in Saugus neighborhood of Santa Clarita, authorities said Friday. Eric Peter Nelson was reported missing at around 8:45 p.m. Thursday in the 20000 block of Calwood Street, according to Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Nelson is white, 6 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 300 pounds, has brown hair […]
UCLA Baseball Stadium on VA Grounds Locked Down UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium on the VA’s West Los Angeles campus is locked down Friday after a federal judge ordered the facility closed until the university submits a proposal for the stadium grounds to be used primarily for the benefit of the military veterans for whom the land was originally deeded. The shut-down order came […]
Woman Shot in North Hollywood; Suspect Flees A woman is in the hospital Friday after she was shot in the leg by an assailant in North Hollywood. The shooting was reported at 10:55 p.m. Thursday and Los Angeles Police Department officers from the North Hollywood Division responded to Fulcher Avenue near Burbank Boulevard. When they arrived, officers found the woman at the […]
Sentencing Due for Owner of Encino Tax Preparation Company The owner of an Encino tax preparation company is set to be sentenced Friday for helping a client file a false tax return that underreported the client’s income, causing a loss to the Internal Revenue Service of more than $400,000. Bijan Kohanzad, 63, of Calabasas pleaded guilty in February in downtown Los Angeles to one […]
Fall Yields to Summer-Like Heat This Weekend, Next Week A warming trend will set in starting Friday and continuing into early next week, pushing temperatures into the 110s in parts of eastern Riverside County and around 100 degrees in the Riverside metropolitan area, according to the National Weather Service. The agency posted an Excessive Heat Warning for the Coachella Valley and other desert locations […]
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