| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, February 5, 2024 |
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Mayor Bass Declares Local Emergency in Response to Storm Mayor Karen Bass Monday signed a declaration of a local emergency that is intended to help the city of Los Angeles’ response to the storm and ensure resources for the recovery period. Bass’ action came on the heels of similar emergency declarations by Los Angeles County and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who declared an emergency for […]
Storm Wreaks Havoc on Los Angeles Evacuation orders and warnings remained in place Monday for some residents in Los Angeles and Orange counties as a record-setting storm continued to relentlessly drop rain across the region, causing mud and debris flows, flooding some streets, knocking out power in select areas and prompting state and local emergency declarations. The powerful storm system dumped […]
Man Who Stowed Away On Flight To LA Sentenced To Time Served A Russian man who boarded a flight from Denmark to Los Angeles International Airport without a ticket, passport or visa was sentenced Monday to time already served and ordered to pay for the flight he stowed away on. Sergey Ochigava, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu to the 93 days spent […]
Torrance Man Who Supplied Deadly Fentanyl Sentenced 26 Years A Los Angeles County man who admitted supplying fentanyl that caused two deaths on consecutive days in Redondo Beach hotel rooms was sentenced Monday to 26 years in federal prison. William V. Fulton, 40, of Torrance, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer to pay $12,385 in restitution, according to the U.S. […]
Molester Wins Reduced Sentence in State Supreme Court Ruling A 49-year-old man who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2014 for sexually assaulting two boys he lived with in Anaheim should have been given a punishment of 15 to life in prison due to the way the prosecution filed the charges against him, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. Oscar […]
Kim and Fred Goldman Endorse Chris Darden for L.A. Superior Court Judge Kim and Fred Goldman, the sister and father of Ronald Goldman, who was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994, have endorsed former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden in his bid for a seat on the L.A. County Superior Court, Darden’s campaign announced Monday. “Christopher Darden was a friend to my family during one […]
Mexican Mafia `Secretary’ from La Verne Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison A La Verne woman was sentenced Monday to 85 months in federal prison for acting as a so-called secretary to an imprisoned Mexican Mafia shot caller who controlled Latino gangs in Pomona, including facilitating an armed robbery and shooting, as well as distribution of narcotics and extortion. Kelly Deshannon, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District […]
Million-Gallon Sewage Spill Prompts Cabrillo Beach Closure in San Pedro The ocean at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro was closed to swimmers and surfers Monday due to a roughly 1 million-gallon sewage spill. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the sewage discharged occurred at an unspecified location around 6 a.m., sending untreated sewage into the Dominguez Channel, which leads to the […]
Authorities ID Man Who Drowned at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Authorities Monday identified a 19-year-old man who drowned in the lake outside SoFi Stadium during a sold-out dance music concert. The man was identified as Mirai Ashley Shepard, of Chula Vista, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner reported. Shepard was observed entering the lake at 9:27 p.m. Friday, while musician and DJ Illenium […]
Authorities Release Second Man Killed in 105 Freeway Crash Near Athens Authorities Monday released the name of the second man killed in the crash of a vehicle that went off the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway and crashed into a tree near the unincorporated Athens area. That man was identified as Daniel Alberto Majano, of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner reported. California […]
Fowler Museum At UCLA Returns Cultural Artifacts To Ghana Officials from the Fowler Museum at UCLA Monday announced the return of a colonial-era African royal necklace and other cultural artifacts to the West African country of Ghana. The returned objects include gold jewelry, an elephant tail whisk and an ornamental chair originally taken from the Asante Kingdom in what is now Ghana by British […]
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