| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Murder At Beverly Crest Short-Term Rental House Party: Big Gathering May Have Violated LA Coronavirus Rules  A man was killed and another man was wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting at a short-term rental house party in the Beverly Crest neighborhood that may have violated Los Angeles rules banning such crowded gatherings. Los Angeles police said the death may have involved a gang dispute. Officers responded to the 2200 block of […]
  
LA Deputies Ignore Coronavirus-Required Masks? Outraged Sheriff Villanueva Blasts Inspector General Criticism  Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva blasted Inspector General Max Huntsman Wednesday, two days after Huntsman reported to the County Board of Supervisors that sheriff’s deputies are failing to follow public health orders that require them to wear masks on the job. “It’s our concern too, the use of the masks. … We want to […]
Doggy Horror Home: Suspect Charged As Five Starving Pooches Overrun With Ticks, Little Water  A man who allegedly kept five dogs on a property in unsanitary conditions that led to them being severely malnourished, infested with ticks and living without sufficient water has been charged with a half-dozen misdemeanor charges, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced Wednesday. Oscar Alonso Melgar, 36, is set to be arraigned Oct. 20 […]
LA County, State Buck New CDC Guidelines, Push For Continued COVID-19 Testing Bucking new federal guidance downplaying the need for testing of people without coronavirus symptoms, Los Angeles County officials Wednesday continued to push residents to be tested if they think they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. That attitude was echoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said flat-out, “I do not agree with the new CDC (Centers for […]
Orange County Reports 448 New COVID-19 Cases, Seven Deaths Seven more people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, hiking the death toll to 918, and officials also reported 448 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, raising the cumulative total to 47,090. Of the deaths reported Wednesday, four were skilled nursing facility residents and three lived in assisted living facilities. Of the total death toll, […]
LA City Council Extends Limit on Third-Party Delivery App Fees The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend a limit on third-party food delivery apps that keeps them from charging more than 15% of an order to restaurants. The extension of the ordinance also caps non-delivery fees to no more than 5% and ensures all customer tips go to the delivery person. The […]
OC Deputy’s Gun Accidentally Fires, Striking Airport Employee An Orange County sheriff’s deputy’s gun accidentally went off Wednesday morning at John Wayne Airport, striking an employee in the arm. The “unintentional discharge” of the service weapon occurred about 7 a.m. in the airport’s terminal administrative office, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Department. “The round penetrated a wall and hit a […]
Producer Wins Partial End of His Mother’s Guardianship of His Children A former Hollywood television producer released in 2019 from a Mexican prison, where he served time for the 2010 killing of his wife, won the right Wednesday to partially terminate the guardianship of his children, which his mother has held for nearly a decade. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Small said he received no […]
Woman Killed in Two-Vehicle Wreck in Temecula Identified Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a 53-year-old woman killed in a head-on collision in Temecula that injured another driver. Lynne Green of Temecula died at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 10:35 p.m. Tuesday on Pauba Road, just east of Margarita Road, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Joseph Greco said the […]
Lakers-Trail Blazers Game Postponed Due to Boycott Over Jacob Blake Shooting Game 5 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers was postponed Wednesday, along with the NBA’s two other scheduled playoff games, due to a boycott initiated by players on the Milwaukee Bucks over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “The NBA and the NBPA today announced that […]
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