| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, August 1, 2022 |
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Novavax Vaccine Against COVID-19 Available This Week in LA Long Beach health officials began offering doses of the newly approved Novavax vaccine against COVID-19 Monday, with Los Angeles County scheduled to start administering the medication on Wednesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the vaccine July 13 after it was found to be 90% effective against mild, moderate […]
Purported LA Antifa Member Pleads Guilty To Vandalizing Federal Courthouse A Los Angeles woman pleaded guilty Monday to a federal vandalism charge for spray-painting graffiti on the front wall of the downtown federal courthouse two years ago during a rowdy street protest tied to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Colleen Newton, 24, entered her plea to a class-A misdemeanor count of “depredation […]
LAPD Sergeant Fired Over Testing Payment Dispute Seeks Reinstatement A veteran Los Angeles police sergeant who alleges she was wrongfully fired in May for refusing to pay for coronavirus testing while awaiting a decision on her request for a religious exemption from taking the vaccination is asking a judge to reinstate her with back pay. Former LAPD Sgt. Barbara Riggs’ Los Angeles Superior Court […]
Riverside County Confirmed/Probable Monkeypox Cases Rise to 34 The total number of confirmed and probable monkeypox cases in Riverside County has increased by six since late last week to 34, a county spokesman said Monday. Jose Arballo, a spokesman for Riverside University Health System, said the six new probable/confirmed cases are in men from eastern Riverside County between the ages of 20 and […]
NBC4/Telemundo Renew `Clear The Shelters’ Pet-Adoption Drive NBC4 and Telemundo began their annual Clear the Shelters event Monday, beginning a monthlong campaign aimed at encouraging adoptions from animal shelters and rescue organizations. The campaign also encourages financial donations to help support shelters and rescue groups, with information on making such gifts available at ClearTheSheltersFund.org. “We are pleased to bring NBC4 and Telemundo […]
Man Sentenced For Murdering His Mother A man was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in state prison for murdering his 66-year-old mother, whose body was found last year in a trash bin in Huntington Park. Cristian Torres, 33, pleaded no contest June 14 to second-degree murder in the April 4, 2021, death of his mother, Teresa Pasillas-Iniguez. The woman […]
Rock Hall-of-Fame Record Label Executive Mo Ostin Dies at 95 Funeral services were pending Monday for Mo Ostin, who led Warner Bros. Records for more than two decades, using his artists-first mindset to attract some of the industry’s biggest acts and build one of music’s most successful labels. Variety and the Los Angeles Times reported that Ostin died of natural causes at age 95. According […]
Trial Begins for Anaheim Officer Accused of False Police Report An Anaheim police officer lied in a report to justify searching a suspect’s vehicle following a traffic stop, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, but the defendant’s attorney said his client filed a “sloppy” report and did not intend to make false claims. Dillon Adam Avila, 30, is charged with one felony count of a police […]
One Killed, Three Injured in Shooting in Paramount Four men were shot, one fatally, in Paramount Monday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called about 11:10 a.m. to the 13800 block of Paramount Boulevard, near the Century (105) Freeway, on reports of the shooting and found the victims down at the scene, according to the department’s Deputy Veronica Rodriguez. One of the […]
Motorcyclist Killed in Lancaster Hit-and-Run Crash A man on a motorcycle was killed early Monday morning when he was struck by a white SUV that left the scene. The crash was reported at 12:51 a.m. on Sierra Highway north of Avenue I, said Lt. M. Prottung of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Martin Contreras, 59, of Lancaster died at the scene, the […]
Residential Fire Injures Person In Larchmont Area A residential fire in the Larchmont area of Los Angeles Monday left a person hospitalized with serious injuries. Firefighters sent to the 4700 block of West Elmwood Avenue at 12:16 p.m. extinguished the flames in 20 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The injured person was taken to a hospital in serious condition for […]
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