| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, August 31, 2020 |
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Porn Star Ron Jeremy Hit With 20 New Rape, Sex Charges: 17 Alleged Victims Adult film star Ron Jeremy is set to be arraigned Monday on 20 additional rape and other sexual assault charges involving 12 more women and a teenage girl in attacks dating back to 2004, bringing the number of alleged victims to 17. Jeremy, 67, pleaded not guilty in June to allegations that he raped three […]
Death Of A Crime Witness In A Dry Canal: Felon Charged With Murder One A convicted felon accused of fatally shooting a Riverside man in a Jurupa Valley canal was charged Monday with first-degree murder, with a special circumstance allegation of killing a witness to a crime. Shaun Daniel Tara of Jurupa Valley, who also faces an attempted murder charge and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations, was […]
Local Pizza Hut, Original Tommy’s Settle Charges Of Minimum Wage Violations Los Angeles County’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs Monday announced settlements with three Southern California-based companies that operate Original Tommy’s and Pizza Hut locations for violations of the minimum wage ordinance. The settlements include the payment of $476,777 in back wages and fines to 132 low-wage workers and the county. “During the pandemic, it […]
Orange County Continues Improving COVID-19 Trends A skilled nursing facility resident succumbed to COVID-19 in Orange County, raising the death toll to 980, local health officials reported Monday. The county also added 94 more coronavirus diagnoses, raising the cumulative caseload to 48,538, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The rate of county residents testing positive for COVID-19 inched up […]
America Ferrera and Eva Longoria Launch `She Se Puede’ to Empower Latinas Seeking to inspire and empower Latinas, who represent an important voting bloc this November, actress-activists America Ferrera and Eva Longoria Monday launched a digital lifestyle platform called She Se Puede. “This election year, everyone is reminded of the Latino population numbers and how fast we are growing as a community. But let’s be clear: demography […]
23 L.A. Children Died of Suspected Abuse, Neglect in First Five Months of 2020 Between January and May of this year, 23 children died of suspected or confirmed abuse or neglect, including drownings and traffic deaths, according to updated information provided Monday on the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services website. DCFS Director Bobby Cagle issued a statement in empathy with families and community members seeking […]
One In Five LA County Renters Paid Late Or Missed Payment Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state’s eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released Monday. “Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late […]
Alleged Rapist Ordered to Stand Trial in Two Cases, Suspected of Other Attacks A man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in the Topanga area in 2018 and a 22-year-old woman in a North Hollywood parking garage last year was ordered to stand trial in both cases, the District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Allen Dante Villarreal, 27, was held to answer Friday to allegations that he raped a […]
LAUSD Reports Decrease In Attendance, Kindergarten Enrollment With virtual instruction well under way in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the superintendent said Monday average daily student attendance is at 88.4%, compared to 91.8% last year, with kindergarten classes seeing a major decline. LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner also said about 4% of all students and their families have yet to make any […]
L.A. Begins Initiative To Help Older Adults Avoid Loneliness Amid COVID-19 The Los Angeles Department of Aging and Element3 Health Monday jointly announced the launch of the End Loneliness Initiative, a collaboration aimed at curtailing the rise of social isolation and loneliness in older adults during COVID-19 Safer at Home measures. Loneliness and isolation were a significant factor in older adults’ health before COVID-19 and have […]
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