| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, July 8, 2020 |
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Racist Death Row Inmate’s Fatal Coronavirus: He Murdered Black Palm Springs Victim Over Alleged Sex Attack Of Estranged Wife A man on death row for fatally stabbing a black transient in a racially motivated attack near a Palm Springs restaurant has died from what state officials said Wednesday appear to be complications of the coronavirus, which has infected about one-third of San Quentin prison inmates. David John Reed, 60, died Tuesday at an outside […]
Unlawful Sex With Two Women Inmates At Lynwood Jail? LA Sheriff’s Worker Faces Charges A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant is set to be arraigned in November on charges that he had unlawful sex with two female inmates at the Century Regional Detention Facility in 2017 and 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Roy’ce Bass, who worked as a non-sworn custody assistant at […]
Bunnies Beware: Deadly Rabbit Virus In Orange County A deadly virus targeting domestic and wild rabbits has been detected in Orange County, state wildlife officials confirmed. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2) is not related to the novel coronavirus and does not affect humans or domestic animals other than rabbits. “A dead desert cottontail rabbit was found in a green space area of San Clemente […]
Kitty Misery: Woman Hoarded Hundred Filthy, Smelly, Caged, Endangered Cats, Kittens In Moreno Valley A 45-year-old woman who kept dozens of cats in inhumane conditions at her Moreno Valley home was sentenced Wednesday to three years felony probation. Kristen Gotangco pleaded guilty in March to 17 counts of felony animal cruelty for mistreating the felines under her care, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bambi Moyer imposed the stipulated […]
Sheriff’s Dept. Still Hasn’t Interviewed Deputy Who Fatally Shot Teen The deputy who fatally shot an 18-year-old man near Gardena last month still has not been interviewed by investigators, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Wednesday, as calls intensified from the teen’s family and civil rights activists for the release of more information in the case. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he could not offer an […]
LACo Reports More Than 60 Coronavirus Deaths; Pandemic at `Critical Juncture’ Warning that Los Angeles County is at a “critical juncture” in the coronavirus pandemic, with hospitalizations and community spread rising, health officials announced more than 60 deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday and warned that fatalities could continue rising in the coming weeks. The county Department of Public Health announced 65 new coronavirus deaths, although three of […]
Will Your Kids Be Back In School? LA Health Safety Roadmap Coming Soon – IF Politicians Say ‘Yes’ Health protocols for the possible reopening of schools in Los Angeles County could be released by week’s end, the county’s public health director said Wednesday, insisting she will not get mired in the mounting political debate of whether campuses should be required to open this fall. Barbara Ferrer said the guidelines have been in the […]
Black Termite Inspector Alleges White Ex-Boss Threatened to Kill Him A Black former termite inspector at a Lancaster company is suing his ex-employer, alleging his white boss “terrorized” him on the job because of his race and threatened she would kill him without anyone ever knowing how it happened. Troy Fontenette’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants Clark Pest Control Inc., his former […]
O.C. Reports Another 1,333 Cases of COVID-19, Seven More Deaths Orange County officials reported 1,333 more COVID-19 cases Wednesday, raising the cumulative total since the pandemic began to 20,225, with seven more deaths, hiking the death toll to 376. The number of hospitalized patients jumped from 659 Tuesday to 679, and the number of patients in intensive care rose from 224 to 234, accoring to […]
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