| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, May 27, 2021
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Scary Daylight Culver City Armed Robbery: Terrified Victim Hands Wallet To Woman As Man Points Gun  Culver City police Thursday hunted a man and woman who robbed a terrified victim of his wallet at gunpoint in broad daylight in a parking lot. The crime occurred about 4 p.m. Wednesday in the 10900 block of Venice Boulevard, according to the Culver City Police Department. The man told police he was in the […]
  
Road Rage Killers Of Little Boy Have 24 Hours To Surrender, Or Else! OC DA Spitzer ‘Not Messing Around,’ Reward At $310,000  Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a stern warning Thursday to a pair of unidentified suspects sought in the road-rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, as the reward posted in the case swelled to $310,000. At a news conference in Orange, the county’s top prosecutor […]
Wrong-Way Driver Killed, Passenger Severely Hurt In Indio Mystery Head-on Crash  A wrong-way driver was killed and his passenger seriously injured Thursday in a mysterious head-on crash in Indio, police said. The collision involving three vehicles was reported just after 7 a.m. on Avenue 42, just west of Jackson Street, according to Indio Police Department spokesman Ben Guitron. The driver was traveling against traffic in the […]
Tragic News For LA Black Community As Residents Now Suffering Highest Rate Of Coronavirus Infections, Deaths  For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Black residents in Los Angeles County have overtaken Latinos and now have the highest rates of virus infections, hospitalizations and deaths, the county public health director said Thursday. Barbara Ferrer noted that overall COVID rates in the county remain generally low, but she said the “flip” […]
DUI 100 MPH Driver High On Drugs Killed Murrieta Woman In Horrific Morning Freeway Crash In Temecula: Guilty Of Murder!  A drugged driver who caused a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 15 in Temecula that killed a Murrieta woman pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder. Javier Caldera, 27, of Auburn, Washington, also pleaded guilty to felony charges of driving under the influence of drugs, reckless driving and hit-and-run with sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegations, as part […]
Little Boy’s Skull Fractured In Random Desert Hot Springs Attack: Accused Attempted Murderer Found Mentally Incompetent In 11 Other Trials A mental competency trial was rescheduled Thursday to June 23 for a man accused of severely injuring a 7-year-old Desert Hot Springs boy in a random attack last summer. Daniel Birch Poulsen, 33, was arrested last July after allegedly attacking Gavin Ludwick in the middle of the street in the 9600 block of Vista Del […]
Man Fatally Shot in La Puente A man was fatally shot Thursday in La Puente. The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, which occurred about 9:55 a.m. in the 18600 block of Villa Park Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information on his identity was not immediately released, nor did the sheriff’s department release […]
Three Bobcat Kittens Found in Oak Tree Cavity Three young bobcat kittens were found in the cavity of a large oak tree in an area that was intensely burned in the Woolsey Fire that swept through Calabasas and other areas in the Santa Monica Mountains about 2 1/2 years ago, the National Park Service announced Thursday. The bobcat kittens were weighed and measured, […]
CHP: Traffic Officers Will Be Out In Force Over Memorial Day Weekend Law enforcement officers in Los Angeles County and around the state will be out in force over the Memorial Day weekend, on the lookout for motorists driving while impaired or violating other traffic laws, authorities said Thursday. The “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and will continue through 11:59 p.m. Monday, according […]
2022 Oscar Ceremony Pushed Back One Month, But Returns To Hollywood Next year’s Oscar ceremony will be held later than planned, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing Thursday the show will be held March 27, 2022. That’s one month later than the originally announced Feb. 27 date. The Oscars are traditionally held in late February. The Academy did not give a specific […]
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