| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, January 3, 2022
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Schools Reopen Amid COVID Surge; LAUSD Requires Testing Before Spring Classes  Amid surging COVID-19 cases, thousands of Los Angeles County children resumed in-person classes Monday, but with tightened safety protocols, while Los Angeles Unified announced all of its students and employees must be tested before returning to campuses next week. To help accommodate the testing requirement, the LAUSD announced the start of the spring semester for […]
  
Police Seek Suspects Who Robbed Culver City 7-Eleven At Gunpoint On NYE  Authorities Monday sought the public’s help to identify two suspects who robbed a Culver City 7-Eleven convenience store on New Year’s Eve. One of the two men entered the store located at 5495 Sepulveda Blvd., near El Marino Park, about 1:10 a.m. Friday and pointed a black handgun at a clerk while demanding money, while […]
Bicyclist Injured On Jurupa Trail Airlifted To Hospital  A man who was injured when his mountain bike went down an embankment just north of the Pomona (60) Freeway in Jurupa Valley Monday was airlifted to a Riverside hospital in stable condition. The Jurupa Trail biker went down about 12:30 p.m. in the area of Campbell Street and Granite Hill Drive, according to the […]
State Sen. Scott Wilk Tests Positive for COVID Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Monday he tested positive for COVID-19, delaying his return to Sacramento. “On Sunday, prior to returning to Sacramento for the new legislative session, I tested positive for COVID-19,” the 62-year-old Senate minority leader said in a statement. “Thankfully, I am asymptomatic and feel completely fine, but will follow the […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Nearing Summer Surge Peak Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing the summer surge’s peak, according to data released Monday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Hospitalizations increased in the county from 420 on Thursday to 545 as of Monday, with the number of patients in intensive care rising from 86 to 104. It was the OCHCA’s first update […]
Huntington Park Man Gets 21 Years in Trader Joe’s Heists A Huntington Park man was sentenced Monday to 21 years behind bars for carrying out a string of armed robberies or attempted armed robberies of Trader Joe’s markets throughout the Southland — two of which involved his son as the getaway driver. Gregory Johnson, 44, pleaded guilty in May to one federal count each of […]
UCLA, UCI Begin Winter Quarter Classes Remotely Winter quarter classes began Monday at UCLA and UC Irvine remotely for a planned two weeks in response to surging COVID-19 cases. In a letter to the Bruin community sent Dec. 21, Michael J. Beck, administrative vice chancellor, and Megan McEvoy, an professor of immunology and molecular genetics, wrote that all students should still plan […]
No-Burn Order Issued for Much of Southland for Tuesday The South Coast Air Quality Management District Monday issued a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland for Tuesday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect from midnight till at least 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. It affects all […]
Agent Says Betty White Died of Natural Causes, Shoots Down COVID Booster Rumor Betty White’s agent said Monday the late TV icon “died of natural causes” on New Year’s Eve, shooting down rumors her death at age 99 was connected to a COVID-19 booster shot. “Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home. People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days […]
Insurer Seeks Reimbursement of Monies Paid to Family of Kobe Bryant Coach An insurance company filed court papers Monday seeking reimbursement of more than $100,000 it paid to the family of a late Mamba Sports Academy assistant coach who died along with Kobe Bryant in a 2020 helicopter crash in Calabasas. Sports Academy LLC/Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. filed the still-unofficial lawsuit against Island Express Helicopters Inc.; […]
Police Seek Help To Find Suspect In Panorama City Killing Authorities Monday sought public help to find the killer of a homeless man who was gunned down in Panorama City. Benito Garcia, 42, was shot about 2:10 p.m. on Dec. 27 in the 13900 block of Saticoy Street, and he died at a hospital three days later, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. “The preliminary […]
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