| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 |
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‘Significant And Blatant Corruption’ At LA City Hall: Councilman Huizar Arrested In Federal Bribery Probe Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, the central figure in a five-year federal corruption probe targeting City Hall, was arrested Tuesday at his Boyle Heights home for allegedly conspiring to accept roughly $1.5 million in bribes from developers trying to curry his favor. Huizar, 51, was charged with a single count of conspiring to violate […]
Porn Star Ron Jeremy Charged with Raping 3 Women, Sexually Assaulting a 4th Adult film star Ron Jeremy is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014. The 67-year-old defendant, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, is facing three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a […]
Defund School Police? LA Board Of Education May Do It Hundreds of students and activists rallied outside the Los Angles Unified headquarters Tuesday as the Board of Education weighed several proposals for rethinking safety on campuses, including defunding the school police department. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said last week a district-wide budget review this summer will include a deep look at […]
Why Did Real Estate Heir, Movie Producer Steve Bing Leap To His Death? Autopsy Pending An autopsy was pending Tuesday for movie producer and real estate heir Steve Bing, one day after Bing died by apparent suicide in Century City. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed that Bing, 55, was pronounced dead in the 10000 block of Santa Monica Boulevard at 1:10 p.m. Monday. Bing jumped from the 27th […]
Shooting During Reported Home Break-In Leaves Two Dead in Long Beach Two young men fatally shot in Long Beach Tuesday were apparently gunned down by a man who told police they were trying to break into his home, authorities said. The shootings occurred about 12:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of Almond Court, Long Beach Police Officer Ivan Garcia said. One of the fatally wounded men […]
LACo Daily Coronavirus Cases Again Surpass 2,000 As Spread Continues The coronavirus continued its rapid advance through Los Angeles County Tuesday, with health officials again announcing more than 2,000 new confirmed cases of the virus, along with 34 new deaths. The county Department of Public Health also reported another increase in the number of people hospitalized — now 1,515, which is above the recent averages […]
L.A. County Supervisors Approve Up to $30 Million for Rent Relief The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to spend up to $30 million on rent relief and extended a local moratorium on evictions to July 31. A motion co-authored by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas originally recommended pulling up to $20 million in funding earmarked for affordable housing for a new rent […]
Judge Denies Defense Bid for Mistrial in Robert Durst Case A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday denied the defense’s request for a mistrial in New York real estate scion Robert Durst’s murder case, which has been on hold for more than three months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Judge Mark E. Windham noted that Durst’s attorneys had asked for the trial to […]
Orange County Reports 147 New Cases of COVID-19, and Four More Deaths Orange County health officials Tuesday reported four additional COVID-19 fatalities and 147 new cases, raising the death toll to 273 and the cumulative case count to 10,737. The number of people hospitalized with the virus dipped from 351 on Monday to 349, with the number of patients in intensive care remaining at 137, according to […]
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