| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, February 10, 2021 |
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Six Thousand Doses Of Scarce COVID Vaccine Spoiled In Orange County About 6,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine were potentially spoiled at the Soka University Super POD vaccination site in Aliso Viejo Wednesday due to a malfunctioning refrigerator. “It’s in that range,” Orange County CEO Frank Kim said of the number of doses potentially spoiled. “We don’t have an exact number yet.” It’s still possible the vaccines […]
Firebombing Terror Of Black Family By Hispanic Gangster To Rid Ramona Gardens Projects Of Blacks A sentencing hearing for a gang member who orchestrated a racially motivated firebombing attack on Black families living in a Los Angeles housing project was delayed Wednesday until March 1. Carlos “Rider” Hernandez, 36, pleaded guilty two years ago to five felonies, including using fire and carrying explosives to commit a federal felony and conspiracy […]
Pot-Fueled Killer Crashed Car Into Innocent Daddy Of Two Kids In Santa Monica: You’re Not Getting Out! A state appeals court panel Wednesday upheld a man’s conviction for a DUI crash in which a pedestrian was killed outside the Santa Monica courthouse nearly four years ago. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense’s contention that there was insufficient evidence to support Absadi Tewelde Kidane’s conviction for […]
LAPD Cop Broke Her Neck In On-Duty Car Crash: Lawsuit Alleges Retaliation for Disabled Discrimination Complaint A longtime Los Angeles police officer is suing the city, alleging she experienced retaliation that included an internal affairs investigation after she spoke out against disability discrimination against herself as well as other officers. Officer Kathy Simpson’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate and failure to engage in the interactive […]
Oscars ‘Like None Other’ As Show Forces Major COVID Changes COVID-19 has caused major disruption to Hollywood’s beloved awards shows, and the Oscars won’t be spared, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing Wednesday the show will originate from multiple locations, including Hollywood. Exact details for the April 25 show were not released, with the Academy saying more information would be provided […]
Drugs And Drink Death In Tahiti: Judge Mulls Wrongful Death Claim Against Hollywood Honcho Joel Silver Hollywood film producer Joel Silver, whose personal assistant died during a 2015 trip to Bora Bora, should be held secondarily liable for the actions of his chef in allegedly plying the woman with alcohol and drugs before she drowned, her parents’ lead attorney told a judge Wednesday. But Silver’s lawyer, Matthew E. Voss, argued that […]
Teachers Union Calls Idea To Reopen Schools Through Litigation `Harmful’ The union representing more than 35,000 Los Angeles teachers responded Wednesday to City Councilman Joe Buscaino’s motion to explore reopening schools through litigation, calling the move “political theater” and “harmful to all of Los Angeles.” Following through on a move he announced last week, Buscaino introduced the motion Tuesday that would ask the city’s lawyers […]
Ca. Supreme Court Won’t Review Case of Man Convicted in Police Gunbattle The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of an ex-con who was convicted of repeatedly shooting at police officers during a series of gunfights and wounding a police dog in South Los Angeles. Jurors found Jose Alfredo Rauda guilty of 19 counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, 12 […]
Hey Baby Boomers, Remember The Turtles: Sixties Duo Sues Sony Over D-Nice Song Used in Ford F-150 Ad Lawyers for the founding members of the 1960s band The Turtles allege in a lawsuit filed overnight in Los Angeles that Sony Music owes royalties for sampling the group’s instrumental “Buzz Saw” in a D-Nice rap hit featured in a recent TV spot for Ford’s F-150 truck. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman — known as […]
Judge Tosses Deputy’s Suit Alleging He Was Endangered by Compton Station Gang A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a deputy at the Compton Sheriff’s Station who claimed the department put his life in danger when he reported the activities of an alleged deputy gang known as the Executioners. On Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey granted a motion by lawyers for Los […]
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