| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
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State Will Lift Indoor Mask-Wearing Rule Wednesday, but LA County Won’t The state of California will lift its COVID-19 indoor mask-wearing requirement for vaccinated people Wednesday, but Los Angeles County will continue enforcing its own indoor face-covering rule, despite growing dissent among the Board of Supervisors. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger previously called on the county to align with the state and lift its indoor […]
Cold Front Brings Southland Dramatic Shift in Weather Following a week of summer-like heat, the Southland underwent a dramatic cool-down Tuesday, with some light rain and snow even falling in select areas. National Weather Service forecasters said the changing conditions were thanks to a cold low-pressure system that moved into the region from Northern California. “Scattered showers are expected through tonight across Los […]
Hutchins Kin Sue Over `Rust’ Death; Baldwin Lawyer Denies Actor Was Reckless The husband and son of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot on a New Mexico film set in October when a gun wielded by Alec Baldwin discharged a live round, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the actor, film producers and other crew members. But an attorney for Baldwin quickly issued a reply, saying, […]
Arraignment Delayed for Man Charged in Whittier-Area Fire Arraignment was postponed Tuesday until next week for a man charged with arson counts stemming from a fire in the Whittier area that destroyed two homes and severely damaged four others amid Santa Ana winds. Kevin Whitlock, 55, is due in court Feb. 22 on six counts of arson of an inhabited structure or property […]
LAPD Investigating Infant’s Skull Fracture After Officer Apprehends Father Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission Tuesday that the department is investigating the source of a 10-month-old’s fractured skull after an officer apprehended the infant’s father, who had crashed his vehicle and fled the scene with the child in his arms. Newton Division officers were conducting a traffic stop at about […]
Rams Plan Super Bowl Victory Parade Wednesday, Rally at Coliseum Planning continued Tuesday for a celebratory parade in honor of the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl championship. The victory parade will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, beginning at the Shrine Auditorium and ending a relatively short distance away at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where a rally will be held on the peristyle-end plaza outside […]
LA City Council Votes To Name Boyle Heights Street For Vicente Fernández The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to rename a Boyle Heights street, east of Mariachi Plaza, after Mexican singer Vicente “Chente” Fernández, who died at the age of 81 on Dec. 12. “The legacy of Vicente Fernandez continues to resonate and inspire people worldwide, making us proud to call ourselves Latino,” said Councilman Kevin […]
OCTA, Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement to Avoid Bus Strike Orange County Transportation Authority officials Tuesday reached a tentative agreement with its bus drivers that will avoid a threatened strike. The tentative agreement was reached following 22 hours of negotiations through the night and into Tuesday morning, said OCTA spokesman Joel Zlotnik. “The next steps are the union membership is expected to vote this week […]
Super Bowl Draws Largest Television Audience Since 2017 NBC’s coverage of Super Bowl LVI averaged 112.3 million viewers, the most for any program since 2017 and a 16.5% increase over last year’s game, according to figures released Tuesday by Nielsen and NBC. The Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium averaged 99.2 million viewers on NBC, 11.2 million […]
Jury Deliberating in Case of One of Ex-Rap Mogul Suge Knight’s Former Lawyers A jury resumed deliberations Tuesday in the trial of an attorney who briefly represented Marion “Suge” Knight in a case in which the former rap mogul eventually pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for running over a man with a pickup in the parking lot of a Compton hamburger stand. Matthew Fletcher, now 57, was […]
LA County Moves Closer to Licensing Commercial Cannabis Businesses The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to move forward with the development and implementation of an “equitable” system for licensing commercial cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas. The board’s action means an end is potentially in sight to the county’s years-long ban on marijuana dispensaries and other cannabis-related activities. The county’s prohibition on […]
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