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Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Tiger Woods Shocker: Famed Golfer In Serious Condition, Major Leg Injuries As He Drives SUV Off Rancho Palos Verdes Road

Famed golfer Tiger Woods suffered major leg injuries Tuesday when the vehicle he was driving rolled off a winding, downhill road in the Rancho Palos Verdes area. The crash was reported at 7:12 a.m. on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Woods was the sole occupant of the […]
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‘Disgusted’ LA Supervisor Solis Outraged At COVID Vaccine Line-Jumpers: Beverly Hills Residents At Poverty-Stricken Ramona Gardens?

A “disgusted” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis lashed out Tuesday at people who have been gaming the COVID-19 vaccination appointment system to “jump the line” and get shots at clinics established specifically for under-served minority and low-income residents who have struggled to get vaccinations. “I am not surprised. I’m disgusted,” Solis said during a […]
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Oral Sex, Penetration Of Little Girl Younger Than 10, Child Porn: Appeal Rejected, San Gabriel Repeat Molester Stays In Prison

jail cellsA state appeals court panel Tuesday upheld a registered sex offender’s conviction for sexually abusing a young girl and possessing child pornography. Ronald Melvin McKenzie of San Gabriel is serving a 23-year-to-life state prison sentence stemming from his September 2019 conviction on five counts of committing a lewd act on a child and four counts […]
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LAPD Chief Moore Says Some Officers Have `Extremist’ Views, Promises Discipline For Photo Mocking George Floyd Death

Michel MooreLos Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that some officers may have “explicit bias and extremist views,” and any officer who is identified as participating in the distribution of a photo mocking the death of George Floyd will be “disciplined.” But he did not elaborate on the extent of punishment or say if any […]
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Little Girl’s Sex Attacker Had Help From Woman Suspect Near Palm Springs? Felony Charges Filed

An example of a person in handcuffs. Photo from Pixabay.Felony charges were filed Tuesday against a 32-year-old woman suspected of facilitating repeated acts of sexual abuse against a Coachella Valley girl at the hands of a Palm Springs man. Aura Rivera Vidal of Coachella was arrested last Thursday and is charged with one felony count each of willful child cruelty and witness intimidation. According […]
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Dead Driver Trapped In Vehicle That Crashes Into Paramount Home

A vehicle crashed into a home in Paramount Tuesday morning, killing the driver. The crash occurred about 1:10 a.m. in the 16600 block of Downey Avenue, near Harrison Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. James Lee, 20, died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office and the sheriff’s department. His city […]
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New Law Adds $5 Per Hour `Hero Pay’ For Endangered Grocery Workers In Parts Of LA County

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt an urgency ordinance requiring national grocery and drug retail employers in unincorporated areas of the county to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour hazard or “hero pay” for the next 120 days. Supervisor Kathryn Barger voted against the measure, to take […]
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Bloody Stabbing Of Mom, Son In Lake Forest: Suspect ‘Invited In’ Before Mayhem

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing a man and woman in their Lake Forest home Tuesday morning. The victims — a 69-year-old woman and 31-year-old man who appear to be a mother and son — were rushed to an area hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, said Orange County sheriff’s […]
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Unarmed Experts – Not Cops – May Respond To Nonviolent Calls In LA, But It Ain’t Happening Tomorrow

The Los Angeles City Council heard an update Tuesday on the development of an unarmed crisis response model to divert nonviolent calls for services away from police officers, but the program is not expected to be ready until the 2022-23 or 2023-24 fiscal years. Council members voted on June 30, 2020 to have the chief […]
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Teacher Repeatedly Sodomized Boy Under 16? Statutory Rape, Porn Among Charges Against Male Perris High Teacher

A 29-year-old Perris High School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a boy on multiple occasions made his initial court appearance Tuesday. Gerardo Curiel Regalado of Perris, who was arrested Thursday following a Riverside County sheriff’s investigation that began last month, is charged with five counts of sodomy of a child under 16 years old, along […]
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