Vigil Held for English Teacher Who Died After Being Tased by LAPD Officers
Participants wore white and used umbrellas in the rain during a vigil Saturday evening in memory of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of Black Lives Matters co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who went into cardiac arrest and died Jan. 3 after Los Angeles police tased and shackled him after a traffic crash at Venice and Lincoln boulevards in […]
Woman in Grave Condition From Burns at Motel in Chatsworth
A woman is in grave condition with burns suffered Sunday from a fire extinguished by the sprinkler system at a two-story motel in Chatsworth, authorities said. Another person was evaluated for minor smoke inhalation, treated at the scene and released, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Firefighters and paramedics dispatched at 4:30 a.m. to 21902 […]
‘Everything Everywhere,’ ‘Abbott Elementary’ Look to Dominate Critics Awards
The time-and-space-twisting film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” will carry a leading 14 nominations into Sunday’s presentation of the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards, while ABC’s critical darling “Abbott Elementary” tops the TV hopefuls with six nods. “Everything Everywhere” will compete for best picture honors against a pair of Golden Globe winners — “The Banshees […]
Riverside County’s COVID Hospitalizations Show Little Change
The number of patients hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in Riverside County increased by two to 192, according to the latest state numbers. Of those patients hospitalized as of Saturday, 33 were being treated in intensive care, also up by two from the previous day. One month ago, 228 people were hospitalized throughout the county […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Day Celebration To Be Held In Indio
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Day Celebration featuring speakers and proclamation presentations from Coachella Valley cities will be held Sunday in Indio. The free public event to remember the civil rights leader will be held at 2 p.m. in the Love of Christ Community Church, 43640 Burr St., according to a statement from […]
Authorities Name Suspect in Killing of Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Darnell Calhoun has been identified as Jesse Navarro, a 42-year-old Lake Elsinore resident. Navarro was shot by one or more deputies and remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, according to the sheriff’s department. Calhoun, 30, who had joined the department less than a year […]
No Tickets Sold With All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to grow to $416 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. […]
Woman Airlifted from Laguna Hills Creek
Orange County firefighters rescued a woman who was hanging onto a tree Saturday in a Laguna Hills creek with rapidly moving water. Swift water rescue teams were mobilized at 3:28 p.m. to the 24400 block of Christina Court, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Thanh Nguyen told City News Service. Crews prepared to rescue the woman […]
Motorist Suffers Medical Emergency and Dies on 5 Freeway in Norwalk
A person died from an apparent medical emergency Saturday on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Norwalk. A witness notified the California Highway Patrol about 2 p.m. that a black Ford Focus was stopped on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway just south of the Rosecrans Avenue off-ramp. Los Angeles County firefighters found the motorist in […]
Three Injured in Downtown Crash
Three people were injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash downtown. The crash was reported at 6:10 p.m. in the 100 block of South Beaudry Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas Prange. Two women, ages 22 and 40, were trapped inside one vehicle and firefighters used hydraulic tools to free them, Prange […]
One Year Ago Today (January 15, 2022)…LA County Reports 66 COVID Deaths, Highest Daily Toll Since April
One Year Ago Today (January 15, 2022)…Los Angeles County reported 66 deaths associated with the coronavirus — the most COVID-related fatalities reported in one day since April 2 of last year. The majority of deaths reported this week occurred in people who became infected after Dec. 20, when the Omicron variant was circulating widely, according […]
