| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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After `Divisive’ Week, LA Council Appoints Heather Hutt to 10th District Seat The Los Angeles City Council Friday appointed Heather Hutt to serve as interim council member for the 10th District, filling in for the suspended Mark Ridley-Thomas — and giving the South Los Angeles district a voting representative on the body for the first time in over a month. The appointment came after a week of […]
LA County Urges COVID Precaution Over Labor Day Holiday With holiday weekend gatherings ahead — accompanied by a heat wave that’ll keep many people indoors — Los Angeles County’s public health director again preached caution against spread of COVID-19 Friday, despite falling local transmission rates. The county on Thursday officially moved into the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “low” COVID-19 activity level, […]
Two Men Shot, Critically Wounded in North Hollywood Follow-Home Robbery A rapper and another man were hospitalized Friday in critical condition after being shot during a follow-home robbery in North Hollywood. The crime occurred about 11:55 p.m. Thursday in the 11100 block of Califa Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The wounded men, ages 28 and 26, were taken to a hospital in […]
LA City Council Approves $129,000 to Remove Graffiti From Sixth Street Bridge The Los Angeles City Council approved $129,000 in funding Friday to remove graffiti and provide other maintenance efforts on the Sixth Street Bridge. The amount is a decrease from the originally proposed amount of $353,000, which the council’s Budget and Finance Committee slashed last month due to the bridge seeing fewer incidents of graffiti in […]
Judge Dismisses Indictment, DOJ Will Seek to Appeal in Boat Fire Case A day after taking the defendant’s not-guilty plea in federal court, a Los Angeles judge dismissed the indictment Friday against the captain of the dive boat that caught fire on Labor Day weekend three years ago, killing 34 people near Santa Cruz Island. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge George H. Wu agreed with defense […]
Evacuations Lift as Crews Make Progress Against 5,208-Acre Castaic Brush Fire Firefighters battling the Route Fire in Castaic are reinforcing fire lines Friday and are focused on boxing the fire in because of excessively high temperatures in the forecast. Bolstered by the addition of two Super Scooper water-dropping aircraft, hundreds of firefighters on the ground and in the air continued their assault on the Castaic brush […]
Jane Fonda Announces She’s Undergoing Cancer Treatment Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for the past six months. In an Instagram post, the 84-year-old Fonda wrote that the illness “is a very treatable cancer,” noting that “80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky.” “I’m also […]
NBC4: Anne Heche Rescue Effort Took 45 Minutes to Begin Firefighters who responded to the car crash and house fire that ultimately killed actress Anne Heche last month could not begin lifesaving efforts for some 45 minutes after arriving, according to an NBC4 report. The NBC4 I-Team report cited Los Angeles Fire Department records and time-stamped recordings of radio communications regarding the Aug. 5 crash […]
Woman Killed in Big Rig Collision in Palmdale Identified Authorities Friday identified a 59-year-old woman who was killed in a collision involving a big rig in Palmdale. The crash occurred between the truck and a dark-colored sedan about 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the area of Sierra Highway and West Avenue N, near Palmdale Regional Airport, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The […]
Semi Crash Causes Oil Spill, Lane Closures on 710 Freeway in Commerce A fiery collision between a big rig and at least two other vehicles led to an oil spill that closed several lanes of the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway for hours in Commerce Friday morning. The crash was reported around 11:50 p.m. Thursday and when officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to the northbound […]
USC, UCLA Kick Off Football Seasons Amid High Heat, Eased Water Rules for Fans Thousands of fans will descend on the Rose Bowl and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday as UCLA and USC begin their football seasons, and officials at both stadiums are making adjustments to help attendees cope with the heat anticipated to bake both venues. UCLA will kick off its season at 11:30 a.m., as the Bruins […]
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