| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, January 13, 2022
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Chinese Nationals Charged in LA with Operating Illegal Money Transfer Business  Two Chinese nationals from West Covina have been charged with operating an illegal money transfer business that moved funds from China to the United States, in some cases using proceeds of romance scams to provide money to their U.S.-based customers, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. An updated indictment filed Wednesday charges Dianwei Wang, 31, and Zhili […]
  
Crime Up in LA, Including Killings, but Officials Tout Gains Being Made  Los Angeles saw spikes in select categories of crime in 2021, most notably a nearly 12% year-over-year climb in homicides, but the mayor and police chief said redeployments of officers and a focus on getting guns off the streets are preventing the numbers from soaring much higher. Among the more notable statistics were the 11.8% […]
Writers Guild Unveils TV/Radio/New Media Award Nominations  “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Succession and “The Morning Show” were among the programs earning nominations Thursday for the 2022 Writers Guild of America Awards. The programs will compete in the drama series category, along with writers from “Loki” and “Yellowjackets.” For comedy series, nominations went to writers from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” “Only Murders in the […]
Memorial Service Announced for L.A. County Firefighter Killed in House Fire  A memorial service will be held next week for a Los Angeles County firefighter who died battling a house fire in Rancho Palos Verdes, authorities announced Thursday. The service for Jonathan Flagler will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 21 at Cottonwood Church, 4505 Katella Ave., the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. Flagler, […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Stabilize Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained stable, the first time there hasn’t been a notable increase over the past few weeks, according to data released Thursday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The patient load in the county’s hospitals has been building day to day from 188 on Dec. 20 to 215 on Dec. 21. […]
Sentencing for San Dimas Man in $500K Jobless Benefits Fraud Postponed Sentencing was postponed Thursday for a San Dimas man who obtained more than $500,000 in COVID-19-related unemployment benefits in the names of foreign nationals he falsely claimed were local real estate agents hit hard financially by the pandemic. Bonifacio Jastilana Marinas, 51, pleaded guilty last year to a single federal count of mail fraud. His […]
Governor Rejects Parole for Sirhan Sirhan Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday rejected parole for Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel. A two-person state parole panel in August recommended that Sirhan be released from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa in San Diego County, but the governor wrote that he disagreed […]
No-Burn Order Extended Through Friday The South Coast Air Quality Management District Thursday extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Friday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Friday. It affects all those in […]
Three Men Found Dead in Residence in Woodland Hills; Investigation Underway Three men were found dead in a residence near the Westfield Topanga & The Village in Woodland Hills, and an investigation was underway Thursday. The deaths were reported about 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 22000 block of Victory Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities went to the location on a report of […]
Harbor Commission Extends Possible Fee On Lingering Containers Through April The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday extended the Port of Los Angeles’ ability to fine companies whose import containers linger at marine terminals, but the fee has not yet been implemented due to progress at the port. The Container Dwell Fee was approved on Oct. 29 and was set to expire after 90 days. The […]
Crime Up in LA, Including Killings, but Officials Tout Gains Being Made Los Angeles saw spikes in select categories of crime in 2021, most notably a nearly 12% year-over-year climb in homicides, but the mayor and police chief said redeployments of officers and a focus on getting guns off the streets are preventing the numbers from soaring much higher. Among the more notable statistics were the 11.8% […]
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