| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, November 9, 2020
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Gunfire Wounds Man As Anaheim Cops Break Up Scheme Holding Undocumented Immigrants For Ransom  A man in his 30s was shot Monday by Anaheim police as they were investigating a scheme to ransom undocumented immigrants from Mexico, police said. Police were called about 11:30 p.m. Sunday by a family member of a human trafficking victim, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. The suspects helped smuggle in undocumented immigrants and […]
  
Felon Accused of Killing His Children’s Mother in Desert Hot Springs  Police Monday announced the arrest of a convicted felon accused of gunning down the 24-year-old mother of his children over the weekend in Desert Hot Springs. Jesse Rico Valenzuela, 28, of Desert Hot Springs was taken into custody Sunday, a day after officers were called to 66789 Eighth St. and found the victim dead from […]
Garcetti Insists He’s Focused On Local Issues, Not Weighing Cabinet Post With Joe Biden being declared the victor in the presidential race, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s name has quickly risen in political circles as a possible Cabinet appointee, but he said Monday his attention is on local matters, most notably the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m more focused on COVID numbers here in Los Angeles and the need for […]
Let’s Oust LA Sheriff? Board of Supervisors Reconsiders How To Remove Villanueva The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set Tuesday to vote on whether to look at options for removing elected Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the county’s top lawman, rather than waiting to see if voters will do so in 2022. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl co-authored a motion — first presented to the […]
COVID-19 Surge Continues In LA County; Outreach Efforts Ramping Up Again warning of a “real and alarming” surge in COVID-19 cases, Los Angeles County’s public health director said Monday the county is vastly expanding its community outreach efforts to educate residents about slowing transmission of the virus, particularly in hard-hit areas. Barbara Ferrer noted that some individual communities within the county are seeing disturbingly high […]
33-Year-Old Long Beach Man Accused of Murdering Wife A Long Beach man made his first court appearance Monday on murder, rape and sodomy charges stemming from his wife’s death nearly seven months ago, but did not enter a plea. Alexandro Carnes, 33, was arrested at his home last Thursday and is being held on $2 million bail. He was ordered to return to […]
L.A. County Set to Settle Ryan Twyman DIS Shooting for $3.9 Million The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider a $3.9 million settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by the family of Ryan Twyman, an unarmed 24-year-old Compton man shot to death in his car by sheriff’s deputies in Willowbrook. The deputies alleged that Twyman tried to use the Kia Forte as a weapon. […]
Survey Shows Girls Play More Sports In Los Angeles Than National Average Members of the LA84 Foundation Monday released a report that showed the rate of girls participating in youth sports is growing, and the participation rate of girls and boys in 17 of 23 sports is higher in Los Angeles than the national average. The results of the “2020 Los Angeles County Youth Sports Participation Survey […]
LAX To Remove Pedestrian Bridge Outside Terminal 3 Construction crews this week are scheduled to remove a pedestrian bridge connecting Terminal 3 to Parking Structure 3 at LAX, as work to modernize the airport continues. On Wednesday and Thursday between midnight and 4 a.m., crews will use blow torches to separate the steel bridge, as a 400-ton crane picks up the sections, according […]
UCLA, Caltech, Ford Automobile Researchers Improve Fuel-Cell Technology UCLA researchers said Monday their latest breakthrough puts our planet’s motorists closer than ever to one day driving hydrogen-powered automobiles. The UCLA-led group, including Caltech and Ford Motor Co. researchers, has improved fuel-cell technology enough to exceed the U.S. Department of Energy’s targets in efficiency, stability and power — a milestone that no other reported […]
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