| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, May 4, 2021 |
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Hookah Lounge Horror As Three Dead Men In Kia Rammed By 3 a.m. Hit-And-Run Mercedes: Anaheim Cops Question Two Injured Women Three men apparently driving from a hookah lounge around 3 a.m. were killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Anaheim, and two women who showed up at a hospital were being questioned by police. Officers responded to Brookhurst Street and Orange Avenue, where they found a charred white Mercedes-Benz sedan abandoned and a black […]
Don’t You Dare Drive Drunk: Lots More Cops Crack Down On Drunken Cinco de Mayo Drivers Los Angeles police Tuesday warned Southlanders that extra officers will be out on patrol looking for people driving while impaired on Cinco de Mayo. “Whether it is gathering with friends, visiting a local restaurant or bar, the Los Angeles Police Department encourages the public to celebrate Cinco de Mayo responsibly by designating a sober driver,” […]
LA Deputies Target, Harass Families Mourning Lost Loved Ones Killed By Deputies? Supervisors Order Probe A coalition of civil rights organizations released a report Tuesday alleging that sheriff’s deputies target and harass families mourning the loss of loved ones killed by deputies, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ordered an in-depth investigation. Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell said the report underscored the need for action. “No family […]
LAPD Chief Reports Big Slowdown of Department’s Vaccination Effort With only about 40% of the Los Angeles Police Department fully vaccinated, Chief Michel Moore told the city’s Police Commission Tuesday that the vaccination effort has “slowed dramatically,” with only six additional employees receiving a first dose in the last week. Just over 50% of the department, or 6,272 employees, have received a first dose […]
Bad News For Naked Photo Lawsuit By Ex-Congresswoman Katie Hill: She’s Ordered To Pay Radio Show Host $30K in Attorneys’ Fees A judge ordered former congresswoman Katie Hill Tuesday to pay nearly $30,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a radio show host even though Hill dropped him as a defendant in her revenge porn lawsuit before his motion to dismiss could be heard. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yolanda Orozco finalized a tentative ruling she […]
LACo Moving To Yellow Tier As Rate Of New COVID Cases Falls Again Los Angeles County officially qualified Tuesday for a move to the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state economic-reopening blueprint, meaning capacity limits will be increased at many businesses and bars will be permitted to reopen indoors. Weekly statistics released by the state Tuesday showed the county’s rate of daily new COVID-19 infections had fallen to […]
Hollywood’s Magic Castle Set to Reopen May 21 Hollywood’s Magic Castle, the world-famous private clubhouse for magicians, will reopen on May 21 after being closed for more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Academy of Magical Arts announced Tuesday. The club, which closed last March 15, will initially operate at reduced capacity — open Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings for […]
Photographer Sues City, LAPD Chief Over Injuries at Street Protest A freelance news photographer who says he was unlawfully hit with batons and rubber bullets fired by Los Angeles Police Department officers during a protest against police brutality last year filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the city, its police chief and various officers. Nick Stern alleges that while covering the May 30, 2020, […]
Charges Filed vs. Man Accused of Starting Multiple Fires With Blowtorch More than a half-dozen felony charges were filed Tuesday against a felon accused of starting multiple fires with a blowtorch in an area west of Blythe. Daniel Vaca Alvarez of Mesa Verde, 29, who was arrested last Friday, is charged with two counts of arson of a non-dwelling, five counts of arson of property, and […]
Orange County Remains in Orange Tier for COVID-19 Orange County will remain in the orange tier of the state’s reopening plan as its coronavirus case rate did not drop enough to move into the less-restrictive yellow tier, according to the weekly averages released Tuesday. The county meets two of the three categories for the yellow tier in the metrics, which are released on […]
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