| | | | The news for Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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LA City Workers Set to Begin One-Day Strike Tuesday  More than 11,000 Los Angeles city workers are staging a one-day walkout Tuesday to protest what their union calls bad-faith contract talks, meaning residents will face an array of service disruptions, from trash-pickup delays to swimming-pool closures, though Mayor Karen Bass stressed “the city of Los Angeles is not going to shut down.” “My office […]
  
Suspects in Irvine Fatal Shooting Expected to Make First Court Appearance  The three suspects in the car-to-car fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Irvine are expected to appear in the Orange County Central Jail’s courtroom in Santa Ana Tuesday. Jayden Browndorf, 21, of Irvine, Noah Farmer, 22, of Tustin, and Hailey Angelique Rangel, 20, of Lake Elsinore, are accused in the shooting of Nicholas Alistair […]
Third-Largest U.S. Lottery Jackpot Available in Tuesday’s Mega Millions Drawing  The third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history will be up for grabs Tuesday evening after no tickets were sold with all six numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions game for 31 consecutive draws. The $1.55 billion jackpot is the largest in the history of the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big […]
Pedestrian Killed on Hollywood Freeway  One person was killed Tuesday after they were struck by a big rig on the Hollywood (101) Freeway near Echo Park. The collision was reported at 3:58 a.m. and California Highway Patrol officers responded to Alvarado Street and the southbound freeway where they found the victim, a CHP spokesman told City News Service. The pedestrian, […]
Southland Golfers Share US Women’s Amateur Lead at Bel-Air Country Club  Caroline Canales and fellow Southern Californian Briana Chacon share a one-stroke lead over Canadian Katie Cranston entering Tuesday’s second round of the 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club. Canales, a UCLA junior and former Calabasas High standout, and Chacon, an Oregon graduate student from Whittier where she graduated from La Serna High School, […]
Tory Lanez Sentencing to Continue, Day After Megan Thee Stallion Statement A sentencing hearing is set to continue for a second day Tuesday for rapper Tory Lanez — one day after hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion wrote in a statement read in court that she has not had a day of peace since being shot in the feet by Lanez in 2020. Megan Thee Stallion’s words […]
Man Wounded in Long Beach Shooting A man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after he was shot in Long Beach and police are continuing their investigation surrounding his shooting. Long Beach Police Department officers were called at 3:44 a.m. Monday to an area near Pine Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway regarding a shots fired call, according to the police department. Officers […]
Average LA County Gas Price Rises to Highest Amount Since Nov. 25 The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Tuesday for the 16th consecutive day, increasing six-tenths of a cent to $5.162, its highest amount since Nov. 25. The average price has increased 19 cents over the past 16 days, including three-tenths of a cent Monday, according to figures […]
El Segundo All-Stars One Victory Away from Little League World Series The all-star team from El Segundo will play for a berth in the Little League World Series Friday after winning its first two games in the West Region Tournament. El Segundo defeated the all-star team from the Hilo Little League, the Hawaii state champion, 6-0, Monday with Max Baker driving in Louis Lappe on a […]
LA County to Launch Awareness Campaign on Gun Violence Restraining Orders The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to move forward Tuesday with a public outreach campaign aimed at expanding the use of gun violence restraining orders, which can prevent gun purchases and ownership by people deemed by a judge to be a danger of harming themselves or others. The board earlier this year […]
One Year Ago Today (August 8, 2022)…Businessman Ordered to Pay More Than $24M to Cousins in Abuse Case One Year Ago Today (August 8, 2022)…A civil jury has found that the founder of the multimillion-dollar real estate business Kobeissi Properties in La Canada-Flintridge sexually abused his cousins when they were children and awarded the now-adult brothers who filed the lawsuit more than $12 million each for past and future pain and suffering. The […]
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