| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, January 10, 2022
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LA County Launches Take-Home COVID-19 Test Program  Los Angeles County Monday introduced a take-home program for COVID-19 test kits as a way to expand testing during the rapid surge in infections. The county Department of Health Services said the program is designed for residents unable to get appointments as the demand for tests increases during a dramatic upswing in infections due to […]
  
Justin Hurwitz Sues For Profits from `La La Land’ Live Shows The Oscar-winning composer of the score to “La La Land” sued William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC Monday, alleging that the agency shorted him out of the profits of a series of live performances based on the 2016 film that starred Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Justin Hurwitz’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges that WME […]
NY Real Estate Heir, Convicted Killer Robert Durst Dies  New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was serving life in prison without parole for killing a friend in her Benedict Canyon home, died Monday. One of Durst’s attorneys, Chip Lewis, said the 78-year-old Durst died “while in the custody of the California Department of Corrections” and that his death was believed to be […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Keep Climbing Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing 1,000 as healthcare providers struggle to provide staffing, according to data released Monday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Hospitalizations jumped up from 779 on Friday to 964 on Monday, with the number of intensive care unit patients rising from 122 to 140, according to the OC HCA, […]
Funeral for 14-Year-Old Killed by LAPD Includes Pleas for Change, Justice The Rev. Al Sharpton called for justice and change Monday while delivering the eulogy at the funeral for Valentina Orellana-Peralta, the 14-year-old girl fatally struck by a stray bullet fired by Los Angeles police at an assault suspect inside a Burlington store in North Hollywood. Valentina, who moved to Los Angeles from Chile six months […]
Former LA City Attorney’s Official to Plead Guilty in DWP Billing Case A former senior official at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has agreed to plead guilty to a federal extortion charge and is cooperating in the ongoing probe of the city’s handling of the botched launch of a DWP billing system, prosecutors announced Monday. Thomas H. Peters, 55, of Pacific Palisades, threatened to fire a […]
Teenager Reported Missing Has Been Found A 17-year-old boy with the mental capacity of an 11-year-old, who was reported missing over the weekend, has been found, authorities said Monday. Jonathan Bonner was last seen on Saturday when he was being dropped off at his home in the 1200 block of East 87th Street, and authorities sought public help to find him. […]
2021 Homicides in City of Los Angeles Reflect Deadliest Total Since 2007 A total of 395 homicides were committed in Los Angeles last year, making it the deadliest year since 2007, according to data released by a nonprofit news organization Monday. According to Crosstown at USC, a nonprofit news organization based at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, the unusually high death toll was fueled […]
Tributes Pour in from Friends, Co-Stars of Bob Saget Tributes continued pouring in Monday for Bob Saget, the comedian and actor best known as the caring TV dad on “Full House” and its later revival, “Fuller House.” Saget, 65, was found dead in an Orlando, Florida, hotel room on Sunday. Coroner’s officials in Florida said a cause of death is pending toxicology reports, which […]
Coin Dealer Accused Of Deceptive Practices Reaches $2.75 Million Settlement A $2.75 million settlement was reached with Lear Capital, an L.A.-based gold and silver coin dealer accused in a 2019 lawsuit of unfair and deceptive business practices, the city attorney’s office announced Monday. The lawsuit accused Lear Capital of routinely charging customers large fees under false pretenses, and 90% of the settlement will be used […]
Three Charged in Supermarket Shooting That Left Six Wounded A woman and two men were charged Monday in connection with a New Year’s Eve shooting that wounded six people at a supermarket in South Los Angeles. Beverly Surratt, 28; Juwann Keaire Williams, 18; and Marquae Yoakum, 20, face one felony count each of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of attempted murder and six […]
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