| | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Little Girl Molested By Orange County Pastor? Million-Dollar Bail For Alleged Lewd Acts  A retired south Orange County pastor was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of molesting a girl, starting when she was younger than 10. Jose Andres Lopez, who was being held on $1 million bail, was arrested Wednesday and booked on suspicion of multiple lewd acts on a girl, starting in 2010, according to Carrie Braun […]
  
Protesters, Police Clash in Downtown L.A.; 10 Arrests, Some Injuries Reported  Protesters and police clashed inside the Third Street tunnel in downtown Los Angeles overnight, with officers firing non-lethal rubber bullets into the crowd and arresting 10 people, and another protest was scheduled for Thursday evening in Hollywood. The overnight arrests were for crimes that included vandalism and battery on a police officer, according to the […]
Study Sessions, Dinners, Monopoly Games: 104 New USC Student COVID Cases The number of coronavirus cases confirmed among USC students continued rising Thursday, with the university announcing 104 new cases over the past four days, with the spread primarily attributed to gatherings of students at off-campus housing. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is … while we’ve had reports of a handful of large parties, the majority of […]
Mountain Lion, Bobcat Died From Effects of Rat Poison A mountain lion that was collared last November in an urban neighborhood in Northridge and subsequently found dead in January and a bobcat discovered in a residential neighborhood of Agoura Hills died directly from the effects of anticoagulant rat poisons, the National Park Service reported Thursday. The body of the mountain lion, P-76, was found […]
Man’s Conviction Upheld for Knife Attack on Ex-Girlfriend A state appeals court panel Thursday upheld an Azusa man’s conviction for stabbing and slashing his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend when they met to discuss their relationship. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the evidence that Jason Scott Gustin planned the Aug. 22, 2016, attack, was “overwhelming.” “… Defendant came armed […]
L.A. Homeless Youth Numbers Rose more than 18.5% Compared to 2019, Agency Says The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released data Thursday that showed young people continue to fall into homelessness at a higher rate than they can find housing. LAHSA reported the homeless youth population in Los Angeles County rose from 4,021 in 2019 to 4,775 this year, an increase of ore than 18.5%. The count was […]
Potentially Hazardous Hair Dryers Seized in Shipment from China More than 2,400 potentially hazardous hair dryers shipped from China were intercepted at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex for lacking a required safety device to prevent against electrical shock and electrocution, authorities announced Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists assigned to the seaport, in collaboration with U.S. Consumer Product Safety […]
Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Hit-And-Run in Westlake Area; Suspect Sought A pedestrian was fatally struck Thursday by a hit-and-run pickup in the Westlake area, and the motorist was being sought. The woman, about 35-40 years of age, was injured about 4:30 a.m. at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street and died at a hospital, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The woman’s identity was not […]
Orange County Reports 29 More COVID-19 Deaths Orange County health officials Thursday announced 29 more COVID-19 fatalities and 369 additional coronavirus diagnoses, raising the death toll to 947 and the cumulative case total to 47,459. Of the deaths reported Thursday, 11 were skilled nursing facility residents. Of the total death toll, 362 were skilled nursing facility residents and 59 lived in assisted […]
Thursday NBA Games Delayed Due To Player Boycott, But Will Playoffs Resume? Three NBA games set for Thursday, including the Clippers’ matchup with the Dallas Mavericks, were postponed as a player boycott continued over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but it was still unclear when the playoffs might resume. “NBA playoff games for today will not be played as scheduled,” the NBA announced […]
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