| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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Nurse Charged With 6 Murders For Windsor Hills Crash A nurse from Houston accused of running a red light and speeding into a Windsor Hills intersection, sparking a fiery chain-reaction crash that killed six people, including a pregnant mother, her infant son and unborn baby, will be charged with six counts of murder, the district attorney announced Monday. Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, will also […]
LA County Logs 10,000 New COVID Cases Over 3 Days Los Angeles County reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 infections over a three-day period Monday, along with 30 more fatalities. The county no longer reports COVID numbers on weekends. On Monday, the Department of Public Health reported 4,840 new infections from Saturday, 3,416 from Sunday and 2,174 for Monday. Sunday and Monday numbers are traditionally […]
Olivia Newton-John Dies at SoCal Ranch at Age 73 Actress/singer Olivia Newton-John, who fought a decades-long battle with breast cancer, died Monday at her Southern California ranch at age 73. Her husband, John Easterling, broke the news on Newton-John’s Facebook page. “Dame Olivia Newton-John passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” he wrote. “We ask […]
Fencing Around Echo Park Lake Taken Down in `Acts of Vandalism’ A chain-link fence around Echo Park Lake was taken down on Sunday night in what L.A. City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell condemned Monday as “acts of vandalism.” Around 300 feet of fencing was cut and strewn around the park, and park rangers are undertaking a criminal investigation, though there were no known suspects as of Monday, […]
Judge Denies Re-Sentencing Bid For Mother Convicted In Toddler’s Death A judge Monday rejected a bid for re-sentencing by a woman convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her 23-month-old son, who lingered in a vegetative state for more than a month after being beaten by her live-in boyfriend. In a 28-page written ruling, Superior Court Judge Daviann Mitchell found that Rosie Lee Wilson […]
Woman in Her 90s Found Walking Alone in South LA Reunited with Family A woman in her 90s who was found walking alone in the south Los Angeles area has been reunited with her family, police said Monday. The woman was found about 7:45 p.m. Sunday near 89th Street and Orchard Avenue, and authorities sought the public’s help to identity her. On Monday morning, the Los Angeles Police […]
Private Funeral Mass Held for Vin Scully Three days after more than 52,000 packed Dodger Stadium to say goodbye to Vin Scully during an emotional pregame ceremony, a private funeral Mass was held Monday for the beloved longtime broadcaster. Dozens of people attended the Mass at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church in Westlake Village, where Scully often attended services, CBS2 reported. […]
Police Await Results of Blood Work on Anne Heche Following Crash into House Los Angeles police Monday were awaiting the results of blood tests on actress Anne Heche to determine if alcohol or drugs factored into a crash that left her car fully inside a Mar Vista home, which caught fire and was largely destroyed. Los Angeles Police Department Officer Annie Hernandez told City News Service investigators obtained […]
Man Robbed at Bank ATM in Culver City; Suspect Sought A man was robbed at gunpoint early Monday after withdrawing money from a Chase Bank ATM in Culver City, and police sought the public’s help to find the gunman. The crime occurred about 1:35 a.m. in the 5700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, the Culver City Police Department reported. “The victim had just withdrawn money from […]
Businessman Ordered to Pay More Than $24M to Cousins in Abuse Case 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 Burbank Superior Court jury reached its […]
Public Help Sought To Identify Patient At LAC+USC Medical Center Authorities Monday sought the public’s help to identify a patient at LAC+USC Medical Center who was brought to the facility by ambulance recently from the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. The man is Black, about 35, 6 feet tall, and weighs 194 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He has no […]
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