| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, November 20, 2020 |
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Rape, Sex Assault By Off-Duty LA County Sheriff’s Deputy? Prosecutor Files Charges A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting an acquaintance at his home while he was off-duty two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Jason Ghassan Kailany, 26, is set to be arraigned Jan. 15 on one count each of forcible rape and forcible […]
Outraged LA, Riverside, Orange County Sheriffs Say ‘No’ To Enforcing Gov. Newsom’s California Coronavirus Curfew Gov. Gavin Newsom has instituted a controversial curfew across much of California, but he may have trouble getting law enforcement to take any action backing up the curfew order. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said deputies will not enforce any part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised stay-at-home order, joining other sheriffs throughout the state Friday […]
Coroner: Cause of Death of Bobby Brown Jr. `Deferred’ The cause of death of Bobby Brown Jr., the 28-year-old son of singer Bobby Brown, has been listed as “deferred,” the coroner’s office reported Friday. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a report of an unspecified medical emergency in the 5200 block of White Oak Avenue about 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, and Brown was pronounced […]
Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine in L.A. County Shaping Up as Herculean Task Distributing the COVID-19 vaccines now being developed is shaping up to be the largest and most complex public health effort in L.A. County’s history, and concerns are growing that officials are already falling behind, it was reported Friday. The scientists have designed the vaccine. Now, government bureaucrats must figure out how to quickly and fairly […]
LA County Sheriff Faces Contempt Hearing Over Civilian Board Subpoena Spat Sheriff Alex Villanueva must show in a hearing early next year why he should not be held in contempt for defying a subpoena to appear before the civilian board that oversees his department and talk about the coronavirus problem in the jails, a judge ruled Friday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly Fujie rejected arguments […]
Parents of Slain Teen Sue Hart Union High School District The parents of a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a fellow student at Saugus High School last November are suing the William S. Hart Union High School District, alleging a failure to take basic steps to supervise students on campus. The wrongful death/negligence lawsuit was filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court […]
Unemployment Rate Dips Again In LA County The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 12.3% in Los Angeles County in October, down from 15.5% in September, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. The 12.3% rate was well above the 4.3% rate from the pre-coronavirus era of October 2019. In Orange County, where seasonally adjusted numbers were not […]
Arraignment Set Monday for Man Charged in Deadly Hit-And-Run Crash in Pasadena A San Bernardino County man is set to be arraigned Monday on charges stemming from an alleged hit-and-run DUI crash that killed a 64-year-old man in Pasadena. Alberto Fernandez, 20, of Victorville, is charged with one felony count each of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence and hit-and-run resulting in death or serious injury […]
Cute Kitties, Cuddly Puppies Up For Adoption At `Happy Furry Giving’ Los Angeles Animal Services announced Friday that it will host a pet adoption event Saturday and Sunday with reduced adoption fees for dogs and waived fees for cats. The Happy Furry Giving adoption event will provide scheduled appointments between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on both days to comply with COVID-19 social distancing protocols. “We […]
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A SpaceX Rocket; Vandenberg AFB Launch On Tap Southland sky-gazers could catch an unusual site Saturday morning, with Hawthorne-based SpaceX scheduled to launch a NASA ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. Residents in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties will likely hear a series of sonic booms following liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket. Farther […]
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