| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, April 4, 2022 |
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Reports: Ye Withdraws from Coachella, Leaving Headliner Spot Open The lineup for the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival got a shakeup Monday with news that Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — has pulled out of his headlining spot. The website TMZ broke the news of Ye’s withdrawal, although the reason for the move was unclear. The Los Angeles […]
Forum in Inglewood Now the `Kia Forum’ The “Fabulous Forum” officially got a new name Monday as officials announced a naming-rights agreement between automaker Kia and venue owner Steve Ballmer. “We’re proud to partner with Kia and weave together our history with an innovative future, while continuing our dedication to the SoCal community,” Geni Lincoln, general manager and senior vice president of […]
One Dead, Two Hospitalized Following Possible Fentanyl Exposure One man died Monday and two others were hospitalized following apparent exposure to a substance thought to have been fentanyl, authorities said. Paramedics and hazardous-materials teams were sent to the 200 block of West 115th Street about 9 a.m. on a report that two people were exposed to an unknown substance, according to the Los […]
LAX Reports 150% Increase in Travelers in February Compared to Last Year More than 4 million people traveled through LAX in February, a 150% increase from the same month last year, which the airport attributes to Los Angeles hosting the Super Bowl and an increase in people traveling compared to earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. February’s 4.080 million travelers included 3.336 million on domestic flights and 744,454 […]
Fire Rips Through Commercial Building in Garden Grove A Spectrum office building was heavily damaged by a three-alarm fire in Garden Grove Monday, but no injuries were immediately reported. The fire was reported at 11:20 a.m. in the two-story building in the 7400 block of Chapman Avenue, and it took nearly two and a half hours for crews to knock down the flames, […]
Drivers Can Get ID Numbers On Catalytic Converters For Free Wednesday People who want their vehicle identification numbers etched onto their catalytic converters as a preventative measure against theft can get the service done for free in Silver Lake on Wednesday. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Silver Lake Reservoir, 1863 Silver Lake Blvd, north of the dog park. The […]
LA County Urges COVID Precautions for High-Risk Residents With many COVID-19 public-health mandates now lifted, Los Angeles County officials Monday urged people who may be more vulnerable to severe illness from the virus to continue taking precautions to reduce risk, particularly with growing spread of the latest highly transmissible variant. Most mask-wearing requirements have been lifted in the county and across the state […]
Man Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Child in Long Beach A man was in custody Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in Long Beach, authorities said. Jimmie Kirkwood, 33, was booked on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, assault with the intention to commit rape and false imprisonment, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Kirkwood was […]
LA Judge Indicates Ed Buck Acquittal Motion Likely to Fail A federal judge Monday indicated she will deny a defense bid to have Ed Buck’s convictions for providing the drugs that killed two men in his West Hollywood apartment overturned on the grounds that the government used evidence of the defendant’s sexual fetishes to unfairly prejudice the jury. A defense attorney argued via Zoom that […]
Ontario Lawyer Gets 10 Years in Child Porn Case A lawyer who formerly had a legal practice in Ontario was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images and videos from a minor over Snapchat. Sagi Schwartzberg, 39, of Fontana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr., who also ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine and […]
Report of Shots Fired at LB High School Turns Out to be Pyrotechnics Police swarmed a Long Beach high school Monday in response to a report of shots being fired on the campus, but the noise turned out to be “pyrotechnics.” Long Beach police said officers went to Wilson High School in the 4400 block of East 10th Street Monday morning due to the report. Shortly after midday, […]
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