| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, May 21, 2021 |
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Road Rage Horror Kills 6-Year-Old Boy In Mom’s Car On 55 Freeway In Orange: CHP Hunts Mystery Attacker A 6-year-old boy was fatally wounded Friday in a road rage shooting on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, and the California Highway Patrol asked anyone who may have dashcam camera video of the attack to contact investigators. The boy’s mother was driving a silver Chevrolet sedan with her son in the right rear […]
Deadly Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Another In Whittier Murder: Mystery Motive, No Suspect A shooting in the Whittier area left one man dead and another person wounded, authorities said Friday. Officers were sent to the 12300 block of Slauson Avenue about 9 p.m. Thursday on a report of shots fired, according to the Whittier Police Department. A man in his 20s died at the scene, police said. His […]
‘That ’70s Show’ Star Danny Masterson Will Stand Trial For Alleged Rapes of 3 Women Danny Masterson was ordered Friday to stand trial on three counts of rape by a judge who found the three female accusers’ delays in reporting their cases reasonable given the tenets of the Church of Scientology, of which the actor is a longtime adherent. “I found all three witnesses to be credible and the evidence […]
Accused Monster Meth Gang Ringleader Forced From France, Faces Justice In LA: Worldwide Smuggling, Tons Of Drugs The lead defendant in an indictment alleging that a drug trafficking organization shipped thousands of pounds of methamphetamine all over the world — sometimes hidden inside consumer and industrial products — arrived in Los Angeles Friday after being extradited from France. Jose Guillermo Grosso Gamez, 41, of Sinaloa, Mexico, is expected to be arraigned Monday […]
‘Normal’ Right Around The Corner, But Not Quite: Giant Indoor Events Require Vaccinations With infections and hospitalizations dropping and vaccinations rising, California is on track to lift the bulk of its COVID-19 regulations on June 15, including a complete removal of capacity restrictions and physical distancing requirements, the state’s Health and Human Services Secretary said Friday. Dr. Mark Ghaly said the state will largely align with the U.S. […]
McDonald’s Won’t Advertise On Weather Channel, Other Black-Owned TV Networks? Giant Restaurant Chain Denies Discrimination Lawsuit McDonald’s is being sued for racial discrimination for allegedly refusing to advertise on the networks of Entertainment Studios Networks Inc. and Weather Group LLC, which are owned by Black comedian-turned-media mogul Byron Allen. “This case involves both a racially discriminatory contracting process and refusals to advertise on plaintiffs’ networks on the basis of race,” the […]
Weird Water Tank Death In Sunland Authorities were investigating the death of a person who was extricated Friday from beneath a water tank in Sunland, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters were sent to the 7900 block of West Glenties Lane about 1:15 p.m. and pronounced the person dead at the scene, the LAFD reported. Officers were sent to […]
Good Health News For Riverside County: Number of COVID ICU Patients Reduced The number of coronavirus patients under intensive care in Riverside County fell to 10 Friday — the lowest number in more than a year — with no additional virus-related deaths reported. According to the Riverside University Health System, 52 people countywide are hospitalized with COVID-19, a drop of seven from Thursday, and the ICU patient […]
DUI Murder Charges Against Previously Convicted Drunken Driver: 19-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed In Orange Second-degree murder and other charges were filed Friday against a 39-year-old convicted drunken driver accused in a DUI collision that killed a 19-year-old pedestrian in Orange. Sitani Pinomi is also charged with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and DUI with a blood-alcohol level above .08% or more causing injury, as well as […]
Laker, `Hamilton’ Tickets Up For Grabs As Incentives For COVID Vaccinations Will Laker season tickets be enough to convince people to get COVID-19 vaccinations? How about tickets to the Broadway smash “Hamilton”? Those are the carrots being dangled this weekend in hopes of luring people to vaccination sites. On Saturday and Sunday, anyone aged 18 and older who gets their first vaccination at a Los Angeles […]
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