| | | | | The news for Wednesday, December 6, 2023 |
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SAG-AFTRA Overwhelmingly Approves Contract SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly approved the tentative deal that ended the 118-day strike against studios, the actors union has announced. The three-year agreement was approved 78.33%-21.67% on Tuesday. Turnout was 38.15%, according to the union. “I’m proud of our SAG-AFTRA membership,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement. “They struck for 118 days to grant […]
Six-time Emmy Award Winner Norman Lear Dies at 101 Norman Lear, one of the original inductees into the TV Hall of Fame in 1984, and writer of popular sitcoms “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons” has died at his home in Los Angeles, according to media reports Wednesday. He was 101. Lear died on Tuesday, Lara Bergthold, a spokesperson for […]
Redondo Union High School Closed Wednesday Following 2 Weapons Arrests Redondo Union High School will be closed Wednesday following the arrests of two 10th-grade students on back-to-back days for allegedly bringing loaded weapons to the campus. The students, both aged 15, were arrested on Monday and Tuesday in separate incidents, according to police and the Redondo Beach Unified School District. On Monday, police went to […]
Shangela Seeks Dismissal of Man’s Sex Assault Suit Former “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant Shangela is urging dismissal of a man’s lawsuit accusing Shangela of rape in 2020 in Louisiana. Shangela’s attorneys filed court papers on Tuesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey citing multiple defenses, including that the claims are barred by the statute of limitations. They also maintain the […]
Average Riverside County Gas Price Drops for 65th Time in 66 Days The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Wednesday for the 65th time in 66 days, decreasing 1.7 cents to $4.705. The average price has dropped $1.446 over the past 66 days, including 1.6 cents Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is […]
Next Up in CSU Faculty Union’s Series of One-Day Strikes: CSU Los Angeles The union representing faculty across the California State University system is planning to continue a series of one-day strikes Wednesday — this one at Cal State Los Angeles — as it looks to land a new labor contract. Wednesday’s action by the California Faculty Association’s CSULA contingent will follow one-day strikes Monday at Cal Poly […]
Sentencing Set for Man Convicted of Killing Well-Known Marriage, Sex Therapist Sentencing is set Wednesday for the ex-boyfriend of a well-known marriage and sex therapist, who was convicted of first-degree murder involving the woman’s plunge from the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home. Prosecutors are asking Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli to sentence Gareth Pursehouse, 45, of Playa del Rey, to […]
Deputy Shoots Armed Suspect in Hemet A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy shot an armed suspect near a Hemet gas station and Wednesday investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The deputy, who works out of the Hemet Station, was at the gas station at around 10:38 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Meridian Street and Florida Avenue when […]
UCLA Forecast: California Economy to Outpace US, But Not by Much California’s economy will continue to grow faster than the United States as a whole in the coming months, but not as fast as usual thanks to a variety of domestic and international influences, according to a UCLA Anderson Forecast released Wednesday. In his report on California, UCLA Anderson Forecast Director Jerry Nickelsburg wrote that fears […]
No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $395 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn […]
One Year Ago Today (December 6, 2022)…More Deliberations, No Verdict Yet in Harvey Weinstein Sex-Assault Case One Year Ago Today (December 6, 2022)…Jurors deliberated for another full day without reaching a verdict in the sex-assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein. The panel deliberated for roughly 4 1/2 hours on both Monday and Tuesday, following about two hours on Friday afternoon. The jury is due back Wednesday morning to continue […]
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