| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, March 13, 2024 |
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Santa Ana Winds Return Wednesday Evening Gusty Santa Ana winds will begin picking up in areas of the Southland Wednesday evening and continue into Thursday, prompting warnings of hazardous driving conditions and possible damage to power lines that could cause outages. “Today starts the transition into an extended windy period,” National Weather Service forecasters said, adding that “moderate to strong” winds […]
Sherman Oaks Landslide Spurns Evacuations A landslide likely triggered by the drenching rains that poured on the Southland earlier this year destroyed an under-construction home in the hills of Sherman Oaks Wednesday and forced the evacuation of two others. Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters responded at 2:51 a.m. to 3741 N. Ventura Canyon Ave. to a report of a large […]
Los Alamitos Horse Groomer Sues Bob Baffert Racing for Damages A judge has placed on hold a lawsuit brought by a horse groomer at Los Alamitos Race Course against Bob Baffert Racing so the parties can try and settle the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging various state Labor Code violations. Ruben Ortiz Salgado’s proposed class-action Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges multiple state Labor Code violations and […]
SoCalGas Unveils Facility at JA Finance Park Southern California Gas Company Wednesday unveiled its revamped facility at JA Finance Park, an interactive educational space of business storefronts that provide students with lessons on financial literacy. The facility draws inspiration from the utility’s H2 Innovation Experience in Downey, a clean microgrid demonstration project that draws from solar panels during the day and converts […]
Officer Who Shot Man in Chesterfield Square Identified The Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday identified the officer who shot a 36-year-old man accused of pointing a gun at a passerby and police in the Chesterfield Square section of Los Angeles. The shooting took place shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday in the area of 54th Street and Manhattan Place, according to the LAPD. The […]
Parolee Arrested For Alleged DV A parolee who allegedly inflicted “severe injuries requiring hospitalization” during a domestic violence incident in Santa Monica has been arrested, police said Wednesday. The assault occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on March 6 when Derrick Wright, 46, “attacked the victim and then brandished a replica firearm at the victim and her daughter before fleeing the […]
LA’s Liability Claim Payouts Totals Nearly $472M in Last 3 Years The city of Los Angeles has paid out nearly $472 million in the last three years for liability claims, with the most money being used to cover the police, sanitation and street services departments, City Controller Kenneth Mejia reported Wednesday. Mejia launched a website charting the city’s liability claim payouts from fiscal years 2020-23. According […]
Ex-Meta Employee Tentatively Settles Discrimination Suit A former Meta Platforms Inc. employee has reached a tentative settlement of all his claims against the social media platform, which included age and disability discrimination. Attorneys for Gary Glouner, now 58, filed court papers on Tuesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis informing her of the “conditional” accord in the case and […]
LA General Medical Center Seeks Help Identifying Patient Officials at Los Angeles General Medical Center Wednesday sought the public’s help to identify a man who has been hospitalized at the facility. The patient, who has been hospitalized since Monday, was described as a 5-feet-9-inch tall man approximately 30 years old with a thin build, black and dark brown hair and brown eyes. He […]
Port of LA, Caltrans to Begin $130M Highway Interchange Project Work will soon begin on a $130 million transportation project to reconfigure a major interchange connecting to the Port of Los Angeles, officials announced Wednesday. Port officials and the California Department of Transportation are set to reconfigure the interchange at state Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro. The project is […]
Olivia Munn Reveals Double Mastectomy Actress Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, saying she wanted to tell her story to encourage women to have their cancer risk assessed so they can identify potential problems early. “I’m lucky. We caught it with enough time that I had options,” Munn, 43, wrote in […]
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