| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, October 13, 2020 |
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Sex Offender Dripped His Semen On Co-Worker’s Computer Keyboard, Mouse, Honey Jar: 2 1/2 Years For Palmdale Con A 30-year-old Palmdale man was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in jail for smearing his semen on a co-worker’s computer keyboard and mouse, in her honey jar and in half-consumed bottles of water and lotion on her desk in the La Palma office they shared. Stevens Millancastro, who was convicted Sept. 21, must also […]
`Two and a Half Men’ Housekeeper ‘Berta’ Dead at 77: Charlie Sheen’s Sharp-Witted Foil Was Real-Life ‘Sweetheart’ Funeral services were pending Tuesday for veteran stage, screen and TV actress Conchata Ferrell, perhaps best remembered for her role as Charlie Sheen’s sharp-witted housekeeper Berta on the long-running sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” “She was a beautiful human,” her “Two and a Half Men” co-star Jon Cryer wrote on his Twitter page. “Berta’s […]
More Fun Outlawed By Coronavirus: Don’t You Dare Go Trick-Or-Treating On Halloween Echoing guidelines issued earlier by Los Angeles County, the state’s Health and Human Services secretary said Tuesday trick-or-treating for Halloween is being “strongly discouraged” across California due to the threat of the coronavirus. “COVID-19 continues to pose an important risk, as we say time and time again, so some of the traditional Halloween celebrations such […]
OC Man Charged with Setting Fire to Santa Monica Police Car An Irvine man was taken into federal custody Tuesday on charges alleging he set fire to a Santa Monica Police Department car during civil unrest amid widespread protests in late May. Nathan Wilson, 27, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with malicious damage to property owned by an institution or organization receiving federal financial […]
Orange County Reports 178 New COVID-19 Cases, No Deaths Orange County reported a second consecutive day of no COVID-19 fatalities Tuesday, while new coronavirus cases continue to decline. The county’s Health Care Agency reported 178 new diagnoses of coronavirus, raising the cumulative total to 56,070, but no new fatalities were reported so the death toll remained at 1,341. Since Sunday, the county has reported […]
City of Long Beach, 7-Eleven Named in Civil Rights Lawsuit Attorneys Tuesday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Long Beach and several of its police officers on behalf of a mentally ill Black man who was allegedly beaten without provocation by officers in an arrest captured on cell-phone video that sparked public protests. According to lawyers for 24-year-old Eugene Martindale III, […]
LAFD Marks First Use of Robot To Fight Fire in United States A robotic firefighting vehicle was used for the first time in the United States to battle a major emergency fire in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, officials said. The fire broke out in a textile business and spread to an adjacent building, and more than 130 firefighters extinguished the flames and prevented them from spreading further. […]
Rapper Tory Lanez Ordered to Stay Away From Megan Thee Stallion Tory Lanez, who allegedly fired shots that wounded fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, was ordered Tuesday to stay away from her while he awaits arraignment next month on felony assault and gun charges. Lanez — who has already implied his innocence by posting on Twitter that “the truth will come to light” — is set […]
L.A. County Considers Hiring Non-Sworn Force to Patrol Parks The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reconsider how to ensure safety in county parks following Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s announcement that he will close the department’s Parks Bureau, provoking the sheriff to accuse the board of “defunding” the LASD. However, according to county lawyers, Villanueva may have “defunded” his own department, because closing the […]
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Awards $325,000 for Racial Equity The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles announced Tuesday that it has awarded grants totaling $325,000 to seven local organizations to support racial equity. “In response to the current social unrest, the foundation decided to make these grants. These inspiring programs align with our institution’s own values of creating a more civil, just and equitable […]
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