| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, May 19, 2023 |
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USC’s Athletic Director Mike Bohn Resigns Mike Bohn, USC’s athletic director since 2019 — under whom the Trojans hired Lincoln Riley as football coach and announced their impending move to the Big Ten Conference — has resigned his position, university President Carol L. Folt announced Friday. “I am writing to let you know that I have accepted Mike Bohn’s resignation as […]
Football Legend, Actor, Activist Jim Brown Dies at 87 Funeral services were pending Friday for Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, the Cleveland Browns legend who went on to become a prolific actor and prominent civil-rights activist. Brown died Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles at age 87, according to a family representative. “It is with profound sadness that I announce […]
Man Arrested in Alleged Assault, Child Kidnapping in Hollywood A man was arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting a woman and abducting a child in Hollywood in what authorities called a “possible parental kidnapping” of the boy, who was found safe. Officers sent to the 1500 block of Vine Street about 8:10 a.m. found a woman who had been injured, according to the Los Angeles […]
Jury Begins 3rd Day of Deliberations in Actor Danny Masterson’s Rape Retrial Jurors began their third day of deliberations Friday in the retrial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who is charged with raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003. The downtown Los Angeles jury was handed the case before 10 a.m. Wednesday after just over a day of closing arguments […]
VP Kamala Harris Set to Visit Los Angeles, Discuss Maternal Health Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to return to Los Angeles Friday to discuss Biden administration efforts to bolster maternal health. According to her office, Harris will visit the nonprofit Baby2Baby, which provides baby supplies to low-income mothers locally and nationally, and also offers information on available government support resources. Harris is expected to meet […]
Jury Finds for UC Regents, UCLA Doctor in Patient’s Death A day after a jury rejected medical negligence allegations brought against the UC Regents and a UCLA doctor by a man whose wife died in 2019 at age 33 of liver failure from allegedly being overprescribed a statin, a judge Friday entered judgment on behalf of the defendants. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel deliberated […]
Suspected LA County Gang Members Arrested in Federal Weapons and Drug Case Six suspected members or associates of an El Sereno street gang were arrested Friday on federal weapons and narcotics charges stemming from a nearly yearlong undercover operation in which authorities say they purchased about 11 pounds of methamphetamine and 47 firearms, including ghost guns and so-called “cop killer” handguns. A 28-count Los Angeles federal grand […]
Man Gets 30 to Life for Double Fatal DUI Crash in Irvine A 27-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life in prison for a fatal drunk driving crash that killed two of his passengers in Irvine. Norman David Martin was convicted Aug. 11, 2021, of two counts of second-degree murder for the July 22, 2017, pre-dawn crash in a Chevrolet Corvette at Jamboree Road […]
Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Man in Santa Ana Park A 28-year-old man has been convicted of robbing a man on his way to work and forcing him to commit a sex act on the defendant in a Santa Ana park, according to court records obtained Friday. Alec Sean Blake was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping, kidnapping to commit a robbery or sex offense, forcible copulation, […]
OC Jail Inmate Pleads Guilty in Attack Behind Bars An Orange County jail inmate pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a beating of another man while in custody. Gabriel Marcos Guerrero, 23, pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury. He was scheduled to be sentenced Oct. […]
Arrest Warrant Issued for Man who Pled Guilty to Molesting 2 Girls in La Habra A 50-year-old man who pleaded guilty last month to molesting two girls in La Habra failed to show for sentencing, prompting a bench warrant to be issued for his arrest Friday. Jose Daniel Rojas Diaz pleaded guilty April 17 to four counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, three counts […]
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