LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $355 million. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a convenience store in San Bernardino and is worth $237,118, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to…
Author: City News Service
LOS ANGELES – Potentially heavy rains and floods, along with strong winds and low snow levels, are expected to hammer the Southland yet again starting Tuesday — the latest in a series of storms to buffet the region in recent weeks. The National Weather Service on Monday issued an array of cautions — including a flood watch for most of the Los Angeles area beginning late Monday night through Wednesday afternoon; a wind advisory for most of the region from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday; and a more severe high wind warning for Orange County coastal and inland areas…
LOS ANGELES – A last-minute bid to avert a three-day strike that could shut down the nation’s second-largest school district appeared to fall flat Monday, with union officials saying district leaders broke the confidentiality of a planned 11th-hour negotiating session. “This afternoon, SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Local 99 had agreed to enter a confidential mediation process with LAUSD to try and address our differences,” union Executive Director Max Arias said in a statement late Monday afternoon. “Unfortunately, LAUSD broke that confidentiality by sharing it with the media before our bargaining team, which makes all decisions, had a chance to…
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing is expected to grow to $86 million. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in New York and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn Saturday were 14, 20, 30, 54, 69 and the Powerball number was 11. The jackpot was $78 million. The drawing was the sixth since a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The…
ORANGE – Authorities sought the public’s help Sunday in identifying and locating a man they believe wounded another man during a shooting at an open-air outlet mall in Orange. Officers responded at about 9 p.m. Friday to a “shots fired” call at The Outlets at Orange, located at 20 City Boulevard West. A group of men who appeared to know each other were involved in an altercation, the Orange Police Department reported. “One male shot at a male adult, striking him once in the leg,” police said. “The suspect, who was described as a male Hispanic wearing gray sweat pants…
LOS ANGELES – “Shazam:! Fury of the Gods” opened with $30.5 million this weekend to lead all films at the North American box office, according to industry estimates released Sunday. It was a disappointing total for the sequel to 2019’s “Shazam!,” which opened with $53.5 million. “Scream VI” took second place with $17.5 million Friday through Sunday, one week after opening in first place, Comscore reported. “Creed III” was third with $15.3 million in its third weekend in theaters in the United States and Canada. The science fiction film “65” was fourth with $5.8 million in its second week, followed…
LOS ANGELES – A motion seeking a report from the city’s Office of Finance on a potential ballot measure to change the way the tax on hotel rooms is calculated was introduced Friday by Councilmembers Tim McOsker and Bob Blumenfield. Under what is officially known as the transient occupancy tax, online travel companies collect and remit the tax on the discounted and/or wholesale room rate agreed upon with the hotel, rather than on the actual amount the guest pays for the room. McOsker and Blumenfield are seeking to learn the amount of increased tax revenue the city would receive if…
LOS ANGELES – Two men were wounded Friday evening in a shooting in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 9 p.m. to Avalon Boulevard and Imperial Highway where they learned the two victims were walking along Imperial Highway when the suspects fired several shots at them, striking one in a leg and another in the side, according to Officer Drake. Both victims were taken to a hospital in an unknown condition. Witnesses told officers the suspects drove from the scene heading west on Imperial Highway in an older model, blue Chevrolet Tahoe, Madison said.
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will grow to $272 million. There were two tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The one sold in South Carolina is worth $3 million because the player utilized the Megaplier option, where for an additional $1 any non- jackpot prize is multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn. The one sold in Michigan is worth $1 million. The numbers…
SANTA ANA – Over the objections of prosecutors, an attempted murderer was sentenced Friday to two more years in prison for stealing unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bruno Galindo, 51, pleaded guilty Dec. 28 to 20 counts of false statement or representation or concealment, six counts of money laundering, and a count of conspiracy to defraud, all felonies. Galindo had accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Cheri Pham. Prosecutors objected to the plea deal. Galindo’s sister, Rosalva Bahena also pleaded guilty Dec. 28 to three counts of perjury, 20 counts of false statement or representation or…