POMONA – Seventeen out of 658 motorists screened were cited for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or driving with a suspended or revoked license during a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint in Pomona Saturday. In addition to the 17 drivers cited, four vehicles were towed, according to the Pomona Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau. The operation was conducted from 9 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday at Mission Boulevard and Curran Place. In 2021, the department investigated 135 DUI collisions that resulted in two deaths and injuring 48 people.
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FULLERTON, Calif. – A stretch of Interstate 5 in Fullerton will be dedicated as the Tommy Lasorda Memorial Highway Saturday, honoring the late Los Angeles Dodgers manager in the city where he lived from 1958 until his death in 2021. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda during the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers went on to defeat the Giants with a final of 8-2. Lasorda’s daughter, Laura Lasorda, and retired Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros, the fifth of nine National League Rookie of Year Award…
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Orange County Republican leaders expressed excitement over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ planned visit to California Sunday to headline a local fundraiser across the street from Disneyland, six days after he signed a bill stripping the entertainment giant of its self-governance over the area encompassing its Florida properties. “The Republican Party of Orange County is incredibly honored that Gov. DeSantis chose to headline our annual fundraising event,” Orange County Republican Party Chairman Fred Whitaker said. “It was sold out in no time with 900 people and over $740,000 raised so far. It shows the tremendous interest in the…
LOS ANGELES – A former sheriff’s deputy who falsely claimed that he had been shot outside the Lancaster sheriff’s station was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and one year of probation Friday, and was ordered to pay nearly $543,000 in restitution to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for its massive response to the hoax. Angel Raul Reinosa — who was a rookie deputy when he reported being shot in 2019 — was found guilty last November of a misdemeanor charge of making a false report of a crime, but acquitted of two felony counts of insurance fraud.…
LOS ANGELES – California is extending the state tax filing and payment due dates to Oct. 16 for Californians impacted by this winter’s storms, aligning with the IRS, which previously extended the federal tax filing deadline to Oct. 16 for the same reason. “As communities across the state continue recovering from the damage caused by the winter storms, California is working swiftly to help recovering Californians get back on their feet,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said. “The state is aligning with the Biden Administration and extending the tax filing deadline in addition to the tax relief announced earlier this year.” Last…
LOS ANGELES – A woman is seeking a default judgment against Uber Technologies Inc., alleging the ride-hailing company has not participated in her lawsuit in which she maintains she was sexually battered by a company driver in a downtown Los Angeles alley in 2022 after she sought a ride from an area lounge. The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges negligence, intentional and negligent representation, battery, sexual battery, assault and false imprisonment, and seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages in the Los Angeles Superior Court suit brought Jan. 5. On Feb. 23, her attorneys filed additional court papers seeking…
LOS ANGELES – A person who was killed in a fatal traffic collision involving a vehicle carrying three male occupants was identified Thursday. The incident occurred Friday at 3:10 p.m. at 6340 West La Tuna Canyon Road in the Tujunga area. The victim was identified as Ruben Manucharyan, 25, by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. He was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene of blunt traumatic injuries. According to Brain Humphrey, a spokesman with the Los Angeles Fire Department, the other two men managed to exit the vehicle by themselves before fire officials arrived. The vehicle…
LOS ANGELES – A man who was believed armed and barricaded in a building in the downtown Los Angeles area Friday was not at the location, and the investigation was continuing, authorities said. Officers went to the 600 block of South Spring Street to serve a warrant at about 3 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Police summoned a SWAT team, believing the suspect was inside, and surrounded the location. At about 7:30 a.m., authorities determined that the suspect was not there, police said. No further information was immediately available.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings have traded goalie Jonathan Quick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for goalie Joonas Korpisalo and defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov in a deal that was announced Wednesday. The Kings also sent a conditional first-round draft pick in 2023 and a third-round pick in 2024 to the Blue Jackets in the trade. Quick was the goaltender for the Kings during their Stanley Cup championship seasons in 2012 and 2014. He is the franchise leader in games played (743), wins (370) and shutouts (57). The 37-year-old Quick is in the final year of a contract and spent…
LOS ANGELES – The City Council Wednesday approved a six-month extension between the Los Angeles Police Department and Metro for transit policing services that were provided during the second half of 2022, including a $54 million increase to the contract budget. The funding is for services already rendered by LAPD last year, but the item drew a lengthy discussion in the chamber as several council members called for alternatives to having police on Metro despite a 10-2 vote to approve the contract. Council members Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez dissented. Grand Crew Season 2 premieres March 3 at 8:30 p.m.…