SILVER LAKE – A woman who was shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers in Silver Lake after they say she waved what they described as a gun at them is in critical condition, authorities said Thursday. The shooting occurred at around 8 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Sliver Lake Boulevard and Bellevue Avenue, law enforcement sources told The Los Angeles Times. According to The Times, LAPD Officer Annie Moran said officers were responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call when they found the woman wearing a trench coat who as pointing a gun at passersby, Fox…
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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 Saturday’s drawing is expected to grow to $119 million. There were two tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number. The one sold in Pennsylvania was worth $2 million, because the player utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, is worth $2 million. The one sold in Missouri is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday were…
POMONA – A sting operation conducted by the Pomona Police Department Wednesday resulted in the arrests of four suspected sex purchasers. Pomona Police Department officers posed as sex workers along East Holt Avenue and Indian Hill Boulevard, according to Sgt. Dan Gomez. Paul Albitre, 76, of Los Angeles, Richard Meza, 60 of Pomona, Jose Chirino, 62, of San Dimas, and Jose Sandovalzamoram 24, of Pomona, were arrested for suspicion of prostitution, Gomez said. Alexis Bovaird, 21, of Riverside, was arrested for suspicion of public nudity, Gomez said.
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s SuperLotto Plus drawing and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing will grow to $36 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, were sold at a supermarket in Ventura and a grocery store in the unincorporated Kern County community of North Edwards in the Mojave Desert. They are each worth $19,370, the California Lottery announced. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 7, 29, 35, 43, 47 and the Mega number was 23. The jackpot was $35 million. The drawing was the…
By STEVEN HERBERT HOLLYWOOD – With the NFL season over, “Young Sheldon” became the first scripted program to top the weekly prime-time ratings in the 22nd week of the 2022-23 television season, according to live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen Wednesday. The CBS comedy averaged 7.304 million viewers, one of three programs airing between Feb. 13 and Sunday to top 7 million viewers. The CBS crime drama “FBI” was second for the week, averaging 7.197 million and the CBS action drama, “NCIS” third, averaging 7.053 million. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was the most-watched prime-time program each of the first seven weeks…
SANTA ANA – A former warehouse manager for a Santa Ana COVID-19 business pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing more than $1 million in tests and attempting to steal more worth an additional $270,000. Carlos Peralta, a former employee of Covid Clinic, pleaded guilty to six counts of grand theft by employee and seven counts of forgery, all felonies. As part of the plea deal, sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime exceeding $500,000 were stricken, according to court records. Santa Ana police in February of last year asked for the public’s help…
SANTA MONICA – A judge has dismissed the Comedy Store’s lawsuit against a Seattle-based accounting firm, in which the plaintiff that sustained severe business losses during the pandemic alleged the number-crunching firm’s missteps caused it to lose a chance at getting at least $8.5 million in relief funds. Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Lisa K Sepe-Wiesenfeld ruled during a hearing Tuesday that Moss Adams LP was correct in arguing that the case should have been brought in Washington state. The judge said the forum selection clause contained within the parties’ business agreement made Washington state the proper forum for litigation…
MALIBU – Malibu residents were being asked to dramatically reduce their water use Wednesday, with a county project to replace and relocate a water main near Pacific Coast Highway leading to “extremely limited” local supplies. The work being done Wednesday was part of a larger project to upgrade about 1,500 feet of a 30-inch diameter water main. Malibu residents were initially asked to cut back their water use from 2 p.m. Tuesday to 2 p.m. Wednesday. City officials asked residents to turn off all of their landscape irrigation systems and to avoid filling swimming pools. But on Wednesday afternoon, residents…
By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH LOS ANGELES – A man accused of gunning down Los Angeles Catholic Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell at his home in Hacienda Heights was charged Wednesday with murder. Carlos Medina, 61, was arrested Monday in connection with Saturday’s shooting of the 69-year-old bishop. Medina is the husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper, and he also performed handyman work at the bishop’s home, Sheriff Robert Luna said earlier this week. District Attorney George Gascón said the murder charge against Medina includes an allegation of the personal use of a firearm. Medina could face up to 35 years to life in…
LOS ANGELES – A former executive at the cinema subscription service MoviePass Inc. has been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he embezzled $260,000 from MoviePass’ parent company to repay money he borrowed to produce an event at the Coachella music festival, officials announced Wednesday. Khalid Itum, 42, of Hollywood, was arrested by special agents with the FBI on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. At his arraignment in Los Angeles federal court, Itum pleaded not guilty to the charges — two counts each of wire fraud and money laundering — and an April 18 trial…