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Thousands in LA Schools May Have to Enroll Elsewhere

44K students haven't proven they've had COVID vaccine, and mandate deadline looms

(Newser) - In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-biggest school district in the US, nearly 80% of students look set to comply with its mandate requiring students ages 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID by Jan. 10, per district officials. On the flip side, that still leaves about...

Bezos' $500K Donation Met With Groans

Baby2Baby donation from world's second-richest man fell flat: Page Six

(Newser) - Celebrities including Jeff Bezos raised $8.5 million for Baby2Baby, a nonprofit that provides diapers and other necessities to children living in poverty, at its 10th annual gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, per Vanity Fair . But if Bezos was expecting a pat on the back for his $500,000...

LA Diners Must Now Ask for Plastic Utensils

Though enforcement won't start until January

(Newser) - Customers at Los Angeles restaurants will only get plastic utensils and napkins if they ask for them, under a new ordinance taking effect Monday that aims to reduce waste, the AP reports. The rule requires all restaurants with more than 26 employees to remove all single-use plastic utensil dispensers, the...

Paris Hilton Is a Married Woman
Paris Hilton Is a
Married Woman
Nov 12, 2021 8:23 AM CST

Paris Hilton Is a Married Woman

Heiress offered peek at wedding dress after tying the knot with Carter Reum on Thursday

(Newser) - After three prior engagements, Paris Hilton finally walked down the aisle Thursday, marrying fiancé and venture capitalist Carter Reum. The couple, who were engaged in February during Hilton's 40th birthday celebration on a private island, wed at a private estate in Los Angeles, with celebrities including Kim Kardashian West...

One of the Strictest Vaccine Mandates in US Takes Effect

Though Los Angeles won't start enforcing it until Nov. 29

(Newser) - Update: As of Monday, Los Angeles' vaccine mandate is in effect, the AP reports. However, city officials won't start enforcing it until Nov. 29 so businesses have time to adjust to the new rules. San Francisco, New York City, and other cities around the US have some form of...

Suit: 'Psychic' Was Paid $1K, Still Didn't Lift Witch's Curse

Mauro Restrepo now wants $25K from 'psychic love specialist' Sophia Adams

(Newser) - A California man is suing a self-proclaimed psychic who he says promised to remove a curse on his marriage, ordered by an ex-girlfriend. Mauro Restrepo says he was in the midst of some bad luck when he performed a Google search for psychics on Sept. 17 and came across Sophia...

Court Suspends Father From Britney Spears' Estate

Judge calls situation 'a toxic environment'

(Newser) - Saying "the current situation is not tenable," a Los Angeles judge replaced Britney Spears' father as conservator of her estate on Wednesday at the singer's request. Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny suspended Jamie Spears from the role controlling his daughter's $60 million estate after 13 years,...

Mom, Daughter Charged With Murder Over Illegal Butt Lift

'These individuals have no medical training'

(Newser) - Police say aspiring adult film star Karissa Rajpaul posted video on social media of herself receiving a buttocks augmentation procedure. It's now evidence in a murder investigation. The 26-year-old South African woman died in a hospital on Oct. 15, 2019, the day of the unlicensed procedure, and mother and...

George Holliday, Who Filmed King Beating, Dies of COVID

LA plumber never made much money from his Rodney King footage

(Newser) - Around 30 years ago, George Holliday woke up after midnight to a ruckus outside his bedroom window, grabbed his brand new video camera, and caught four Los Angeles Police officers beating Rodney King. The next day, curious what had happened, he called the police to find out what happened, learned...

Calif. Quake: 'Wine Everywhere,' 'Probably a Lot of Frightened Cats'

Magnitude 4.3 temblor jolted S. California Friday, though no reports of serious injuries, damage

(Newser) - Los Angeles County's weekend started off with a jolt, with a magnitude 4.3 quake hitting the area around Carson, Calif., on Friday evening. The US Geological Survey reports that shaking from the temblor, which hit right before 8pm local time, was felt throughout multiple counties, including Orange and...

Missing Doctor Who Actress Tanya Fear Found

Actress found in LA, unharmed

(Newser) - The British actress who went missing in Hollywood last week has been found safe. Tanya Fear, 31, had been living there for the past couple of months when she left her apartment Thursday without her cellphone or purse. She was last seen by friends around 10pm that night, and was...

Tanya Fear, Actress From Doctor Who and More, Missing

She was last seen Thursday in LA

(Newser) - Tanya Fear, an actress best known for playing Dr. Jade McIntyre in a 2018 episode of Doctor Who, went missing Thursday in California. Fear, who is British, had been living in Hollywood for two months before she disappeared, Today reports. Los Angeles police confirm the 31-year-old has been reported missing,...

Family Returns From Vacation to Find Mom Murdered

LAPD investigating homicide of Virginia 'Gina' Cantero

(Newser) - A man and his three teenage children went to Mexico for Labor Day weekend, returning Tuesday night to their California home to a horrifying scene: The children's mother, Virginia "Gina" Cantero, had been murdered. Police believe Cantero, who was estranged from her husband, the children's father, had...

Vaccine Mandate Instituted for Los Angeles Students

LAUSD students aged 12 and up must be vaccinated to return to school next year

(Newser) - Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles school system must be vaccinated before they can return to classrooms next year under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Thursday to require roughly 630,000 students...

Weinstein Enters Plea in LA
Weinstein Enters Plea in LA
Jul 21, 2021 6:25 PM CDT

Weinstein Enters Plea in LA

Former movie mogul arraigned after being extradited from New York

(Newser) - After being taken across the country from his New York prison cell to a Los Angeles courtroom, Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 11 counts of sexual assault. New York state had turned Weinstein over to California authorities on Tuesday after he lost a court battle opposing extradition. The...

Weinstein Heads to LA After Losing Extradition Fight

Former producer faces trial there on 11 sexual assault counts

(Newser) - New York prison officials handed over convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein to be taken to California on Tuesday to face additional sexual assault charges, ending the former movie producer's protracted fight to delay his extradition. Weinstein, 69, was released by the New York State corrections department around 9:30am, a...

Technicians' Gaffe Blamed for Huge LA Explosion

Bomb crew miscalculated the 'explosive weight' of seized fireworks

(Newser) - Los Angeles bomb technicians overloaded a containment chamber with homemade fireworks last month during a detonation, likely causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a neighborhood, the police chief said Monday, per the AP . Chief Michel Moore said five members of the department’s bomb squad have...

Popular Podcaster Struck, Killed in LA Intersection

Mat George was beloved, funny voice on She Rates Dogs

(Newser) - Mat George, the likable host of popular podcast She Rates Dogs has died. George was crossing a street in Los Angeles very early Saturday morning when he was struck by a car and killed. Police say it was a hit and run, the New York Times reports. The humorous podcast...

'Boy Next Door Killer' Gets Death Sentence for 2 Murders

Michael Thomas Gargiulo was convicted two years ago for the home invasions and killings

(Newser) - For crimes he called “vicious and frightening,” a judge on Friday gave a death sentence to a man prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer” for the home-invasion murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third. Victims' family members wept as Los Angeles Superior...

Los Angeles Does a 180, Requires Masks Again

Indoors, whether vaccinated or not

(Newser) - Starting at 11:59pm on Saturday, everyone in Los Angeles County will be required to wear a mask while indoors in public spaces, whether they're vaccinated or not. The California county announced the reversal on Thursday, exactly one month after the statewide mask mandate was dropped, ABC 7 reports....

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