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A Newport Beach man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the anti-LGBTQ and anti-Semitic hate crime that killed former classmate Blaze Bernstein. Samuel Woodward, 27, was found guilty in July of first-degree murder on special charges that the killing was motivated by hatred and was committed with a weapon. On Friday, Woodward refused to come out of his cell to appear in court during his sentencing in Orange County. The trial began in April, six years after Bernstein’s body was discovered in Lake Forest. A 19-year-old boy had been stabbed 28 times. Blaise Bernstein is seen…

Health officials announced six more human cases Friday as H5N1 avian influenza spreads among dairy herds and birds migrating south in California. This includes five cases in California and one case in Oregon, the first in the state.A seventh presumptive case has occurred in California and is awaiting confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.All reported cases have been described as mild, and each person is believed to have contracted the virus from infected livestock or poultry. In California, an outbreak occurred among dairy workers. In Oregon, the patient was a poultry worker.California epidemiologist Erica Pan said…

Weekend motorists should be careful. The southbound lanes of the 605 Freeway will be closed for weekend renovations in the Downey and Norwalk areas.Caltrans announced it will close Highway 605 between Interstate 5 in Downey and Firestone Boulevard in Norwalk for an extended weekend for resurfacing. All southbound lanes will be closed Friday and Sunday night, with some lanes closed for the remainder of the weekend until 5 a.m. Monday.North-South Interstate 5, which connects to the southbound 605 Freeway, will be closed over the weekend, including the Florence Avenue and Telegraph Road on-ramps until early Monday morning.Motorists using Highway 605…

A former police officer who beat a man with a baton at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2022 was sentenced to one year in prison on Friday.Juan Anthony Carrillo, 46, went to the medical center around 4 a.m. in January 2022 to help another officer take into custody a 34-year-old man, identified in court records only as RV. Arrived. While not in custody, he walked around the grounds of the medical center carrying a clear glass pipe that officers suspected was drug paraphernalia, according to a sentencing memo filed in federal court. Carrillo, of Alhambra, struck…

City leaders celebrated the grand opening of a 64-unit affordable housing complex in Boyle Heights on Friday. The Los Lirios residential community is located right next to the Soto station on the LA Metro E line, giving residents easy access to public transportation and the ability to live car-free in a city known for traffic congestion. becomes easier. The five-story apartment community at the corner of 1st and Soto streets was built as part of a partnership between LA Metro, which owns the land, and BRIDGE Housing, an affordable housing community developer. Of the 64 units, 43 are considered affordable…

Fans of Sabrina Carpenter gathered at the Grove in Los Angeles to celebrate her upcoming show in Southern California. The “Espresso” singer’s Sweet Spot pop-up truck will be parked on the busy boardwalk to win last-chance tickets to her show in Los Angeles, autographed merchandise, city-exclusive posters, airbrush tattoos, Sabrina-inspired designs, and more. We are offering fans an opportunity. Sweet treats and accessories for T-Mobile customers. Sabrina Carpenter’s Sweet Spot Track at The Grove, November 15, 2024. The company is a pop-up sponsor and one of the sponsors of the pop star’s hugely popular Short and Sweet Tour. Fans can…

If all goes according to plan, internationally acclaimed pie shop Pizzeria Sei will move from Pico Robertson to the Palms by next September. Chef and owner William Zhu, who runs the restaurant with his wife Jennifer So, confirmed to Time Out that the couple has signed a lease for the ground-floor restaurant at the corner of Overland Avenue and Tabor Street. . Since opening in February 2022, Pizzeria Sei has won the hearts of local and national critics, including myself, with its chewy Tokyo-style dough and high-quality toppings. The restaurant also gained national recognition earlier this year on America’s 50…

Two people were injured Friday when a car crashed into a donut shop in Exposition Park. Surveillance camera footage captured the shocking moment the driver crashed into the entrance of Michelle’s Donuts at 3783 S Western Ave., passing a stroller carrying a baby believed to be less than a year old. A woman and a man were injured and hospitalized. “He was telling me to go do something,” said witness Celestino Garcia. [customer] I’m stuck at the counter. ” Witnesses jumped out after the cart’s impact took away a wall, a table and a chair where another customer was sitting,…

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent will spend decades in prison after admitting to orchestrating the murder of his wife. Eddie Reyes, 38, of Covina, was sentenced Friday to 40 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He pleaded guilty in April to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. Reyes, who has been in federal custody since his arrest in April 2021, met Claudia Sanchez Reyes in El Salvador in 2014. The two eventually married, had a son, and he immigrated them to the United States. Claudia filed for temporary restraining orders against…

In the latest development in a sordid legal case in Sacramento, a California senator this week accused his former chief of staff of sexual harassment while on the job, accusing him of being involved in a 2001 murder and disappearance. filed a counterclaim. of Washington intern Chandra Levy. According to court papers filed Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, state Sen. Marie Alvarado Gil (R-Jackson) said former staffer Chad Condit once said, “I know how to make people disappear. ”, he claimed to have warned. According to the complaint, Condit worked for Condit’s father, former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit (D-Celeste),…