Feb. 19, 2015 – Daily Brief

By Josh Premako

Deputies Nab a Couple of Rascals: Two women were arrested after allegedly stealing a cache of items including Funyuns, Mountain Dew and a pregnancy test from a Canyon Country Ralphs and then escaping on a pair of the store's motorized shopping scooters. KHTS
Westsiders Yell About Well: About 300 people turned out to a public meeting about the Sanitation District's plans to install brine injection wells near the 16th hole of the Tournament Players Club golf course, to offset chloride cleanup. The Signal
No Contest Plea in Jail Sex Case: A former teacher at Pitchess Detention Center who pleaded no contest to charges she had sex with an inmate was sentenced to probation and community service. KHTS
Not Glad Tidings: 8,000 feet up in Yosemite, mid-February looks more like summer, with snow in short supply. LA Observed
No Charges for Attempted Self-Immolater: The Sheriff's Station does not expect to file charges against the man who reportedly walked into the station soaked in gasoline and trying to spark a lighter. The Signal
Cable Channels Think Fast: Similar to how radio stations play edited versions of songs so they can squueze in more commercials, cable channels are speeding up TV shows to add more of what viewers really want to see: commercials. Factually
State Moves Forward on Reverse Mortgage Help: California has launched a pilot program aimed at helping low-income seniors avoid foreclosures on reverse mortgages. SacBee
No New Struggle: "(T)hey wouldn’t see each other—or even hear each other’s voices on the phone—for five years. And they wouldn’t be together again for eight." From the pages of history, a story of a couple separated by immigration laws. Life

Comments (2)

Bill ReynoldsThursday, February 19th, 2015 at 1:18 pm

Last night at one of my grandchildren's baseball game at Hart from a young woman who works at Town Center told us that they are literally besieged almost openly with theft by people who live in the nearby wash. She also said there's very little Security patrolling Town Center....

ThatJoshPremakoThursday, February 19th, 2015 at 1:32 pm

I feel as though there used to be a lot of security at the mall. Cutbacks, perhaps.

Bill ReynoldsThursday, February 19th, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Last night at one of my grandchildren's baseball game at Hart from a young woman who works at Town Center told us that they are literally besieged almost openly with theft by people who live in the nearby wash. She also said there's very little Security patrolling Town Center....
ThatJoshPremakoThursday, February 19th, 2015 at 1:32 pm
I feel as though there used to be a lot of security at the mall. Cutbacks, perhaps.