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Michigan power crews work, California recovers after storms
Read full article: Michigan power crews work, California recovers after stormsSome Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power as crews worked to restore electricity to more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit area after last week’s ice storm.
Jurors hear from EMT, physician as Hollywood Hills nursing home trial continues
Read full article: Jurors hear from EMT, physician as Hollywood Hills nursing home trial continuesThe trial for a former administrator at a Hollywood Hills nursing home continued in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom on Tuesday, now in its third week.
Paramedic testifies about finding patients dead inside Hollywood nursing home
Read full article: Paramedic testifies about finding patients dead inside Hollywood nursing homeWe are now seeing surveillance video inside the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills that shows paramedics responding to treat patients in the facility after power went out following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Prosecutors drop some charges in Florida nursing home deaths
Read full article: Prosecutors drop some charges in Florida nursing home deathsProsecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against three nurses who were present when 12 Florida nursing home patients suffered fatal overheating five years ago after Hurricane Irma.
Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B
Read full article: Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10BA new study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimates just how much Hollywood is leaving on the table: $10 billion. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)NEW YORK – For years, researchers have said a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business. A new study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimates just how much Hollywood is leaving on the table: $10 billion. The consulting firm deduced that the $148 billion film and TV industry loses $10 billion, or 7%, every year by undervaluing Black films, filmmakers and executives. The BlackLight Collective, a coalition of Black executives and talent in the industry, collaborate with McKinsey researchers.
Megan Thee Stallion says person who shot her was Tory Lanez
Read full article: Megan Thee Stallion says person who shot her was Tory LanezLOS ANGELES – More than a month after she was shot in the feet after a party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion said for the first time Thursday night that fellow hip-hop star Tory Lanez was the person who pulled the trigger. “Yes ... Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying," the 25-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, said in an Instagram Live video. “I didn’t tell the police nothing because I didn’t want us to get in no more trouble,” she says in the video. She said in the video that there was an argument between the people in the vehicle, and Peterson shot her when she tried to walk away.
Police: Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA home
Read full article: Police: Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA homeThis aerial photo taken from video provided by Fox11 News KTTV-TV shows the Hollywood Hills home, center, where Pop Smoke, 20, was shot and killed early Feb. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. Authorities say three men and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the home-invasion death of the rising rapper. (Fox11 News KTTV-TV via AP)
Police: Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA home
Read full article: Police: Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA homeThis aerial photo taken from video provided by Fox11 News KTTV-TV shows the Hollywood Hills home, center, where Pop Smoke, 20, was shot and killed early Feb. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. The three men were identified as Jaquan Murphy, 21, Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre D. Rodgers, 18, all of Los Angeles. Pop Smoke and his entourage staying at the home are not believed to be associated with the gang, Tippet said. “It’s our belief that (the home-invasion robbery) was based on some of the social media" posts, Tippet said. Earlier this year, Pop Smoke released the mixtape “Meet the Woo 2,” which debuted at No.
Warner Bros. Studio evacuates because of nearby wildfire
Read full article: Warner Bros. Studio evacuates because of nearby wildfireBURBANK, California (CNN) - The Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, near Los Angeles, was evacuated Saturday. The Barham brush fire has burned 34 acres in the Hollywood Hills, a statement from the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Warner Bros. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
4 charged in 9 deaths at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills
Read full article: 4 charged in 9 deaths at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood HillsHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Prosecutors filed charges in the deaths of nine Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills residents during a power failure that prompted an evacuation of more than 100 residents after Hurricane Irma. Authorities ruled 12 of the 14 deaths at the nursing home in September 2017 were homicides. Carballo, the former chief administrator, faces nine counts of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult. Colin, a registered nurse and night shift nursing supervisor, faces nine counts of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult. Meggie, a registered nurse, faces two counts of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult and two counts of tampering with or fabricating evidence in connection with medical records.
4 face charges in 9 nursing home deaths in Hollywood
Read full article: 4 face charges in 9 nursing home deaths in HollywoodHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Prosecutors filed charges in the deaths of nine Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills residents during a power failure that prompted an evacuation of more than 100 residents after Hurricane Irma. Authorities ruled 12 of 14 deaths at the nursing home September 2017 were homicides. Carballo, the former chief administrator, faces nine counts of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult. Colin, a registered nurse and night shift nursing supervisor, faces nine counts of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult. If convicted, the aggravated manslaughter charges carry maximum penalties of up to 30 years in state prison and the charges of tampering with or fabricating evidence in connection with medical records carry maximum penalties of up to five years in state prison.
4 face charges in 9 nursing home deaths in Hollywood
Read full article: 4 face charges in 9 nursing home deaths in HollywoodProsecutors filed charges in the deaths of nine Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills residents during a power failure that prompted an evacuation of more than 100 residents after Hurricane Irma. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.
Florida creates website to track long-term care facilities with generators
Read full article: Florida creates website to track long-term care facilities with generatorsTwelve patients at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills died after Hurrricane Irma knocked out power to the facility in 2017. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - Florida has created a website to monitor generators at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities as Hurricane Dorian gets closer. The facilities are also required to have an emergency power plan to make sure temperatures in resident-occupied areas don't exceed 81 degrees. The website provides a county-by-county breakdown on the number of facilities throughout the state. South Florida leads the way with 875 providers in Miami-Dade County, 312 in Broward County and 240 in Palm Beach County.
Arrests made in heat-related deaths at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills
Read full article: Arrests made in heat-related deaths at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood HillsFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four people are facing charges in connection with the heat-related deaths of 12 patients at a Hollywood nursing home after its air conditioning stopped working in the days after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Jorge Carballo, a former administrator of the now-shuttered Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, turned himself in Monday. The arrests mark the first criminal charges involving the September 2017 incident at the nursing home. Mugshots for Jorge Carballo (left) and Sergo Colin (right), arrested in the fallout from the Hollywood Hills nursing home deaths following Hurricane Irma. Mugshots for Althia Meggie (left) and Tamika Miller (right), arrested in the fallout from the Hollywood Hills nursing home deaths following Hurricane Irma.
On this day: September 20
Read full article: On this day: September 202016: Film director and screenwriter Curtis Hanson dies at age 71 in his Hollywood Hills home. He's best known for directing the movies "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," "L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys" and "8 Mile." He also won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1998 for co-writing "L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland.