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Canyon News • 27th May 2019

Firefighter Nathaniel Ervin Killed After SUV Crashes Into Tree - Canyon News

BEVERLY HILLS—Nathaniel Ervin, 47, was traveling at a high speed southbound on 1100 block of Coldwater Canyon Drive around 5:35 a.m. on Friday, May 24, when he lost control of his 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe smashing into a tree.
“The vehicle was pretty damaged, consistent to high speed, of the vehicle making impact with a solid object at a high rate of speed,” said Beverly Hills Police Department Lt. Giovanni Trejo.
Ervin was pronounced dead at the scene, after firefighters extricated his body from th...

Canyon News • 6th July 2019

7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles - Canyon News

LOS ANGELES—A 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California, Los Angeles at 8:21 p.m., from southwest Searless Valley in San Bernardino County at a depth of 6.6 miles on Friday,  July 5. The earthquake occurred just after the 6.4 Ridgecrest Quake at 10:33 a.m. on Thursday, July 4
The shakes can be felt from the Mojave Desert to San Fernando Valley to Studio City, and other regions of Southern California, spreading to north Sacramento, Las Vegas to the east and Mexico.
According to the United States...

Canyon News • 15th April 2019

Clark Parker Resigns After Charter Schools Scam Investigation - Canyon News

BEVERLY HILLS—Today’s Fresh Start charter school founder Clark Parker will resign from his role as the Southern Coast Air Quality Vice Chairman in wake of an investigation by the Los Angeles Times. Parker is slated to vacate the role on April 30. The LA Times first reported on Clark and his wife in a story published on March 27.
Parker, the founder of Today’s Fresh Start charter school along with his wife Dr. Jeanette role as Superintendent of the charter in south Los Angeles allegedly operated...

Canyon News • 30th March 2019

Man Sentenced In Crash On 405 That Killed Siblings - Canyon News

WEST HOLLYWOOD—A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, March 28 after killing two brothers after entering the wrong way on the 405 freeway traveling westbound while intoxicated on January 21, 2017.
Palmdale brothers Ainsley Hall Hubbard, 27, and Aiden Cochran Hubbard, 31, were driving a Dodge Cara minivan around 2:44 p.m. Rodney Deshone Wright, 40, drove his Ford F-150 pickup truck on the wrong side of the freeway with blood alcohol level of .16 during the fatal collision near the...

Canyon News • 26th December 2019

Allee Willis “Friends” Theme Song Writer Dead - Canyon News

HOLLYWOOD—On Tuesday, December 24, songwriter and director, Alta Sherral Willis (Allee Willis), 72, known for writing the “I’ll Be There For You,” theme song for the TV sitcom “Friends,” passed away in a Los Angeles hospital due to cardiac arrest. The news was announced by her long time partner Prudence Fenton via Instagram on December 25. 
“Rest in Boogie Wonderland Nov 10, 1947-December 24, 2019,” said Fenton in a photo via Instagram.
Fans and friends alike expressed their condolences via soci...

Canyon News • 3rd May 2019

Rick Schroder Charged With Felony Domestic Violence - Canyon News

TOPANGA CANYON—Rick Schroder, 49, was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence for allegedly attacking his girlfriend. He was released after posting a $50,000 bond Wednesday, May, 1.
Officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrived to Schroder’s home near Malibu around 12:43 a.m. Wednesday where they witnessed attack marks on the female victim’s body. Those marks were used as evidence of a fight dispute between Schroder and the unidentified female victim.
The victim, denied m...

Canyon News • 30th September 2019

"Empire" Actor Terrence Howard Receives Star - Canyon News

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Actor Terrence Howard, 50, was honored amongst family and friends as the 2,674th star receipt by the Chamber of Commerce on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Tuesday, September 24.
Howard was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in 2005’s “Hustle & Flow” and currently stars in the FOX series “Empire,” where he portrays Lucious Lyon. The series is produced by Lee Daniels.
“A few years ago I was taken down by Hollywood and was told I would never work again,” Howard said. “But...

Canyon News • 17th September 2019

Edward Rostohar Sentenced For Embezzling From Credit Union - Canyon News

STUDIO CITY—Former CBS Employees Federal Credit Union Manager, Edward Martin Rostohar, 62, was sentenced to 169 months in prison on one felony count of bank fraud on Monday, September 16. He was arrested on March 12 and has been detained as both a flight risk and an economic danger to the community.
Over the course of 20 years, Rostohar embezzled $40 million from his employer by making online payments from the credit union to himself, and forging the signatures of other employees on checks made...