Pat Loud, the author, literary agent, television legend, pioneering LGBTQ ally, and consummate hostess who, like a modern-day Gertrude Stein, entertained the underground and creative set in New York City and Los Angeles left the party that she made out of life on January 10, 2021, at 94. “She passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes, snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin, and Grant,” the family announced.
Reports of her death, as Mark Twain would have said, have been greatly exaggerated: Tributes linked her appearance as the forthright, forward-thinking matriarch in the 1973 PBS documentary series
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A 25-year-old man died Friday morning, and authorities are asking for help piecing together his final moments. (Shutterstock)
LOS ANGELES, CA A man was killed Friday morning when he was struck by a vehicle on the Hollywood (101) Freeway and dragged for nearly a mile.
A 25-year-old Joshua Gray, of Long Beach was found in the road in the East Hollywood area, according to the California High Patrol. Investigators are working to determine how he ended up there. Authorities believe he was struck by a vehicle on the southbound 101 at Fountain Avenue, then dragged about a mile to the 700 block of North Ardmore.
Man wanted in sexual assault of woman inside her West Hollywood home
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CNS) Authorities are seeking public help to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman in her West Hollywood home.
The crime occurred on Jan. 21 in the 8400 block of Fountain Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department reported.
According to the department, the man entered the 28-year old woman s home through her patio sliding door. The suspect grabbed the victim by the neck and shoulders and forced her onto the living room couch, a sheriff s department statement said. The suspect undressed the victim and sexually assaulted her. The victim was able to fight the suspect off by striking him, resulting in the victim breaking free.