Winning Ticket + Police Beating + COVID-19 Variant

LOS ANGELES, CA — Happy Friday, Los Angeles.

The weekend is almost here, and the weather promises to be gorgeous in Los Angeles.

There were two winning SuperLotto tickets with five of six winning numbers sold in Los Angeles County this week, Check your wallet! Authorities are searching the water a few miles off the coast of Long Beach where a man fell from the Catalina Express boat.

Additionally, police are asking for help finding the driver of an SUV who ran over a stroller with a baby inside and fled the scene.

All this and more in LA's top stories.

Friday's Weather Report: Friday's high is forecast to be 79 with a low of 59, according to the National Weather Service. A gradual heatup will bring highs in the 80s over the weekend.

Patch Pick: Prosecutors allege six Southern California men conspired together as part of an anti-government extremist group to breach the Capitol on Jan 6 and stop Congress from certifying the election of President Joe Biden. A leader among the group is a former La Habra Police Chief. (More on Patch).

Here are 5 of Los Angeles County's top news stories of the day:

1. The Glendale Police Department is investigating four of its officers after video emerged of a teen shoplifting suspect being kicked and punched in the head by the officers (More on Patch).
2. A Beverly Hills High School senior has won a national essay competition that drew thousands of entries, winning the $7,500 grand prize for her essay on the link between equality and justice (More on Patch).
3. Pasadena's only gay bar The Boulevard has been closed since the start of the pandemic and struggling to survive under mounting bills. The community is rallying around it with a fundraiser, and the Los Angeles Times Jenn Harris has the story of why that bar is so important to so many people (More on the Los Angeles Times).
4. The highly contagious Indian coronavirus variant dubbed Delta has been found in Los Angeles County. It is far more transmissible, increasing the urgency to vaccinate the community, county health officials said (More on Patch).
5. Everyone is talking about the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is set to arrive in Hollywood next month. Tickets will be available June 12. Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles will take up nearly 25,000 square feet, linking together advanced technology, elite animation, storytelling and more (More on Patch).

Featured Events To Get You Through To The Weekend:

NewFilmmakers LA TV Showrunning Panel, Friday, 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles

• Join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) for a conversation with Leslye Headland (showrunner of Russian Doll and the new Star Wars series The Acolyte) and Colleen Labella (Director of Development at Leslye’s production company Shoot to Midnight). We will discuss underrepresented communities behind and in front of the camera, writing queer and diverse stories, and their projects at Shoot to Midnight.

‘An Octoroon’ to inaugurate Fountain Theatre’s outdoor stage., Friday, 7:00 p.m., Los Angeles

• The Los Angeles premiere of a radical, incendiary and subversively funny Obie award-winning play by MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins inaugurates the new outdoor stage at the Fountain Theatre.

Garden Dialogues 2021: Los Angeles, CA, Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Los Angeles, The Goldman House

• Join Pamela Burton on June 12th at the Goldman House, a recently renovated mid-century modern home designed by Richard Neutra in 1951. Extant landscape drawings by Garrett Eckbo for the property depict a sensitivity to the sloping topography and existing native Coast Live Oak trees.

Aquarium Of Pacific Blue Whale Gala Fundraiser - Virtual 2021: LB, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Long Beach, CA

• "Join us for the Aquarium of the Pacific’s biggest celebration of the year, the Virtual Blue Whale Gala hosted by Iliza Shlesinger. Dive into an inspirational evening of entertainment and philanthropy…

See more on the Los Angeles calendar!

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~Paige

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