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Expect a slow cooling trend over the next few days. However, there is lingering monsoonal moisture in the low desert.
The week will favor near-normal temperatures for most of Southern California with sunshine in the forecast.
We will warm back up again by the weekend.
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Today’s Big Stories
1. ‘Ketamine Queen’ to plead guilty next month in Matthew Perry death
Jasveen Sangha — the so-called “Ketamine Queen” — will plead guilty on Sept. 3 in Los Angeles federal court to illegally selling the ketamine that killed “Friends” actor Matthew Perry in October 2023, court records show.
The North Hollywood woman has agreed to enter her plea to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
Upon entering her guilty plea, the 42-year-old Sangha will face up to 65 years in federal prison, according to prosecutors.
Sangha — whose customers referred to her as the “Ketamine Queen,” prosecutors say — will be the last of five defendants, including two physicians, to plead guilty in the case.
Perry, who had long struggled with addiction issues to various substances, obtained the powerful surgical anesthetic from various sources.
2. Rabbis, cantors to hold rally in front of Israeli Consulate General
Dozens of rabbis and cantors will pray, sing and blow ram’s horns outside the Israeli Consulate General in Brentwood on Monday calling for immediate food aid to Gazans, an end to the war in Gaza and the safe return home for the hostages in Hamas captivity.
“As rabbis and cantors, leaders in the Jewish community of Los Angeles, we stand firmly and deeply inside the values of the Jewish tradition lifting up that everyone is made b’tzelem elohim, in the image of God,” Rabbi Susan Goldberg, senior rabbi of Echo Park-based Nefesh, which bills itself as “an open-hearted spiritual community welcoming all of the identities that make up who we are and who we love.”
“It is time to end the suffering in Gaza and in Israel and be led by those who affirm the safety, dignity, and human rights of all who live in the land. We blast the shofar on this first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, a month of reckoning and reflection that leads us into the new year.
“We join with rabbis and cantors and other Jewish leaders from across the United States who are praying fervently for an end to the killing and the beginning of a new way forward.”
The rabbis and cantors participating in Monday’s rally “are standing in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Israelis in the streets and those risking their freedom to end the atrocities in Gaza,” a spokeswoman told City News Service.
3. Lil Nas X charged with attacking police officers as he walked naked on Los Angeles street
Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week.
Prosecutors charged the musician, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer, the District Attorney’s Office said. He was initially booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer on Friday.
He is set to be arraigned later Monday. His representatives have not responded to requests for comment.
Police said officers found the 26-year-old walking naked on Ventura Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in the Studio City neighborhood, shortly before 6 a.m. Friday,
They say he charged at the officers when confronted and was arrested. Police, suspecting a possible overdose, took him to a hospital where he spent several hours before being taken to jail, where he has remained since.
4. All lanes of 405 reopen through Sepulveda Pass, but more closures await
All lanes of the San Diego (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass reopened early Monday following weekend closures to accommodate Caltrans road improvements, but more overnight closures are planned over the next few days.
The weekend closures began at 10 p.m. Friday, blocking three lanes in each direction as part of the $143.7 million, I-405 Pavement Rehabilitation Project between Van Nuys and Westwood.
According to Caltrans, “Extended weekend lane closures will occur about every two weeks along various sections of I-405 for approximately 25 weekends.”
And beginning Tuesday night, some lanes will be closed during the overnight hours as crews work on the median barriers.
New pavement along sections of NB I-405 between Wilshire and Sunset Blvd. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans District 7 on X)
Your Notes for Tomorrow
- Quarterly House Price Index/ Monthly House Price Index/ Consumer Confidence Index.
- Women’s Equality Day, on the anniversary of passing of 19th Amendment in 1920, enfranchising women with the right to vote.
- ‘Guinness World Records 2026’ published.
- National Dog Day, highlighting ‘the joy that dogs bring to our lives’ and encouraging adoption.
- 4th anniversary of U.S. servicemembers killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, explosion.
In Case You Missed It
Los Angeles Sparks head coach Derek Fisher looks at an official during the first half of WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
California lawmakers are considering a bill that could transform youth sports access across the state, aiming to give every child a fair shot at playing organized sports.
Assembly Bill 749, introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, calls for the creation of a blue-ribbon commission under the California Health and Human Services Agency. The panel would study access barriers to youth sports and recommend ways to create a centralized body, possibly a California Department of Youth Sports, to ensure equitable access for all children.
The commission would explore everything from coaching certifications and modernized PE standards to new funding models that reduce costs for families.
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