A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a man who stabbed a fellow concertgoer to death during a punk show at a Santa Ana club. Citing an error in jury instructions, a panel of California appeals court judges reversed the conviction of Juan Angel Rivera, who in 2017 was sentenced to 11 years…
A 49-year-old Long Beach man was behind bars Tuesday on suspicion of shooting to death a 29-year-old man near the Santa Ana College campus earlier this week, authorities said. Antonio Lamont Triplett, 49, of Long Beach. (Photo courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department) The Orange County District Attorney’s Office planned to file a murder charge…
A state appeals court has upheld a $900,000 judgement awarded to the granddaughter of late televangelist Jan Crouch, who alleged that when she was 13-years-old the minister blamed and berated her for being raped by a church employee. A panel of appellate judges in a written ruling released Thursday disregarded arguments by attorneys for Trinity…
Police arrested a possibly armed suspect on the roof of an auto body shop in Santa Ana after he had barricaded himself in the building for hours Tuesday, Sept. 17. Members of the Santa Ana Police Department SWAT team approach the entrance to the Culver 7 Auto Body Shop on the 3600-block of 1st Street…
An agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up at a Riverside County Superior Courthouse this month, a rare but legal move that prompted immigrant-rights advocates and some legal experts to suggest that courts should be treated as off-limits for immigration enforcement. The agent, in plain clothes, went to the courthouse on Monday, Sept. 9,…
Santa Ana College was closed for much of the day Monday, Sept. 16, after a car crashed into a school parking lot and the driver was found shot multiple times and quickly died. The college said it would reopen at 5 p.m. for the normal evening schedule. Santa Ana College campus at 1530 W. 17th…
Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) will retire from Congress at the end of his term, adding to the flood of GOP exits nationwide.
Preparations for President Trump’s two-day visit to California, with stops in Palo Alto, Los Angeles and San Diego, were underway Tuesday morning, and officials are warning Angelenos to brace for rush-hour congestion later in the day.
LONG BEACH — A big rig carrying a large carnival ride was struck by a vehicle and overturned early Tuesday morning on the southbound 605 Freeway in Long Beach and prompted the closure of the southbound lanes of the freeway near the accident site until at least 7 a.m., authorities said. The accident occurred near…
Officials said all southbound lanes of the 605 are expected to reopen at about 7 a.m.
