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Outage cuts power to John Wayne Airport and 28,000 SCE customers

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Maintenance crews scrambled to diagnose and repair the cause of an electrical outage affecting thousands of residents in Irvine and Newport Beach along with travelers flying in and out of John Wayne Airport on Friday evening, Aug. 2. More than 24,000 Southern California Edison customers had lost power as of 7:30 p.m., the utility said…

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Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades

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A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the case, Riverside police…

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Westminster mother, daughter accused of ‘largest housing fraud case in Orange County history,’ DA says

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A mother and daughter from Westminster are facing felony welfare fraud charges in what the Orange County District Attorney’s office says is the “largest housing fraud case” in county history. Errica Madkins Mickens, 55, and Brittany Monet Mickens, 29, were arrested Thursday, Aug. 1, on suspicion of bilking more than $190,000 from county housing services….

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Hossein Nayeri testifies that he played no role in the abduction, torture and sexual mutilation of a Newport Beach marijuana dispensary owner

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Hossein Nayeri, who is accused of kidnapping, torturing and sexually mutilating a marijuana dispensary owner, denied playing any role in the headline-grabbing abduction as he took the stand for the first time during his Orange County Superior Court trial. During several hours of testimony late Thursday and early Friday, Nayeri described himself as having been…

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3 arrested in LAPD officer’s shooting death

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LOS ANGELES — The LAPD on Friday announced the arrests of three primary suspects wanted in the killing of LAPD Officer Juan Diaz. The arrests came as authorities continued conducting investigations in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles and in the city of Murrieta in Riverside County that reportedly involved the probe into the…