The California bullet train project is going through one of its biggest personnel upheavals in years, several months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed he would be “getting rid of a lot of consultants.”
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Authorities arrested the music director of Yorba Linda Middle School Thursday, July 25, on suspicion of molesting a former student when she was a minor. Deputies took Daniel Methe, 44, into custody at his home in Yorba Linda at about 9:45 a.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said in a news release. He was booked…
Troy McCabe walked into the Doll Hut for the first very time this week. But he was greeted like family by longtime patrons of the tiny red building that serves as a bar and concert venue in Anaheim. Some told stories about his father, a 48-year old man known by friends as Super Dave, who…
The imprisoned mastermind of a $1 billion spinal surgery scam faces new federal charges that he violated a court order to forfeit his classic car collection, including an iconic 1965 Aston Martin made famous by fictional British spy James Bond. Michael Drobot, who operated Pacific Hospital Long Beach, has agreed to plead guilty to charges…
A Mission Viejo church camp counselor was arrested this week on suspicion of sexually assaulting two children during bus rides, police said Thursday, July 25. Nicolas David Cruz, 19, was also fired from his part-time job at Mission Viejo Christian Church because of the alleged crime, Irvine police spokeswoman Kim Mohr said. On Tuesday night,…
By ADRIAN SAINZ MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in one of Memphis, Tennessee’s biggest murder cases. The 6-foot-11 Wright was a first-round draft pick of the Clippers in 1996 out…
A 21-year-old man on a skateboard died after getting struck by a car in Westminster Wednesday night, July 24. Officers responded to Goldenwest and Main streets shortly after 10:10 p.m., Cpl. Alan Aoki said, finding the man down on the sidewalk. Paramedics performed lifesaving procedures but the man died at the scene. The driver cooperated…
As historic Del Mar begins another racing season, it does so in the shadow of controversy. But I would never bet against this track. Like a movie star, it is equally cunning and attractive.
A manhunt is underway for an “armed and dangerous” man who police believe shot and killed his father and brother in an apartment in Canoga Park and injured his mother there, then fatally shot a female acquaintance at a gas station in North Hollywood. Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, was identified by the Los Angeles Police…
