Jessie Lopez recently received the Digital Organizing certificate through the a National Democratic Training Committee program for aspiring political staffers. She was photographed in a park in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, July 1, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Political activism wasn’t on Jessie Lopez’s mind when she left a solid, 10-year…
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN LONG CLINT, Texas — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as “completely inappropriate” sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenticity of a photo of a drowned man and his young daughter in a secret Facebook group for agents. The existence…
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — Prosecutors on Monday, July 1, told a seven-man jury in the court-martial of decorated Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher that they should use Gallagher’s own evidence and their common sense to come back with a ruling of “guilty on all charges.” Gallagher, 40, is on trial for the murder of…
The Los Angeles Police Department opened an internal affairs investigation to determine why a desk officer turned away the woman who drove the getaway car after her passenger fatally shot rapper Nipsey Hussle. The Internal Affairs Group is investigating a desk officer’s response at the 77th Street…
One man was found dead with gunshot wounds in Huntington Beach early Monday, and police are treating it as a homicide. The Huntington Beach Police Department said officers responded to the 16700 block of Viewpoint Lane after reports of a gunshot that was heard in the area. “Upon arrival, they located a 23-year-old male deceased…
Newport Beach lifeguards were searching the water Monday, July 1, for signs of a possible missing swimmer near the Newport Pier. The report came in at 9:17 a.m. near Tower 24 when a man reported his son, who turned 18 on Monday, missing. The family is in town on vacation from Britain. The teen was…
The death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs on Monday, July 1, 2019 is the latest in a long line of tragedies that have marked the Angels’ history: 1965 – Rookie reliever Dick Wantz made his major-league debut with the Angels on April 13, pitching one inning in a 7-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians. It was…
Carlos Michael Rodriguez was sentenced Monday, July 1, to 55 years to life in prison. (Photo courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department) A man who ambushed and wounded a police detective during a 2016 shootout in a Santa Ana neighborhood was sentenced Monday to 55 years to life in prison. A jury earlier this year…
PIH Health, a company based in Whittier, has acquired Pioneer Medical Group and all of its assets, including eight medical offices in the Long Beach area and 36,000 patients The nonprofit health care network, on Washington Boulevard, announced the acquisition Monday, July 1, effective the same day. The nonprofit will rebrand the eight Pioneer Medical…
When Glenn Langer retired as head of the UCLA’s cardiovascular research lab in 1997, he dipped into his retirement savings to buy books, calculators and tickets to museums and theaters. Not for himself, but for disadvantaged students at Lennox Middle School. Years earlier, during a visit to the…
