The Vallejo Police Department has released a report detailing officers’ accounts of the fatal shooting of aspiring rapper Willie McCoy, who was killed while sitting in a car in a Taco Bell drive-through earlier this year. The report was used in the findings of an independent analysis of the shooting…
An Orange County teenager who briefly escaped from juvenile hall while on trial for killing his mother was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in the woman’s 2017 stabbing death. Superior Court Judge Douglas J. Hatchimonji ruled that Ike Souzer, 15, was guilty of a felony count of…
Mai Mizuno was a 19-year-old USC freshman when she went to the campus clinic and was examined by Dr. George Tyndall. She later talked to police about her experience but wondered whether anything would come of it. “I was losing hope. I’d almost lost all hope,” she said. Then this week, she learned…
An accountant who laundered bribes and a collegiate soccer coach who pocketed them pleaded guilty in Boston on Thursday to racketeering conspiracy, acknowledging they played key roles in a scheme that defrauded some of the country’s most prestigious universities. Steven Masera, an accountant from…
An 82-year-old Westminster man died Wednesday night, June 26, in a two-vehicle crash in a Huntington Beach intersection. Shortly after 7 p.m. officers went to the crash site at Edinger Avenue and Graham Street and found a Toyota Tacoma truck with damage to the front, said Sgt. Eric Warken of the Huntington Beach Police Department….
A 21-year-old Torrance woman was killed Wednesday in a brutal shark attack while on vacation with her family in the Bahamas. Jordan Lindsey was snorkeling about 2 p.m. near Rose Island northeast of Nassau when she was attacked by three sharks. Her arms, legs and buttocks were bitten and her right…
Hours after being arrested and charged with the longtime sexual abuse of patients at USC’s campus clinic, George Tyndall was hospitalized, and officials say he will not appear in court Thursday. LAPD Capt. Billy Hayes said Tyndall is under observation and is being guarded at a hospital. The physician…
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — In two politically charged rulings, the Supreme Court dealt a huge blow Thursday to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain and put a hold on the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. On the court’s final day of decisions before…
MIAMI — Democrats hoping that Wednesday night’s first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign would be clarifying probably came away disappointed. There were no major stumbles but few standout moments as 10 candidates vied for the nation’s attention. Takeaways from the prime-time event: WARREN, CASTRO LEAD THE WAY Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren dominated the debate’s…
How do we hold on to the L.A. that we love — the shaggy one with rough edges, full of personality and surprise? This is the discussion I’ve found myself in since I declared last week that L.A. was fast losing its weird, and that I wasn’t happy about it. It turns out I’m not…
