Former Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar, who last year led his city to defy California’s sanctuary law – sparking similar efforts statewide – is President Trump’s choice to be the next chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “I’m very excited for the opportunity to serve at a national level and serve…
The mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left 49 dead and many others injured, is a reminder that far-right, white supremacist ideology — which was linked to an overwhelming majority of violent extremist murders in the United States in 2017 — is the “most prominent and ascendant threat not just in the United States,…
The college cheating scandal has rocked elite sections of California and beyond, with Silicon Valley business leaders, CEOs, Hollywood actresses, a best-selling self-help author and a famed fashion designer all swept up. But there are signs more charges could be coming. Federal authorities have…
An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday temporarily halted Sheriff Don Barnes’ plan to automatically erase department emails more than two years old starting April 1. The order by Judge Gregg Prickett also blocks sheriff’s employees from erasing any emails dealing with the illegal recording of attorney-client phone calls in Orange County jails and…
William “Rick” Singer ran a tight operation. For years, he and his team churned out the bribes and lies at the heart of his college admission scam without getting caught. But there were close calls. Well before federal investigators caught a break last year that led them to the Newport Beach businessman…
You might think every water manager in the Golden State is sleeping soundly these days. L.A. rainfall is 158 percent of average. Ten of the 12 state reservoirs are filled to more than 100 percent of their historical average for mid-March — before the all-important snowpack which stands at 152 percent of normal has melted….
In the wake New Zealand’s deadly shooting, Southern California law enforcement agencies boosted patrols around mosques and Islamic centers on Friday, a day when Muslims traditionally gather for special prayer services. Authorities said these patrols were just out of caution. In Orange County, some agencies showing more of a presence at mosques and Islamic centers…
With nearly all votes tallied for a pivotal Los Angeles school board seat, Heather Repenning holds second place by 31 votes, a margin that is probably enough to get her into a runoff against Jackie Goldberg, election officials said. The counting period officially ends Wednesday, and there might…
The parents of an 8-year-old Corona boy who has been missing for about two weeks were each charged Friday with willful child cruelty as authorities continue to search for their son. Authorities learned that Noah McIntosh was missing about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after officers spoke with the boy’s mother,…
Police were searching for a driver who fired gunshots at the vehicle of another motorist in an apparent road-rage incident in Cypress. The victim, who was not hit by the bullets, was driving in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Valley View Street shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14. The victim turned east onto…
