SANTA ANA — A “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member is facing DUI charges for allegedly driving under the influence, at nearly three times the legal limit, according to court records obtained Tuesday. Gina Kirschenheiter, 34, was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the…
A Los Angeles judge dealt a blow Tuesday to law enforcement unions trying to limit the scope of a landmark transparency law, ruling that records from shootings, use of force and some misconduct by police officers in California are public even if they occurred before the new law took effect this…
The fate of California’s high-speed rail project was cast into further doubt Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Transportation announced plans to cancel $929 million in grant funds, a move that some viewed as political payback. The action marks an escalation in the battle between President Trump…
Garden Grove Police Chief Todd Elgin, who served his entire law enforcement career in the department, will retire after 32 years, the city announced Tuesday, Feb. 19. Elgin’s last day on the job is slated for April 20. Elgin, 54, began in 1987 as a Garden Grove police recruit. “My goal was always to be a…
Last month, the Chino Valley Unified school board voted to let its long-running legal battle over prayer during public meetings lapse. Now, the Orange County Board of Education wants to take up the case. Chino Valley Unified has opened school board meetings with prayer since at least 2010, according to court filings. But board members would…
By PAUL ANDERSON SANTA ANA — A 59-year-old convicted sex offender was found guilty Tuesday of molesting two young cousins and the sister of one of the boys in and around a Fullerton church. Carlos Antonio Chavez of Anaheim, who is scheduled to be sentenced April 5, was convicted of three felony counts of lewd…
A San Diego County college police officer quietly left his job in 2016 after he was accused of fondling part-time dispatchers. A veteran Pomona police officer resigned under pressure in 2016 for having sex with an underage waitress he met while on duty. And two Brea police officers were allowed to resign for dishonesty — one…
Police on Tuesday publicly identified three men who were shot to death recently in the Renaissance gated community on the border of Porter Ranch and Chatsworth. Gary Davidson, 39, a renter in the house where the shooting erupted; Benny Lopez, 46, of Anaheim; and Jesus Perez, 45, of Perris, all…
USA Gymnastics, its future threatened by both bankruptcy proceedings and decertification by the U.S. Olympic Committee, has once again hired a sports marketing professional to change the culture within the American sport that enabled sexual abuse of hundreds of young athletes by Larry Nassar and other predatory coaches and officials. Li Li Leung, an NBA…
Two weeks ago, an independent watchdog told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that it should consider banning pepper spray at juvenile detention facilities, citing examples of the inappropriate and avoidable use of the spray by officers. It didn’t take long for the board to act. On Tuesday,…
