SANTA ANA – A 53-year-old garage door repairman was charged Monday, Jan. 14 with raping a 9-year-old girl and a woman jogger in south Orange County in the 1990s and molesting a 12-year-old girl between 2002 and 2003. Kevin Konther, 53, of the San Bernardino County community of Highland, was arrested Thursday at his home after…
A 5-month-old male giraffe born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was euthanized near the end of December after being gored in the stomach, probably by an antelope, said zoo spokeswoman Christina Simmons. The giraffe, named Kumi, was born Aug. 6, 2018. He was in good health until he was discovered…
More than 30,000 L.A. Unified School District teachers went on strike Monday, but schools remained open and class was in session. Substitute teachers and volunteers were in campus buildings conducting lessons and showing movies. If you are the parent of an LAUSD student who went to school during…
Only about a third of Los Angeles Unified students showed up to school Monday, the first day of a teachers’ strike, with many staying away despite assurance from district officials that all campuses would be in full operation. The school district said 141,631 students came to campus, based on preliminary…
Authorities are on the lookout for a man suspected of committing sexual battery against several girls near Savanna High School. The Anaheim Police Department said in a press release that the sexual batteries started last week, with the most recent one happening Monday morning in the 2800 block of West Lincoln Avenue. In each incident,…
Charlotte Lonnee, 95, gets a birthday hug from her Santiago Canyon College art teacher, Eileen Clary, on Monday, January 14, 2019. She was recognized by the school with a lifelong learning award. Lonnee says she has been taking classes for the last 40 years — 10 at Santiago Canyon. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County…
Charges were filed Monday against a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Santa Ana this month. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a media release that Erick Alvarez Hernandez, a 27-year-old Santa Ana resident, was charged with one felony county of kidnapping to commit a sex offense, forcible oral sex, attempted…
Some students were bored in class. Some played hooky. Still others didn’t go to school at all on Monday, the first day of a Los Angeles Unified School District strike that left hundreds of schools without teachers. Los Angeles Animal Services figured some students would need a place to go this…
A state watchdog agency that investigates and disciplines California judges has charged an appellate justice in Los Angeles with nine counts of sexual harassment and misconduct, including an allegation that he squeezed the breasts of another jurist. The 17-page complaint filed Jan. 4 by the Commission on Judicial Performance accuses Second District Court of Appeal…
Former Long Beach State aquatics All-American and longtime UCLA swim and water polo coach Bob Horn died Friday after a long illness. He was 87. Coach Bob Horn in 1979. Photo: Courtesy UCLA athletics Whether it was his days as a player or as coach, Horn was a titan of the water polo and swimming…
