IRVINE — A Los Angeles man suspected in a spree of armed robberies at gas stations and fast-food restaurants throughout Orange County was arrested Tuesday in Gardena. Emanuel Demar Banks, 38, was taken into custody about 9:45 a.m. outside a hotel where he was staying, said Kim Mohr of the Irvine Police Department. Emanuel Demar…
Opponents of a housing community proposed for West Coyote Hills have been dealt another setback by a state court that denied their appeal to overturn Fullerton’s approval of constructing up to 760 homes in the 510 acres of hillsides and former oil fields. But they are optimistic as state and private funding has given the city…
Melvin E. Dummar was driving through the Nevada desert in December 1967 when he stopped to relieve himself and saw, he said, a thin, graying man lying on the ground, bleeding. The only right thing to do was to stop, and so Dummar did. As he told it, he invited the man into his Chevy,…
By SYLVIE CORBET, LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY PARIS — A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed four people and wounded 11 others near a world-famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a broad lockdown and a search for the suspected gunman, who remained at large. French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation was opened, though…
A 23-year-old Irvine man has been charged with murder for a suspected driving under the influence crash that left two people dead. Norman David Martin was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 22, 2017 crash at the Jamboree Road and Main Street intersection. Prosecutors allege that Martin was driving a Chevrolet Corvette at speeds of…
For the first time in nearly 20 years, a Los Angeles County law enforcement officer has been charged with killing an unarmed civilian while on duty. Luke Liu is accused of shooting Francisco Garcia at a Norwalk gas station on Feb. 24, 2016, according to a complaint filed by the Los Angeles County…
Two thousand children receive gifts at the Old Plaza Church in Los Angeles.
If bird lovers have anything to do with it, dogs will no longer have run of a small patch of beach immediately south of the Santa Ana River mouth. The county land is officially off limits to dogs, but the ban is unenforced. The area has long attracted people and their dogs, whose unbridled and…
