A collision between an ambulance and a hatchback in Orange on Tuesday, Dec. 4 resulted in no injuries. The crash happened on The City Drive near Chapman Avenue sometime before 7 p.m. and led to a brief closure of northbound City Drive traffic. At the time, no patients were being treated in the ambulance, which…
Philip Bosco, the Tony Award-winning actor known for his roles in films “Working Girl” and “The Savages,” has died. He was 88. The actor’s daughter, Celia Bosco, said her father died Monday night at his home in Haworth, New Jersey. She says her father had complications with dementia, which is commonly…
SANTA ANA — A 41-year-old convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to setting a fire in a Santa Ana apartment building that severely injured a 30-year-old man. Carrie Marie Immel pleaded guilty to arson causing great bodily injury, arson of an inhabited structure and arson of property, all felonies, and admitted a sentencing enhancement for…
A man suspected of leading police in a pursuit from Anaheim to Yorba Linda had to be rescued and taken to a hospital after he drove through a gate, abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot into the Santa Ana River on Tuesday, Dec. 4. The chase started sometime before 5:10 p.m. after a motorist…
USC vowed to improve accountability and transparency in the wake of a scandal earlier this year in which the longtime campus gynecologist was accused of sexual misconduct against hundreds of students. A dispute in USC’s Marshall School of Business is shaping up to be a key test of this new approach,…
Immigration activists cried foul Tuesday during a public forum about the Orange County Sheriff Department’s cooperation with federal immigration agents, a meeting that county supervisors ended without allowing law enforcement officials to speak. The first-ever Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH ACT) hearing was one of several either held or scheduled to be…
A man accused in Orange County of killing his friend and business partner for financial gain testified Tuesday that his decision to pose as the dead man through email for months in order to cover up the death was the “most awful thing” he has ever done. Edward Younghood Shin during his second day of…
IRVINE — The timing was coincidental but fit perfectly. Just as South County Outreach finished months of repairs to fix extensive water damage to its offices and food pantry, volunteer clothing stylists set up a free “shopping” boutique and assisted female clients of the nonprofit in choosing outfits from donated designer clothes. Araceli Magallanes of…
The former treasurer of a Rancho Santa Margarita youth baseball league who was accused of stealing more than $87,000 from the organization pleaded guilty to 18 felony counts of embezzlement on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Joshua Paul Nowack. (Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff’s Department) Joshua Nowack, 43, of Trabuco Canyon admitted to taking money that belonged…
Rather than flying south for the winter, scooter company Bird’s two-wheeled electric vehicles have rolled inland, appearing last week in several spots around Santa Ana. Since Bird launched in Santa Monica in fall 2017, it and other scooter-share brands have landed in urban areas around the country. But considering other Southern California communities’ mixed responses…
