SANTA ANA — A 52-year-old Corona man was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison Monday for his part in a scam to sell bogus identification out of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Jose Cruz, who pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to produce illegal ID documents and identity theft, was sentenced to 34…
LAKE ELSINORE — A motorist was killed and another was seriously injured Monday in a head-on collision on Ortega (74) Highway west of Lake Elsinore. The crash was reported about 4:05 a.m. near the Orange County line, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Mike Lassig said a 25-year-old Lake Elsinore man was at the…
The Camp fire’s destruction of the city of Paradise in Northern California can be seen clearly from space. The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena has produced a new map showing the fire’s damage as of Nov. 16. The map was developed using images from satellites operated by…
The tight race for California Senate District 34 took a shift Monday, when Democrat Tom Umberg pulled ahead of Republican incumbent, state Sen. Janet Nguyen. Umberg, a retired U.S. Army colonel and previous assemblyman, was leading for the first time since Election Day with 50.09 percent of the votes to Nguyen’s 49.91 percent, according to…
SAN DIEGO — A Marine who in September rescued two women trapped in burning and smoke-filled cars after a collision, died in a motorcycle crash just after 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 officials said Monday. Sgt. Gary G. Wilson, a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, had left work and was riding his…
A priest who in October confessed to stealing funds from St. Wilfred of York church for his own use has been defrocked by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The defrocking means the Rev. Canon Michael D. Archer is no longer a priest, Rev. Canon Gary R. Hall, priest-in-charge of the Huntington Beach church, said…
A coyote that bit a 3-year-old girl in Placentia was found and shot by police officers on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 19. Callers reported the incident to authorities at about 1:30 p.m. near Parque del Arroyo Verde at 1001 E. Palm Dr., according to a news release from the Placentia Police Department. A witness…
A motorist who may not have been wearing his seat belt died after his vehicle rolled over in a freeway traffic collision in San Clemente on the morning of Monday, Nov. 19. The California Highway Patrol said its preliminary investigation suggests that a Toyota 4Runner side-swiped a Ford Fusion at about 6 a.m. on the…
As if LeBron James wasn’t given enough to relocate to Hollywood, now his big movie is getting a tax break. The upcoming “Space Jam 2” is the highest profile feature film project to qualify for California’s tax credit program. Produced by “Black Panther’s” Ryan Coogler and starring the Lakers’ new superstar, the sequel to the…
