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…
SANTA ANA — Murder and drunken driving charges were filed Tuesday against a 29-year-old man accused in a fatal crash in Santa Ana over the weekend. Jesus Segura Herrera of Orange is charged with second-degree murder, driving with a blood-alcohol level in excess of .08 percent or more causing injury and driving under the influence…
The bronze statue looming over Jeff Alter had a serious, focused look on its face while navigating a small sailboat — not on the water, but on land. If Hobie Alter were around to see the massive monument, the inventor would be more worried about the design of the boat than how closely the statue made…
