The man accused of igniting the massive Holy fire that burned more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Forrest Clark, center, the man accused of intentionally setting the massive Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest, appears in Orange County Superior Court…
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is taking its fight to have ratepayers shoulder $379 million in costs related to 2007’s deadly wildfires to the California Supreme Court. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison are closely watching the SDG&E case, especially as lawsuits pile up in…
If Donald Trump was the most important name not on the midterm ballot in Southern California, Nancy Pelosi clearly was No. 2. The 76-year-old Democratic icon and former Speaker of the House is so vilified or so embraced, depending on your politics, that her name became shorthand for reporters interviewing Democrats running for the House:…
The Comisar Collection Curator James Comisar, looks at items from his collection at the Prop Store in Valencia, CA Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018. Items from the group will be for sale during the TV Treasures Live Auction on Saturday, Dec 1st. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Comisar Collection Curator James…
Orange County Democrats Tom Umberg and Cottie Petrie-Norris have declared victory in their respective state legislative races, flipping two GOP-held districts and ahdding to the Democratic Party’s supermajority control of the state house. Umberg, 63, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former three-term assemblyman, is poised to unseat one-term Republican state Sen. Janet Nguyen in…
Republican David Valadao was projected by the Associated Press to win his fourth term representing California’s 21st Congressional District at 10:59 Pacific time on Nov. 6, election night. But as thousands of mail-in and other ballots were counted in the days after the vote, his initial lead of…
A woman accused of assaulting a McDonald’s manager last month when she did not get enough ketchup has been arrested, Santa Ana police said on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Mayra Berenice Gallo, 24, of Santa Ana was taken into custody on Tuesday after police received numerous tips from the public about her identity, said Santa Ana…
Mitchell Todd, 51, of Huntington Beach, is seen in an image from a video promoting his dove-releasing business. He is in custody Wednesday Nov. 28, 2018, after police discovered more than 50 guns along with Nazi memorabilia in his home. (Image from Fox11 video) HUNTINGTON BEACH — A 51-year-old man was in custody Wednesday morning…
It started out as a simple collection of memories from the longtime surfers who were the original wave riders in the ’30s at San Onofre, the tucked away, cobble-stone beach south of San Clemente. But what began as a small project meant to be no more than 100 pages turned into a historical compilation of…
