An immigration judge appears poised to cancel the deportation of an immigrant in the country illegally who was arrested near the Mexican border last year and accused of smuggling after giving a ride to a teenager. Jesus Arreola Robles, now 24, said he thought he was giving a paid ride to a friend’s…
Corrective action has been taken at Adelanto Detention Center in the wake of a scathing federal report that found numerous nooses fashioned from bedsheets hanging in cells and inadequate medical care for immigration detainees, according to the company that owns the facility. Adelanto warden James Janecka, who is employed by Florida-based GEO Group Inc., the owner and…
A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of a doctor accused of attempting to kill a Newport Beach attorney. Richard Lee Austin, 66, was previously convicted of stalking and trying to kidnap the same attorney. But, for a second time, jurors were unable to come to an agreement as to whether he was attempting…
Letting two cars drive onto the 91 Freeway at Corona’s Green River Road for each green on-ramp light seemed like a good idea. But after the experiment snarled traffic and confused motorists a third straight day this week on Wednesday, Oct. 3, transportation officials decided to end their test two days early. On the mornings of…
A man was injured after jumping or falling from an overpass onto the 57 Freeway in Anaheim in front of hundreds of bystanders on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Traffic comes to a stop on the 57 Freeway and Lincoln Avenue as Anaheim police officers try talking a man from jumping on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. The man…
We got the dark clouds, but not much water. What happened, Southern California? Storm clouds provides a scenic background to Edward the Columbian Mammoth during sunset in Jurupa Valley on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Storm clouds provides a scenic background to Edward the Columbian Mammoth during sunset in Jurupa…
Approach Adams’ Pack Station in the Angeles National Forest and the aroma of farm animals pierces the mountain air. A herd of goats bleat loudly. Black-and-white domestic cats scurry across the threshold of the owner’s cabin that doubles as a mountain store. On weekends it’s a makeshift restaurant, attached to a dirt space walled off…
LOS ANGELES — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel church officials to release records on clergy abuse. Tom Emens, left, who said he was sexually abused by a…
Over the last decade, California took a national lead in making its curriculum more relevant to college and work and in toughening up its standardized tests to measure the new goals. The hope was that students would soon demonstrate the benefits. But judging by the latest test results, the effort…
When Benjamin Drake Daley arrived in Charlottesville, Va. from Redondo Beach, he stopped by Walmart to pick up supplies: white athletic tape, black spray paint and a folding tactical knife. Later that day in August 2017, prosecutors say, Daley taped his fists as if he were a boxer or mixed martial…
