A Long Beach man who owns an Orange County construction company is due to be sentenced on Sept. 12 after pleading guilty to dozens of felony charges of forgery and embezzlement. Cameron “Sid” Evans, 44, owner of Newport Beach-based metal stud framing/drywall company Champion Construction, pleaded guilty to 42 counts of embezzlement, forgery and property…
An Oceanside man has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $145,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs by continuing to receive compensation meant for a military widow for nearly 10 years after her death, federal prosecutors said. Michael Vanden Brink, 57, waived an indictment, was arraigned…
California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit Tuesday night against the Trump administration, alleging that the federal government violated the Clean Water Act by allowing, in recent years, millions of gallons of raw sewage, heavy metals and other contamination to routinely spill from Tijuana…
Southwestern College officials ordered the evacuation of its campuses Thursday after college police were told of a “credible threat” of violence made by a student. “We are working with our college police to investigate a credible threat that we received from a student. In an abundance of caution…
A bomb squad determined that there was no threat to the public after they were called to investigate a suspicious package reported at Huntington Beach City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 6. A city employee told police that he thought he saw some sort of device inside his car at the parking lot of the government…
By Chad Terhune, California Healthline Hospitals have gobbled up nearly 40 percent of physician practices in California, leading to higher bills for patients, a new study shows. Just a quarter of practices were owned by hospitals eight years ago, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. That type of rapid industry consolidation was associated…
DANA POINT — At first, Altair Ayoub wasn’t so sure he would like the school field trip. “Look, we’re almost a mile off shore!” he said as the Spirit of Dana Point, one of the Ocean Institute’s tall ships, sailed just feet from its dock in Dana Point Harbor. “I hope we’ll be OK. I’ve…
Burt Reynolds was a great example. Of how big a movie star could be, of how a movie star should not manage his career, and of what that star ought to do with himself after all of that. For us young men coming of age in the anything-goes (but still mighty confusing) 1970s, Reynolds, who…
A track moves models of vintage cars above the booths at the Ruby’s Diner location in Corona Del Mar. (MICHAEL GOULDING, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) Ruby’s Diner is attempting to refinance its debt through bankruptcy court, according to a filing Sept. 5. (Courtesy Ruby’s Diner) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Dave Cavanaugh had an idea…
By ANGIE WANG The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Police say four people are dead, including the gunman, in a downtown Cincinnati bank shooting. Police Chief Eliot Isaac said the shooter opened fire early Thursday morning at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building. Isaac said the gunman then entered the bank’s lobby where…
