A 75-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting a 10-year-old, developmentally delayed girl in Santa Ana on multiple occasions. Police believe there may have been additional victims based on statements they say the man made. Francisco Ramirez Francisco Ramirez, of Santa Ana, was a volunteer at the Southwest Senior Center at Jerome Park….
Q. I am a retired police officer and former traffic-violator instructor. I believe I have found an inconsistency between the California Vehicle Code and the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Driver Handbook. Vehicle Code 27315 talks about people needing to be properly buckled up if on a “highway.” The handbook says, “You may not operate your vehicle…
On the fourth day of its second school year, an Eagle Rock charter school closed its doors this week, leaving parents and students disappointed, angry and tearful — and bucking the usual narrative of ceaseless charter growth. PUC iPrep Charter Academy had dual-language programs in English and either…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Friday announced reforms to the city’s controversial retirement program that pays veteran police officers and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously for the last five years of their careers. Under the plan, Garcetti said pension payments would…
The latest investigation into Oscar winner Kevin Spacey under review by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office involves an allegation that he sexually battered a man in Malibu in October 2016. Prosecutors on Monday began reviewing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigation into Spacey involving…
Former Adelanto City Manager Gabriel Elliott filed a claim against the city on Friday alleging whistleblower retaliation for pushing back on alleged illegal activities committed by Mayor Rich Kerr and now interim City Manager Jessie Flores. Elliott, 58, of Rancho Cucamonga served less than a year as city manager before he was fired last month….
A driver who killed a La Habra man while driving drunk in a rented U-Haul truck on the wrong side of the roadway was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. A jury last year convicted Dustin David Lish, 26, of second-degree murder for the November 2011 head-on crash that killed 20-year-old Joseph…
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, whose campus visits often draw protests, plans a return visit to UC Irvine in October. UCI’s College Republicans announced on Friday they will be hosting the controversial speaker after he was dropped a day earlier from an upcoming political convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Yiannopoulos was booted from Politicon,…
Robin Leach, the veteran television host who titillated viewers with the rarefied perks of celebrity through “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” has died. He was 76. The famed celebrity reporter died at 1:50 a.m. Friday after suffering a stroke on Monday while in hospice care in Las Vegas, his…
A burly bearded dude rolls into a neighborhood park wearing a black tank top with a Stars and Stripes map of the United States and the declaration, “Back To Back World War Champs.” The intent is patriotic. But let’s agree that veterans in several other countries would politely disagree. Lori Markell, of Lake Forest, Dave…
