Nazi acts by youth loom over increasingly diverse Orange County
A video of Pacifica High School students doing a Nazi salute reflects rising racial tension as Orange County grows more diverse.
They moved from homeless camp to brand-new apartment. Now comes the hard part
“My City of Angels helped me,” says Duanne Hardaway, who moved from the street to a new apartment under a program called Encampment to Home.
Hossein Nayeri broke out of Orange County jail once, but this time his prospects for freedom are bleak
A bold Orange County jail break, two stints as an international fugitive, and an exceedingly light sentence for a drunken car crash that killed a close friend – for years, the man tied to all this and involved in a kidnapping that left a victim’s penis getting cut off eluded the full weight of the…
Was Hollywood Ripper sane when he killed Ashton Kutcher’s girlfriend and other women? Jury to decide
By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH LOS ANGELES — Jurors will continue Thursday trying to determine if the so-called “Hollywood Ripper” was sane at the time of the stabbing and mutilation murders of two Southern California women, including one who was killed and nearly decapitated hours before she was set to go out on a date with…
Could a hurricane lash Los Angeles? 80 years ago, this deadly storm came close
Tropical cyclones in the Pacific basin rarely range north to California. In 1939 there were four in one month.
This rat is foiling developers’ plans to capitalize on a weaker Endangered Species Act
As developers lobby the Trump administration for endangered species relief, California is moving to backstop wildlife threatened by federal rollbacks, including the San Bernardino kangaroo rat.
Woman killed in alleged Long Beach DUI crash identified as a Cypress resident
LONG BEACH – The coroner’s office released the name of a young woman on Wednesday, Aug. 21, after she was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in Long Beach while riding with an allegedly impaired driver, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter. Marilyn Araiza, 21, of Cypress, died at a…
Car burns in Seal Beach after being loaded onto tow truck
A tow truck driver got more than he bargained for after loading a disabled sedan onto the back of his truck on Wednesday. Flames erupted after he had loaded the car on his truck, eventually engulfing the car in a fiery blaze. At about 7:15 p.m., a tow truck stopped in the middle lane atop…
Man killed in deputy-involved shooting in Stanton
A man died in a deputy-involved shooting in Stanton on Wednesday evening, Aug. 21. Deputies responded to reports of a family dispute in the 10000 block of Sycamore Avenue at about 7:30 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Carrie Braun said. A deputy-involved shooting later took place at the residence. A man described as a…
Infant allegedly beaten in Santa Ana suffers skull fracture, internal injuries; father arrested
Police arrested a man suspected of beating and seriously injuring his 13-day-old son on Monday, Aug. 19. Jonathan Reyes, 22, denied harming the infant, but made incriminating statements during interviews with investigators, Santa Ana Police officials said in a news release. He was arrested Monday, after his infant son was found suffering from a skull…