A Mission Viejo church camp counselor was arrested this week on suspicion of sexually assaulting two children during bus rides, police said Thursday, July 25. Nicolas David Cruz, 19, was also fired from his part-time job at Mission Viejo Christian Church because of the alleged crime, Irvine police spokeswoman Kim Mohr said. On Tuesday night,…
By ADRIAN SAINZ MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in one of Memphis, Tennessee’s biggest murder cases. The 6-foot-11 Wright was a first-round draft pick of the Clippers in 1996 out…
A 21-year-old man on a skateboard died after getting struck by a car in Westminster Wednesday night, July 24. Officers responded to Goldenwest and Main streets shortly after 10:10 p.m., Cpl. Alan Aoki said, finding the man down on the sidewalk. Paramedics performed lifesaving procedures but the man died at the scene. The driver cooperated…
As historic Del Mar begins another racing season, it does so in the shadow of controversy. But I would never bet against this track. Like a movie star, it is equally cunning and attractive.
A manhunt is underway for an “armed and dangerous” man who police believe shot and killed his father and brother in an apartment in Canoga Park and injured his mother there, then fatally shot a female acquaintance at a gas station in North Hollywood. Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, was identified by the Los Angeles Police…
A 26-year-old man is being sought by police after authorities say he opened fire on three of his family members, killing two, inside a Canoga Park apartment early Thursday.
Even in fiction, life has not been easy for the California red-legged frog. The devastation of the Woolsey fire was just the latest hardship.
The rarest fish on Earth swam for their lives when a powerful earthquake rattled Ridgecrest earlier this month.
FBI agents raided L.A. City Atty. Mike Feuer’s office on Monday, serving search warrants on multiple staffers in an investigation into two cases that emerged from the Department of Water and Power’s billing problems.
Scientist knew almost immediately that the Ridgecrest quakes were not on the San Andreas fault. But understanding how those temblors might impact the 730-mile monster capable of producing “The Big One” has been a vital.
