From the Archives: Young Republicans clean a vandalized billboard
Members of the Hollywood Young Republicans clean Mildred Younger billboard following attack by vandals.
Video shows Anaheim police firing 76 shots during ‘alarming and irresponsible’ chase
Orange County prosecutors Wednesday released dramatic video showing two Anaheim police officers firing 76 shots at a suspect during a high-speed pursuit that the district attorney’s office called “alarming and irresponsible.” One of the officers has been fired, and the other faces potential internal…
LAPD official behind controversial data programs to retire after winning lucrative contract
The architect behind the Los Angeles Police Department’s widely hailed but controversial data-driven crime fighting tools is leaving the agency next week to help expand similar programs in other cities. Deputy Chief Sean Malinowski spent years pushing the LAPD to the forefront of how police agencies…
Teens work to benefit those with illness and more Bravo news
Local teens raise more than $350,000 to fight blood cancer More than 21 motivated high school students raised $351,506 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through Students of the Year, a seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management in order to fundraise for the…
S.F. city attorney investigates doctor for excusing kids from mandatory vaccines
San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera said Wednesday that he is investigating whether a doctor who champions alternative medicine techniques has been illegally excusing children from mandatory vaccinations. The announcement comes as public health officials nationwide scramble to control measles…
Robbery crew car runs over and kills woman in Garden Grove
A woman was killed in Garden Grove on Wednesday, May 8, after being run over by suspects in a car who had tried to rob her, authorities said. The Garden Grove Police Department said three men drove into the parking lot of a shopping center near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Westminster Avenue. At…
1 Anaheim officer fired, 1 on leave after 76 gunshots fired at fleeing driver in busy residential neighborhood
One Anaheim police officer has been fired and a second placed on leave after they fired 76 gunshots during a 2018 car chase through a busy residential neighborhood on a Saturday morning, killing a fleeing driver. Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigators, in a letter released on Wednesday, described the actions of officers Sean Staymates…
Hundreds protest North Beach homeless encampment during impromptu San Clemente town hall
At least 200 San Clemente residents – who planned to protest at a City Council meeting the lack of transparency on progress to create an emergency homeless shelter – vented their frustrations instead during an impromptu town hall. The town hall on Tuesday, May 7, was called by council members Dan Bane and Laura Ferguson…
Developer who turned motels into luxury beach hotel could face $25-million penalty
A developer could be hit Wednesday with a record $25 million in fines and fees for constructing a high-priced hotel on the Southern California coast after initially obtaining a permit for a property with moderately priced rooms, in what state officials called a “bait-and-switch” building scheme. …
San Clemente Mayor Steven Swartz, 71, dies while on vacation
San Clemente Mayor Steven Swartz, who was in his first term on the City Council, has died. He was 71. City officials confirmed the longtime San Clemente resident died Wednesday morning, May 8, while on vacation in Palm Springs. Swartz was elected to the City Council in 2016 and was appointed mayor in December. “Everyone…