The red carpet was rolled out Thursday evening, April 25, for the 20th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, running through May 2. About 60,000 film fans are expected to attend the eight-day festival, considered to be the largest international cinema event in Southern California. The festival showcases classic and contemporary filmmaking from around the world….
Authorities have identified a Buena Park gang member as the domestic violence suspect who allegedly led police on a three-hour pursuit through parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties on Wednesday, April 24. Alexis Leondardo Avinai, 29, was arrested in Rowland Heights at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, after attempting to evade California Highway Patrol officers…
Three suspects were in custody following an armed robbery at a check-cashing business in Orange on Thursday, April 25. The robbery at Advance America, 2321 W. Chapman Ave., occurred just after 10 a.m., said Sgt. Phil McMullin of the Orange Police Department. A man holding what appeared to be a gun demanded cash and fled…
The University of Hawaii is reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct against Charlie Wade, head coach of the top-ranked Rainbow Warriors men’s volleyball program, the university announced Thursday. The university’s announcement comes a day after a Southern California News Group report that Wade has continued to coach the Big West champions this season while being investigated…
Nearly five years after a man was found dead two days before Christmas, a man turned himself in for the crime, police in Hollister, Calif., say. The Hollister Police Department announced the arrest of Christopher Larios on Thursday, following interviews that it said provided enough information…
A Huntington Beach man was arrested Thursday, April 25, in connection with the killings of a former pro hockey player and a local activist whose bodies were discovered over the weekend in a Newport Beach home. Jamon Rayon Buggs, 44, was already in custody in Orange County jail on unrelated charges when Newport Beach police…
A young, autistic man gets into a university science program — he’s proved himself to be brilliant in mathematics. He reaches his first year of large science classes, where students are required to do labs and switch partners each week. Meeting a new person weekly proves traumatic for the man. Heartbroken, he drops out of…
Los Angeles County on Thursday joined a growing list of entities suing Southern California Edison, seeking to hold the utility accountable amid hints that its damaged electrical equipment may have sparked the devastating Woolsey fire. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks…
By Mary Margaret Montgomery, MPT, MemorialCare director of clinical operations Contributing writer Recently, I was sleeping on a blow-up mattress in the middle of the downstairs living room of my sister’s house in South Carolina. I was awakened by a weird scraping sound. Confused and groggy from jet lag, I heard an unforgettable crashing sound….
A Pacoima man was charged with illegally storing a gun after his teenage son threatened to shoot one of his classmates at school, the Los Angeles city attorney’s office announced Thursday. Albert Sanchez, 48, was charged with two criminal counts of unlawful storage of a firearm and, if convicted,…
