SANTA ANA — Authorities say a documented Santa Ana gang member and a gang associate have been charged in the death of a rival gang member in November. Vincent Alcaraz, 47, is charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled substance while armed with a gun and prohibited person…
SANTA ANA — A 55-year-old Corona del Mar man pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to do 20 days of Caltrans work for faking Navy veteran status to get a high-paying job. Pete John Kalamaris pleaded guilty to perjury and preparing false evidence, both felonies, as well…
“Only love can conquer evil and violence,” the head of the Roman Catholic Los Angeles Archdiocese said Sunday in a statement offering prayers for the hundreds killed and wounded following Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. “We ask Jesus this morning for the courage to love and we pray for the…
It’s been called the largest college admissions cheating scandal in U.S. history. And with some of the accused parents expected to formally plead guilty in coming weeks, attention is turning to their kids and how the scandal might affect their acceptance, enrollment or degrees. A Bay Area News Group analysis of hundreds of pages of…
Hundreds of Orange County families gathered to celebrate Easter at Fairhaven Memorial Park’s 25th annual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday April 21, 2019. Photo: Mike Goulding, contributing photographer Hundreds of Orange County families gathered to celebrate Easter at Fairhaven Memorial Park’s 25th annual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday April 21, 2019. Photo: Mike Goulding, contributing…
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Sunday morning three miles from Mercuryville, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:38 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 mile. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from Healdsburg, Calif., 13 miles…
A Los Angeles police officer was shot and wounded during a traffic stop in South Los Angeles on Saturday night. A suspect was also wounded by gunfire. After the shootings, police said another suspect was at large and issued a citywide tactical alert, calling him armed and dangerous. A firearm was…
Jewels worth $7.2 million were seized in Los Angeles. Fine art worth $4.1 million was seized in Signal Hill. U.S. currency totaling $30.8 million was seized in Beverly Hills. Federal law enforcement operations seized nearly $1.9 billion worth of airplanes, houses, cash, jewelry, cars and other items from suspected wrongdoers nationwide in 2018 — a…
A sense of irony and outrage came over U.S. national team weightlifter Jennyfer Roberts as she read the recently revised U.S. Center for SafeSport guidelines this week. One section of the revised guidelines in particular jumped out — and infuriated — Roberts. Under a new revision, persons, including alleged victims or their representatives or advisors,…
The Chrysler sedan was parked illegally against a red curb on West Manchester Avenue shortly after nightfall when a man walked up to the front passenger window, then retreated. To the two officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s elite Metropolitan Division in an unmarked Crown Victoria,…
