California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has concluded a four-year investigation into whether Orange County sheriff’s deputies lied during court hearings on the misuse of jailhouse informants. Deputy Attorney General Darren Shaffer said in court Friday that the state was done investigating, amid long-festering suspicions from defense lawyers and civil rights activists that the probe was…
LAKE FOREST — On Sunday, Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren will preach his 40th Easter service. The milestone is one he and his wife, Kay, vowed to keep when the couple selected the Saddleback Valley as the place to start their church in 1980. Pastor Rick Warren preaches to a group of 205 worshippers during…
Teaching assistant Brittany Hardin cheers on Isiah Ramirez after finding an egg during the Beeper Egg Hunt in Newport Beach, CA, on Friday, April 19, 2019. Ramirez was born with optic nerve hypoplasia which makes him completely blind. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) NEWPORT BEACH — Looking for brightly colored Easter eggs is…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon 31 miles from Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:17 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 43 miles from Fortuna, 47 miles from Eureka…
Josine Ianco-Starrels, a dynamic curator whose passion for artistic independence and social justice had a strong influence on Los Angeles’ burgeoning art scene in the mid-20th century, has died of natural causes at 92. Ianco-Starrels died at her home in Rogue River, Ore., on April 8, her daughter,…
Video footage of Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin has become part of a legal battle in the college admissions scandal, with prosecutors asking a judge to restrict access to evidence they will begin turning over to defense attorneys. Over the past year, federal investigators in Massachusetts have…
Three brothers of a 73-year-old man who died in last year’s Woolsey fire are suing Southern California Edison, blaming the utility for their sibling’s death. The men — Ernest, Charles and Robert deCiutiis — are alleging negligence and wrongful death after their brother, Alfred deCiutiis, died alone…
By NANCY BENAC, CHAD DAY, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON — A day after celebrating the release of the Mueller report as “a good day,” President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone Friday, unleashing tweets saying claims in the report by former administration officials that he tried numerous times to stop or influence the…
The founder of an international music program that became the subject of a state investigation in 2017 over allegations that flutes it distributed to hundreds of Southern California students were contaminated with semen has been charged with committing lewd acts against five children. John Edward…
A 32-year-old man died after being hit by a car Thursday, April 18, in Huntington Beach, police said. Officers found the man in the roadway at Atlanta Avenue and Schooner Lane with significant injuries shortly before midnight, Sgt. Thoby Archer said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers saw a 1998 Toyota 4Runner…
