Residents in Santa Ana’s Ward 4 must wait until this fall to be represented on the City Council, after its six current members couldn’t agree on an appointment to the empty seat and instead called for a special election. Roman Reyna won the seat in November, but he agreed to quit March 1 to settle…
A federal grand jury has indicted a Palo Alto couple on charges they hired William “Rick” Singer, the confessed ringleader of a college admissions cheating scam, to rig their son’s college entrance exam, according to court records filed Tuesday. The indictments against Amy and Gregory Colburn are…
A former FBI agent hired by USA Swimming to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Olympic and national team coach Sean Hutchison in 2011 said top officials and attorneys for the organization falsely characterized the findings and extent of the investigation, and shut down the probe before she could interview several key witnesses, according to…
A cemetery Orange County officials want to build using sprawling land on Anaheim’s eastern end could be history making, with space included for those who fought alongside American forces in Vietnam and Korea. The soldiers who supported the U.S. military were struggling for freedom and democracy, and they should be afforded respect, said Supervisor Andrew…
Andrew the pug was back in owner Melissa Cortez’s arms Tuesday, March 26, after a cable television employee entered her Jurupa Valley neighborhood without suspicion and then apparently stole her beloved dog. A fact she said she still finds disturbing. Andrew, a recent gift from Cortez’s mother for her 21st birthday, lives with Cortez, her…
It all started on the sand in Huntington Beach. Casey Jennings pointed to the volleyball court where, in 2001, he first met and scrimmaged against his now-wife Kerri Walsh Jennings, who at the time was nervously trying out to see if she was a fit alongside Misty May-Treanor. Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, right,…
A state lawmaker is applying new pressure on coastal officials and Hollister Ranch owners to provide access to some of California’s most coveted beaches and surf breaks — a promise to the public that has been in limbo for decades as legal battles and stalemates dragged on. A bill unveiled Tuesday…
What exactly happened inside the apartment of Democratic donor and West Hollywood political activist Ed Buck? That has been a burning question since January, when Timothy Dean was found dead inside Buck’s home. Dean was the second African American man to die at Buck’s residence. Both deaths prompted…
Los Angeles has more than its share of “celebrity lawyers.” But few have achieved the status of Mark Geragos. Over five decades, Geragos has been at the center of some of the country’s most sensational cases, representing the likes of Winona Ryder, Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Colin Kaepernick…
CAMP PENDLETON — Lance Cpl. Riley Schultz wasn’t where he was expected to be when his replacement came to relieve him of his guard duty, early morning on March 15, at this seaside base. A search by fellow Marines found him nearby, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. “All he wanted to do…
