A Nigerian man held last year at Adelanto Detention Center in San Bernardino was pepper sprayed twice while in custody – once because he wouldn’t stand up, and a second time as he attempted to hang himself in his cell. “If I say I am going to hurt myself, why pepper spray me?” said the…
Before he operated two pharmaceutical research and development labs in Redlands, Majid Seraj worked as a senior pharmacist at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he managed the hospital pharmacy, enforced its narcotics policies and helped shape new ones. “Majid is highly intelligent, organized, and diligent. I would consider him an expert in the field…
Costa Mesa has committed to open a 50-bed homeless shelter as part of a settlement agreement it signed Monday in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed last year by disabled people forced out of a Santa Ana River Trail tent encampment. The lawsuit’s plaintiffs alleged that several local governments had violated their constitutional rights by…
Q: Our terrier, Jessie, bit the neighbor’s hand, but he (the neighbor) climbed over the wall to get into our yard – without our knowledge or permission – supposedly to help Jessie during the rains. The next day our neighbor went to a doctor. Are we financially responsible? If so, for what? -G.E., Lomita Ron…
Ted Lindsay, whose toughness on the ice as a member of the Detroit Red Wings earned him the nickname “Terrible Ted” and whose persistent fight for NHL players’ rights cleared the way for them to enjoy better salaries and working conditions, has died at 93 while in hospice care. His death was announced…
WESTMINSTER – About 25 people were arrested early Tuesday, March 5, after search warrants were served at two Westminster home suspected of illegal gambling. Shortly after midnight, West County SWAT and Buena Park SWAT descended upon two houses, said Cmdr. Cord Vandergrift of the Westminster Police Department. The homes were less than half-mile apart, with…
A pickup truck burning early Tuesday on the 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa prompted authorities to close two lanes of the roadway. The truck burning on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of the 405 at Fairview Road, prompting the closure of the No. 6 and 7 lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol….
After the March 7, 1965, beating of civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala., by state troopers, protests broke out in Los Angeles.
The Disney Resort donated $5 million to a revitalized housing trust fund, kickstarting a business-backed campaign to raise cash for housing the homeless, Orange County business leaders said Monday, March 4. The low-key Orange County Housing Trust, incorporated in 2010 and operating on a small budget, will “rise as a Phoenix” under a partnership between…
Maya Benperlas stood in the middle of busy Vernon Avenue on a chilly Sunday night as a big rig hauling pigs slowed to a halt just outside the gates of Farmer John. Her hand shot into the air and she flashed a peace sign. “Two minutes!” Benperlas shouted. “Two minutes!” The 18-wheeler’s driver listlessly…
