NEWPORT BEACH — An Orange County woman, who made appeals on the “Dr. Phil” show and social media sites that netted around $6,000 in cash and goods that she claimed would go to crews battling the massive Holy Fire, pleaded guilty Friday to nearly three dozen criminal charges stemming from the donation scam. A photo…
FULLERTON — A former junior high school special education teacher in Fullerton pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to nearly a year in jail for molesting at least one teenage boy. Shauna Sims (PHOTO COURTESY BREA POLICE DEPARTMENT) Shauna Marie Sims, 39, of Brea, pleaded guilty to a felony count of lewd act on…
David Beckham wipes tears from his eye during his statue unveiling ceremony at Dignity Health Sport Park in Carson, Calif. on Saturday March 2, 2019. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer) David Beckham stands next to his statue during the unveiling ceremony at Dignity Health Sport Park in Carson, Calif. on Saturday March 2,…
The decision by prosecutors not to charge the officers who fatally shot Stephon Clark last year marks a milestone in an incident that has gotten national attention. But it does not close the case, or its effects, by any means. Here is a breakdown from reporting by The Times. The shooting Clark,…
The spellers breezed through acculturation, accusatory, deceitful, geniture and transposable. As the 56th annual Orange County Scripps National Spelling Bee advanced to the final few rounds on Saturday, March 2, at the Orange County Board of Education, Nicholas D’Sa, an eighth grader at St. Cecilia Catholic School in Tustin, and Dean Alkhairy, from Fairmont School…
Calls for changes to California’s use of force policies echoed throughout the state capital Saturday after the district attorney announced that two local police officers who fatally shot a black man after mistaking his cellphone for a gun will not face criminal charges. Sacramento County Dist….
Hundreds of friends and family members of Kim and Richard Nicholson poured into the Newport Beach Mormon church on Bonita Canyon Drive, Saturday, March 2, to mourn the deaths and remember the lives of the couple found dead in their home in mid-February. The Nicholsons were remembered for their kindness and faith, with speakers at…
LAGUNA BEACH — Eric Davidson has long loved the mental and physical challenges of tennis. Eric Davidson, a Laguna Beach resident, has become chairman of the board and owner of World TeamTennis. The six-franchise league with teams nationwide features professional tennis players who are typically ranked no lower than 150th worldwide. In Newport Beach on…
The gusty storm that blew in to Southern California Friday night brought scattered rain and some traffic headaches on Saturday. Sunday is expected to bring rain off and on, forecasters say. But a bigger, colder storm system threatens to show up on Tuesday and dump heavier rain through Thursday. Hikers find dramatic skies over Vasquez…
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Abner Mauncio is hugged by his three children as marines and sailors of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit return from their successful, eight-month deployment to the Indo- Pacific, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Horn of Africa regions, on Feb. 28, 2019 at Camp Pendleton. The end of this deployment is uniquely significant, as…
