Newport Beach police investigators and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, Feb. 20 plan to announce an arrest in a 1973 cold case homicide and are expected to name a Colorado man as a suspect in the death of 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe. KRDO, a television station in Colorado Springs, Colo., reported on Tuesday, Feb. 19, a…
First Place was awarded to Abhishek Vootukuru for his portrait of a model in Orange. Second Place went to Josh Tomsha for his photo of costumed dogs at Irvine Regional Park. Third Place went to Rick Barboza for his flag football photo at Santiago Middle School in Orange. Bailey Read received an Honorable Mention for…
On Monday, my wife and daughter and I traveled home from Oakland by plane, and on landing in Burbank, my wife immediately did the math. Door to door, our trip would have taken only 90 minutes longer if we had driven, and it would have been much cheaper. Should we have traveled by sedan instead…
SANTA ANA — A “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member is facing DUI charges for allegedly driving under the influence, at nearly three times the legal limit, according to court records obtained Tuesday. Gina Kirschenheiter, 34, was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the…
A Los Angeles judge dealt a blow Tuesday to law enforcement unions trying to limit the scope of a landmark transparency law, ruling that records from shootings, use of force and some misconduct by police officers in California are public even if they occurred before the new law took effect this…
The fate of California’s high-speed rail project was cast into further doubt Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Transportation announced plans to cancel $929 million in grant funds, a move that some viewed as political payback. The action marks an escalation in the battle between President Trump…
Garden Grove Police Chief Todd Elgin, who served his entire law enforcement career in the department, will retire after 32 years, the city announced Tuesday, Feb. 19. Elgin’s last day on the job is slated for April 20. Elgin, 54, began in 1987 as a Garden Grove police recruit. “My goal was always to be a…
Last month, the Chino Valley Unified school board voted to let its long-running legal battle over prayer during public meetings lapse. Now, the Orange County Board of Education wants to take up the case. Chino Valley Unified has opened school board meetings with prayer since at least 2010, according to court filings. But board members would…
By PAUL ANDERSON SANTA ANA — A 59-year-old convicted sex offender was found guilty Tuesday of molesting two young cousins and the sister of one of the boys in and around a Fullerton church. Carlos Antonio Chavez of Anaheim, who is scheduled to be sentenced April 5, was convicted of three felony counts of lewd…
A San Diego County college police officer quietly left his job in 2016 after he was accused of fondling part-time dispatchers. A veteran Pomona police officer resigned under pressure in 2016 for having sex with an underage waitress he met while on duty. And two Brea police officers were allowed to resign for dishonesty — one…
