ROSEMEAD — A man suspected of stealing a GMC van died Monday after causing two collisions on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Rosemead and attempting to vandalize and carjack other vehicles on the freeway before being restrained by civilians, authorities said. Witnesses reported seeing Ramon J. Lopez Jr., 39, of Huntington Beach driving a…

Anaheim police were investigating a shooting on the evening of Monday, Dec. 24, that left a man injured. Gunfire struck a man sometime before 6:35 p.m. in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street, west of Topeka Street, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. He said the victim was taken to a…

Indoor and outdoor wood burning will be prohibited on Christmas Day in much of Southern California because of weather conditions conducive to concentrated pollution, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The agency issued a “no-burn” alert that goes into effect at midnight until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday in the South Coast Air Basin….

A resident turned in to Irvine police a batch of lost gifts that were found on Christmas Eve, and police asked for the public’s help in getting the presents to their rightful owner. The neatly wrapped items were located on Bake Parkway near Muirlands Boulevard. Related Articles Newborn baby found abandoned in the Whittier area;…

Some Republican leaders like to say that political trends always shift. One even noted that during his lifetime, Democrats once dominated in Southern states and Republicans controlled much of the Northeast. The reverse is true now. In San Diego County, the once-dominant Republican Party is on the…

Police sought a suspect in a Huntington Beach stabbing that sent one person to the hospital on Monday, Dec. 24. The attack happened at about 9:07 a.m. in the parking lot of the U.S. Postal Service office, 6771 Warner Ave., according to Huntington Beach Police Lt. Kevin Johnson. He said a male victim was stabbed…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND DON THOMPSON The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new DNA tests that a condemned inmate says could clear him in a San Bernardino County 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention. Brown ordered tests of four pieces of evidence that Kevin Cooper and his attorneys…

Laguna Woods City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 19, named Cynthia Conners as the city’s mayor, and Councilman Noel Hatch as mayor pro tem. The mayor and mayor pro tem are elected by the five-member council and serve in their positions for one year. Conners was initially appointed to the council in 2009 and is serving…

If a disaster strikes Newport Beach and emergency workers can’t immediately respond to every neighborhood, it’s good to have a rocket scientist and a nurse nearby. After retiring, James Ward, 86, and Evalie “Evie” DuMars, 73, started volunteering for the Community Emergency Response Team through…

Civil rights leaders are demanding that the city of Inglewood rescind its decision to destroy case files for nearly 150 police shootings and other critical incidents ahead of a new law that would have made those records public for the first time. Until recently, Inglewood retained records related to officer-involved shootings for 25 years. Earlier…