Two people pushed a car off of railroad tracks, moving an elderly motorist out of the path of an oncoming train following a collision in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Jan. 8. A white Pontiac Grand Am involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision at the intersection of 17th Street and Lincoln Avenue traveled into a nearby…
Former San Bernardino County gang prosecutor Michael Selyem, who was suspended in the wake of his racist rants on social media that triggered a backlash from civil rights leaders, has resigned from the District Attorney’s Office. Selyem, a former Orange County sheriff’s deputy-turned-prosecutor, voluntarily resigned on Jan. 2, county spokeswoman Felisa Cardona said Tuesday. Civil…
The Santa Ana Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at a bus stop. On Saturday, Jan. 5, police said a man wearing a #82 Dallas Cowboys jersey attacked a woman in her 50s waiting at a bus stop on the 1000 block of…
The house in Perris where prosecutors say the children of David and Louise Turpin were tortured, which appeared to have sold last week, is going back on the market. The house at 160 Muir Woods Road, which sold at auction on Jan. 2 for $310,360 to an unidentified bidder, will be up for bid again on the…
A woman who was sexually assaulted by two Los Angeles police officers will receive nearly $2 million from the city, according to an agreement filed in federal court on Monday. The settlement, which needs to be approved by the City Council, comes on top of nearly $1.8 million in payouts to three…
A controversial women’s jail project that has been in development for years is now facing serious opposition from key stakeholders who are demanding more therapeutic alternatives for women in Los Angeles County’s criminal justice system. The $215-million proposal to renovate an out-of-use detention…
Orange County will hold a special election on March 12 to select a replacement for former Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who left his board post on Monday to become the county’s district attorney. Several well-known local politicians already have declared their candidacies for the 3rd District board seat. On the Democrat side, the list is down…
Allowing the government to take control of the notorious Mongols motorcycle club’s prized patches would be a “death sentence” for the organization, an attorney for the outlaw club argued on Tuesday. Jurors who last month found the outlaw motorcycle club guilty of racketeering returned to the federal courthouse in Santa Ana on Tuesday morning, as…
The person found dead in the West Hollywood home of Democratic activist Ed Buck was a 55-year-old African American man, but authorities have not released his identity as the investigation continues. It marked the second time in two years that a black man has been found dead in Buck’s home under…
Novelist Brian Garfield, whose murderous vigilante classic “Death Wish” launched a film franchise starring Charles Bronson, has died at age 79. Garfield died at his home in Pasadena, literary agent Judy Coppage said Monday. A New York City native who grew up in Arizona, Garfield wrote dozens of…
