By Claudia S. Alaniz Louise Deser Siskel, a San Marino resident and a senior at Sequoyah High in Pasadena, is the 2019 Rose Queen. Princess Louise Deser Siskel is crowned by Tournament president Gerald Freeny during the announcement and Coronation of the 101st Rose Queen at the Pasadena Playhouse on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Pasadena,…
Firefighters, civic leaders and residents in Garden Grove celebrated the completion of a new community center and fire station with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The new facility at 12232 West St. replaces the original Fire Station No. 6 at 12111 Chapman Ave., which was constructed in 1971. The newer 7,680-square-foot building…
An immigrant arrested by immigration authorities – possibly on an anonymous tip from a revengeful relative accused of molesting the man’s daughter – called his wife Tuesday and told her he is being deported. Anaheim resident Marcos Villanueva expects to arrive in Honduras Wednesday afternoon, his wife, Jenie Villalvir, said tearfully. Villanueva was transferred from an…
A search warrant carried out earlier this year against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, both of whom are accused of drugging and raping several women, has become the center of a political debate over whether the pair should have been arrested months sooner. Carried out in January, the warrant and supporting affidavit written…
A judge on Tuesday reversed an order that had prohibited reporters from publishing details contained in a search warrant in a sexual assault case against a high-profile Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, siding with media outlets, including the Orange County Register, whose attorney claimed the move was unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones said he…
A former UC Riverside vice chancellor sexually harassed two women he supervised with unwanted touching, intimate texts and persistent invitations to private dinners and drinks, a University of California investigation has found. James Sandoval singled out at least four women in low-level positions…
A Long Beach man, currently employed as a teacher at a Huntington Beach high school, was arrested by police Tuesday, Oct. 23, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor, authorities said. Andrew Bueno Potts, 43, of Long Beach. (Courtesy of Long Beach Police Department) Long Beach police believe there may be additional victims. Andrew Bueno…
By JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON— Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” O’Connor made the announcement in a letter. The 88-year-old said her diagnosis was made some time ago and that as her condition has progressed she is “no longer…
By SUZAN FRASER, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA ANKARA, Turkey — Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank….
GARDEN GROVE — A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving following a fiery single vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Garden Grove. Police were called about 1:10 a.m. to the intersection of Euclid and Main streets and found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames south of the intersection, according to Sgt. J. Delgado…
