A pedestrian died after possibly being hit by two cars who drove off from the scene on Friday, Oct. 19, police said. Someone reported that someone was down in the road at about 5:30 a.m., said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. The pedestrian, a male, was pronounced dead at the scene of South Bristol…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — A red flag warning signifying a high risk of wildfire was in effect in L.A and Orange counties Friday because of strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity. The National Weather Service had originally issued a fire weather watch for Friday and Saturday but yesterday upgraded it…
What am I? I’ve been thinking a lot about this since Elizabeth Warren revealed that she has proof she has a Native American forebear. As it happens, I am half Armenian, one-quarter English, one-eighth Irish and one-eighth Norwegian. And, of course, 100% American. Growing up in the San Fernando…
The Castle, an 1880s Victorian home on Bunker Hill, is relocated, only to meet a fiery end.
Border Patrol Agents arrested a woman after detection dogs found almost 100 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine hidden in the car she was driving along the I-5 freeway in San Clemente on Wednesday, Oct. 17. A K-9 unit was called to search a blue 2014 Ford Focus that agents had stopped about a mile north…
Those on campus of Capistrano Valley High School Thursday afternoon, Oct 18, were told to take shelter in the gym and theater building after a domestic violence incident occurred just a block away. The area near the Mission Viejo high school was searched by deputies for at least two hours after the incident — which…
Hate crimes against black victims reported in Los Angeles County rose 15 percent last year after a significant decline the previous year, while crimes targeting Latinos rose 16 percent, according to a new report. The number of total hate crimes reported in Los Angeles County rose 5 percent in 2017 to 508, according to the…
Mohamed Zahangir Sayem, in a drunken haze, was struggling to give Orange County sheriff’s deputies a straight answer when asked for his driver’s license. Sayem’s confusion grew when a deputy allegedly pulled the 5-foot-11 man out of his vehicle — where he had been sleeping — and punched him until he collapsed. “Are you going…
UCLA police on Thursday sought public help to identify a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault at an off-campus fraternity party. A UCLA student, whose age was not disclosed, told campus police that she was assaulted shortly before 12:30 a.m. last Friday…
All you need is $2 and a willing suspension of disbelief. If you are one of the gazillion people buying a California Lottery Mega Millions ticket before Friday, Oct. 19 at 7:45 p.m., you have a 1 in 303 million chance of winning the $970 million jackpot … or about the same odds as the…
