By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday bluntly questioned the allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a fellow high school student over 30 years ago, and Republicans warned the accuser the window was closing to tell her story before a confirmation vote. Trump’s…
A suspect was shot dead and two deputies were wounded during a shooting Wednesday night at a park in East Los Angeles. Both deputies were hospitalized and were stable, a Sheriff’s Department’s spokeswoman said in a tweet at about 8 p.m. The shooting occurred a little after 6:35 p.m. at Ruben F. Salazar Park, 3864…
Wearing his black Army uniform and maroon beret, Fabian Rebolledo stood tall Wednesday on the lawn of his family’s Azusa home, happy to be back on American soil for the first time in six years. Rebolledo has been away fighting a battle. Only this time, instead of defending the United States, the 43-year-old veteran has…
A San Diego woman known to her dark web customers as the “Drug Llama” has been arrested on charges of shipping more than 50,000 fentanyl pills throughout the country, authorities said Tuesday. Though the charges against Melissa Scanlan stem from a federal grand jury indictment in Illinois, the…
Water polo coach Randy Burgess has filed a libel suit against the Coronado Unified School District over its response to sexual abuse allegations made against Burgess last year. Burgess believes the school district’s public statements about the claims exposed the coach and gym teacher to “hatred,…
Calling it an effort to maintain residents’ quality of life, the city of Huntington Beach will collaborate with the Orange County district attorney’s office to devise a plan to crack down on illegal in-home businesses in residential areas. The City Council gave City Atty. Michael Gates the green…
A police officer in Woodlake in California’s Central Valley was charged Monday with 12 felony counts for allegedly using his status of an officer to sexually assault two women. Oscar Robles, 26, is accused of threatening to arrest or deport women and then raping them, assault with the intent to…
Father Robert Capone speaks to students during mass at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. The school was celebrating Patron’s Day, the founding of the school, as well as the dedication of a statue recognizing the canonization of Saint Serra in 2015. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange…
A day after prosecutors announced that a well-known Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend were charged with drugging and raping two women, several other potential victims contacted investigators, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Wednesday. The DA’s office has received more than 30 calls, including at least six “strong leads” regarding potential sexual assault victims…
Police in Buena Park were searching for a man considered to be armed and dangerous near the intersection of Beach and Artesia boulevards on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 19. Officers encountered a suspect in a car who they believe had a gun sometime before 3 p.m., according to Buena Park Police Sgt. Mike Lovchik….
