They carry guns, make arrests, and wear shiny, star-shaped badges. But these Los Angeles County Sheriff’s reserve deputies are paid virtually nothing, accepting a paycheck of just a dollar a year. Now some of the volunteers will be part of a new task force of reserve impact teams to bring down…
Former president Barack Obama will speak on Saturday, Sept. 8 at an invitation-only rally in the Anaheim Convention Center, an event aimed at helping seven California Democratic Congressional candidates win Republican seats in November. The rally is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. Obama is slated to speak at 11:30 a.m. The former president is…
An 11-year-old girl from San Clemente is reported missing, and authorities think she could be with her biological mother. Kaia Fina was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. #OCSDPIO SPECIAL BULLETIN: MISSING CHILD Kaia Fina was last seen in the city of San Clemente, on Thursday,…
Q. While driving to the Hollywood Bowl last night, a passenger with me described how she had been required to take a driving course offered by AAA because of a driving infraction, and during that program she was told something that I took strong disagreement with. She was driving on a street with the posted speed…
A Houston-based pipeline firm has been found guilty of criminal charges that it knowingly caused a catastrophic oil spill off Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County in 2015, killing marine mammals and sea life. After a four-month trial, a jury Friday found Plains All American Pipeline guilty…
Once again, Samantha Mays stood in front of TV cameras at a South Los Angeles police station and asked for the public’s help in solving the killing of her 15-year-old daughter, the second time she has done so since the shooting in April. Police at the Friday morning news conference emphasized the…
A San Clemente woman with a history of alleged bizarre scams, including a faked pregnancy, is suspected of creating a nonexistent husband to bilk good Samaritans out of at least $11,000 in donations she claimed would help firefighters during the recent Holy fire, authorities said Friday. Ashley Bemis, 28, collected cash and hundreds of items —…
Los Angeles County prosecutors have declined to charge actor Dylan McDermott in connection with an allegation of a sexual assault in 1991, saying it is beyond the statute of limitations. Prosecutors on Friday issued an assessment of the investigation in which they determined the incident, alleged…
Los Angeles County prosecutors have declined to charge actor Dylan McDermott in connection with an allegation of a sexual assault in 1991, saying it is beyond the statute of limitations. Prosecutors on Friday issued an assessment of the investigation in which they determined the incident, alleged…
“Grandma Rosy” is back home now, in El Salvador, living alone, without the 12-year-old granddaughter she is raising. Earlier this year the pair spent a month traveling on foot and by bus to get to the United States to seek asylum. But last month the grandmother was deported. The girl, meanwhile, spent about two months…
