Yecenia Perez, 17, says she doesn’t feel safe commuting to school and home, a one-hour trek each way by bus and two trains. “I’ve had men push me up against the fence outside school,” she said, and she also described an attempted assault by a neighbor. When Perez gets home to her family’s one-bedroom…
Fullerton police Saturday warned people to stay away from an area where an explosion in a garage occurred. Also, a building at Cal State Fullerton was evacuated early Saturday afternoon, apparently because of a chemical reaction. Please stay clear of the 200 blk of W. Valencia Ave. due to Police and Fire activity. FPD received…
Joshua Hamlin sat on the shoulders of his father Joseph in the Santa Margarita locker room. Head coach Rich Fisher was giving his team a pregame speech about Joshua, the honorary captain for Friday’s game. Fisher told his team about Joshua’s struggle with pediatric cancer. “I want you guys to go out there and be at least…
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 —…
