The pilot killed Tuesday in a plane crash near the Palo Alto Airport was a dedicated volunteer who flew dozens of families to receive medical care. W. John Spencer, of Placerville, was flying a patient and her mother from Redding to Palo Alto for an appointment at a children’s hospital when his…
Actress Asia Argento, who is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department following allegations she had sex with a minor, is now accusing the young actor of sexually attacking her in 2013. Mark Jay Heller, Argento’s lawyer, said in a statement that the Italian actress was…
Needle-exchange programs will remain banned in Costa Mesa until at least next summer after the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend an urgency ordinance prohibiting the establishment or operation of such services in town. With the extension, the ordinance — first adopted Aug. 7 for…
By ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a striking anonymous broadside, a senior Trump administration official wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on Wednesday claiming to be part of a group of people “working diligently from within” to impede President Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations” and ill-conceived parts…
Police arrested a man on suspicion he attempted to commit a lewd act on an underage girl at park in Tustin on Wednesday. The suspect allegedly encountered the victim in the women’s restroom of Columbus Tustin Park on the 14700 block of Prospect Avenue and attempted to expose himself to her, according to a news…
Three men were sentenced to prison time Wednesday for holding a Long Beach man captive three years ago, robbing him and pistol whipping him during a terrifying 12-hour ordeal, officials said. Judge James D. Otto sentenced Patrick John Adams, 24, of San Diego, to 17 years behind bars following his no contest plea in July…
Along with thousands of other people around the country expressing similar viewpoints, Roni Burns-Ellis turned to Facebook Tuesday, Sept. 4, to condemn Nike for featuring controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick in an ad. But as principal of McGaugh Elementary in Seal Beach, Burns-Ellis drew her own controversy. Above her photo of a Nike T-shirt cut into…
A former NASA contractor threatened seven women by saying he would keep off the internet personal nude photos he had hacked from their computers — if they met his demand to email him new, explicit photos, a federal indictment claims. Richard Gregory Bauer, 28, of Los Angeles, had downloaded nude photos of six of the…
As the busy apple season kicks into high gear at farms around nostalgic Oak Glen, a modern-day conflict has erupted on social media. Facebook and Twitter users are accusing Jim Riley, a majority owner of Riley’s Farm, of posting misogynistic and racist messages on Twitter. In a phone call Tuesday, Sept. 4, Riley would neither…
SANTA ANA — A 45-year-old Santa Ana restaurant worker was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting three girls and a boy dating back to 2001. Javier Ortiz-Pichardo was arrested at his home Thursday and was being held in lieu of $1 million bail, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, who said one of the…
