Retired lawyer James Enright was a heavy hitter. As a prosecutor, Enright rose to the top of the homicide division at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. In private practice, Enright defended some of the most infamous killers the county has ever known, guys with monikers like “Bedroom Basher.” He engaged the law from both…
A former Newport Beach captain who piloted an Alaska Airlines flight while under the influence of alcohol was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison. Along with the time behind bars, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney also ordered David Hans Arntson to pay a $60,000 fine, telling the former pilot…
Demi Lovato performs during 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball at The Forum on Dec. 1, 2017. She was hospitalized Tuesday, July 24, 2018, following a possible overdose after an all-night party at her Hollywood Hills home. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) LOS ANGELES — Singer/actress Demi Lovato was reported to be stable Wednesday…
A woman in her 20s died Tuesday night, July 24, in a fiery solo crash on Santiago Canyon Road, firefighters said. The burning car was found over the side of the road in the brush shortly after the 10:09 p.m. call on the 11-mile stretch of winding road near Williams Canyon Road, according to Orange…
For nearly 30 years, The John Henry Foundation has housed several dozen adults in a cluster of cottages on a quiet street in Santa Ana. The residents at the neatly landscaped campus are all mentally ill, diagnosed with schizophrenia. But a passerby wouldn’t know mental health patients lived there without entering the gate and paying…
By EMILIANO RODRIGUEZ MEGA The Associated Press NEW YORK — A huge lake of salty water appears to be buried deep in Mars, raising the possibility of finding life on the red planet. The discovery, based on observations by a European spacecraft, generated excitement from experts. Water is essential to life as we know it,…
By COLLEEN BARRY and TOM KRISHER The Associated Press MILAN — Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save both Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. The holding company of Italian automaker Fiat’s founders, the Agnelli family, announced Marchionne had died after complications…
William Lee Evins, arrested in Texas for the murder of Joan Anderson, is seen in a March 1979 mugshot. SANTA ANA — A Laguna Beach attorney representing a man convicted of the 1979 rape and murder of a mother in Fountain Valley says he was wrongly accused and a check of the suspected Golden State…
With a court-ordered deadline looming, the government said Tuesday it has reunited 1,012 migrant parents with their children, less than half of the families it must reunify by Thursday. But court filings also show that 463 adults were deported, possibly without their children, a move that has alarmed immigration advocates who describe the entire process…
San Clemente officials’ hopes for legislation to block a proposed 241 toll road extension have been dashed, but they’re not giving up and in fact may open a new front in their battle with the agencies that operate toll roads in eastern and southern Orange County. A bill from Assemblyman Rocky Chávez, R-Oceanside, would have barred the Transportation…
