Residents of Pine Cove were allowed to return to their homes late Wednesday night after the Cranston fire ripped through more than 4,700 acres, igniting the day before off of Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center, according to a Twitter post from the San Bernardino National Forest Service. Please note that Pine Cove is…
Twelve-year-old Angelo Amador won’t soon forget his escape from the threatening flames of the Cranston fire near Idyllwild. With officials warning residents to leave as the fast-moving blaze spread, the Menifee boy and seven friends piled into the back of a Chevy Silverado on Wednesday with Pastor Tim Stroup of Palmdale’s Crosswind Community Church behind…
CAMP PENDLETON — In a nearly seven-hour emotionally charged court martial hearing at the Marine Corps base, Pfc. Raymond W. Begay was convicted, Wednesday, July 25, of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a fellow Marine at the School of Infantry. Begay, 20, a Native American who grew up on the Hoopa Reservation in…
Early this week, meteorologists said they figured Wednesday would be the hottest day of an extended Southern California heat wave. The scorching day lived up to its billing at least some of the region’s communities. At the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, the National Weather Service observed a high of 109 degrees in…
Animal owners fleeing the fast-moving Cranston Fire near Idyllwild have several places to bring their pets and livestock. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services’ San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus has begun accepting animals of all sizes, and staff is on hand with vaccinations and microchips, said agency spokesman John Welsh. “We can take horses, pigs,…
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…
