By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. Francis begged forgiveness for the…
A motorcyclist was killed late Sunday in a collision with an SUV on an onramp to the 91 freeway in Anaheim, authorities said Monday. The collision was reported at 11:47 p.m. on the Lakeview Avenue onramp to the westbound 91, the California Highway Patrol said. The motorcycle hit the back of the GMC Yukon, the…
A baby gray whale playfully swimming just a few feet from shore drew hundreds of spectators to the shoreline at Seal Beach on Sunday, Aug. 19. Beachgoers and lifeguards first spotted the 16-foot whale south of the Seal Beach Pier between lifeguard towers 4 and 8 sometime after 2 p.m. The founder of the nonprofit…
A sheriff’s department commander said Sunday that the mysterious shooting death of an Irvine father at Malibu Creek State Park in June was not believed to be gang-related, and that the killing remained under investigation. At a community meeting attended by dozens of local residents on state park land near the campground where 35-year-old Tristan Beaudette was…
April Ross celebrates the AVP Manhattan Beach Open championship with champagne at Manhattan Beach on Sunday, August 19, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer) Alix Klineman, right, and April Ross celebrate their win in the AVP Manhattan Beach Open championship match over Brittany Hochevar and Kelly Claes at Manhattan Beach on Sunday, August 19, 2018….
A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured in Orange on Saturday evening, Aug. 18. Authorities say Erin Meacham, 50, of Orange was driving north on Glassell Street when a 39-year-old man, also of Orange, was struck by…
A bridge over the 405 Freeway came tumbling down early Sunday morning, Aug. 19. Fortunately, its collapse was deliberate. Rebar is removed after the McFadden bridge was demolished by heavy equipment. The McFadden bridge over the 405 freeway was demolished starting on Saturday evening into the early morning hours of Sunday. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,…
SANTA ANA — A 38-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for a DUI crash that killed another man and his 6-year-old nephew in Santa Ana. Armando Edgar Duran Cruz pleaded guilty April 30 to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving drunk causing injury, according to Senior Deputy…
Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 4 percent this spring vs. a year ago. That’s what we found when we looked at Orange County house hunting patterns at the neighborhood level in 2018’s second quarter vs. the April-to-June period a year earlier. On tape! Lansner visits KABC’s McIntyre show CoreLogic found these 19…
A triple-murder case — involving two children missing since 2012 and presumed dead — could be affected by the improper recording of telephone calls between Orange County jail inmates and their attorneys. About 34 recorded calls by defendant Shazer Fernando Limas to his lawyer were accessed by law enforcement, attorney Joel Garson said Sunday. Garson’s…
