A former Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, employee was sentenced Tuesday to six years and four months in prison for a scheme that resulted in more than $120 million in sales and more than $3 million in corrupt commissions to brokers, federal prosecutors said. Shirene Hernandez, 47, of Corona, took bribes and arranged…
A hazardous materials team decontaminated several people who came into contact with an unknown powdered substance and evacuated others from the Federal Building in Santa Ana Tuesday, Jan. 14. Authorities were notified of the substance at about 2 p.m., and dispatched to the government building near the 700 block of West Santa Ana Boulevard, Orange…
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has decided that he cannot legally or ethically file criminal charges related to a 2017 Laguna Niguel traffic collision that left a popular teacher dead. Spitzer’s decision, outlined in a letter Monday to an attorney representing the teacher’s widow, comes a year after prosecutors decided to drop vehicular manslaughter…
LOS ANGELES — A cold, fast-moving storm out of the Gulf of Alaska worked its way Tuesday toward Southern California, where it was poised to hit Thursday and generate between three and five hours of moderate rain but is not expected to trigger mud slides or debris flows in burn areas, National Weather Service forecasters…
L.A. County’s transit agency proposes the first overhaul of the region’s bus network in more than 25 years. Riders would see changes on the street by the end of next year, officials say.
Two hikers were plucked by helicopter from the Devil’s Backbone trail, while a third was rescued from the Ice House Canyon area.
POMONA — A Santa Ana man who was charged with murder in connection with a crash that killed two people on the southbound Orange (57) Freeway in Diamond Bar pleaded no contest Monday to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Vincent de la Vega, 31, is due back in court on Tuesday, when victims’ impact statements…
The driver who hit Det. Amber Leist stopped and tried to help her. She was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries. She was 41.
Trump officials are prepared to offer L.A. help on homelessness, but they want some changes in return, including on police and housing regulations.
One driver was stopped by Tustin police and told his windows were tinted too dark. Another man was detained by Huntington Park police for alleged public intoxication. Neither was charged in connection to their original police stops. Instead, they both ended up in immigrant detention. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed…
