More than seven years after a 6-year-old girl was kidnapped from in front of her Santa Ana home and raped in a nearby parking lot, a Montebello man has been arrested in connection to the abduction and sexual assault, authorities said. Francisco Javier Lopez, 45, is facing a dozen felonies, including kidnapping to commit a…
The California Court of Appeals decision means Orange County prosecutors must decide whether to have James Andrew Melton stand trial a fourth time in the death of Anthony DeSousa.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the wine country fires, Northern California’s biggest utility has warned customers across half the state to prepare for a possible blackout this week so their equipment doesn’t spark another repeat of those deadly blazes.
An L.A. Times analysis found a black person was more than four times as likely to be searched by police as a white person, and a Latino was three times as likely.
California will blow past its 2030 climate target unless it more than triples the pace of greenhouse gas reductions to about 4.5% annually, according to a report released Tuesday by a San Francisco think tank.
Eve Babitz’s resurgence reached its zenith Tuesday, with the publication of her first “new” (read: previously uncollected) work in decades.
Coroner’s officials opened an investigation to learn the identity of a person found dead in Orange on Monday, Oct. 7, and how he died. The person who died was male, Orange Police Lt. Jennifer Amat said. A passerby discovered the his body along Serrano Avenue, west of Kendra Loop, and called authorities at about 3:43…
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Oxnard say Santa Ana winds will create fire weather danger on Thursday and Friday.
Federal agents raided four addiction treatment centers in Los Angeles and Orange counties last week seeking evidence in a criminal probe, officials said Monday FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the reason for searches at four locations — contained in probable-cause affidavits — were filed under seal in federal court, and the FBI would not comment…
Despite a series of electrical explosions a few days prior, the management of the Old World Village’s German restaurant in Huntington Beach is set to resume Oktoberfest celebrations on Wednesday. On Saturday, Oct. 5 the blasts struck in the midst of the festivities injuring five people, including the restaurant’s owner who suffered severe burns. On…
