LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles federal judge Monday dismissed all charges against three reputed members of a Southern California white nationalist group suspected of having incited brawls at political rallies. U.S. District Judge Carmac J. Carney granted a defense motion dismissing charges against Robert Rundo, Robert Boman and Aaron Eason on grounds that the…
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board’s decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, marking the third time a governor has stopped the release of the youngest member of Manson’s murderous cult. Van Houten, 69, is still a threat, Newsom said, though she has spent nearly half a…
A gang member who helped carry out a racially motivated attack on black families living in a Los Angeles housing project was sentenced Monday to 13 years in federal prison for the 2014 crime. Jose Saucedo, 25, received the punishment after pleading guilty last year to several felonies stemming…
Jake Fitzgerald displays a skateboard that was collected by his team in Newport Harbor on Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) An on-land volunteer decides not to pick up a pair of shoes during his search for trash on a beach in Newport Harbor on Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Photo by…
The father of an 8-month-old baby, who has been missing since his daughter was found dead behind a mortuary, has surrendered to authorities, officials said Monday afternoon. Alexander Echeverria, 22, has been a person of interest since the infant, identified as Alexia Rose Echeverria, was found…
By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON — A long-delayed $19.1 billion disaster aid bill sailed through the House on Monday and headed to President Donald Trump for his expected signature, overcoming months of infighting, misjudgment and a feud between Trump and congressional Democrats. Lawmakers gave the measure final congressional approval by 354-58 in the House’s first significant…
A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for a 2014 firebombing attack on black residents at a Boyle Heights housing project. Jose “Lil’ Moe” Saucedo is the first of eight gang members of the Big Hazard street gang to be sentenced after pleading guilty last year to federal hate crimes…
A former USC soccer coach will plead guilty and cooperate with the investigation that implicated him in a college admissions scheme that sneaked the children of wealthy families into top universities by using fake athletic credentials and bribes, according to court documents filed Monday. Ali Khosroshahin,…
They will need 889 to break the Guiness World Record for “largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.” So expect to see hundreds of people bopping around in banana and carrot costumes at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, June 9. The wacky event will benefit a good cause – Miracles for Kids, based in…
FULLERTON — A man got into an argument on Sunday with a woman he did not know and she stabbed him in the face, authorities said. It happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2 in an alley in the 1800 block of West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton police Lt. Mike Hines said. The woman produced a…
