Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, a decorated Navy SEAL accused of several war crimes including killing a teen ISIS fighter in 2017, remains free while a Navy judge considers a series of motions, including dismissal of the case, presented Friday, May 31, by the defense team. During a 3 1/2-hour hearing in a San Diego courtroom, Navy…
Short-term rental owners in Anaheim are supposed to be shutting down as they recoup their investment, but that is taking so long and requiring so much city staff time, city leaders are looking at allowing more than 200 properties to continue operating indefinitely, provided they’re good neighbors and don’t cause complaints. Facing a flood of…
For the first time in nearly two decades, a Los Angeles County law enforcement official has been ordered to stand trial for a fatal shooting. Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Liu is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Feb. 24, 2016, shooting death of Francisco Garcia at a Norwalk gas station. After…
Roger Stein’s hulking presence around the racetrack made him easy to recognize, be it in early years as a harness racing trainer or later when he switched to thoroughbreds. It was his larger-than-life personality, which he brought to radio listeners every Saturday and Sunday morning for almost…
A student was taken into police custody Friday following a lockdown at Santa Rosa High School that lasted more than two hours. A school resource officer reported that a student was seen on campus with a handgun, authorities said, and the officer initiated the lockdown around 10:40 a.m. Over 20…
A garbage man made an unsettling discovery after he arrived at a Fresno recycling center before dawn Friday at the end of his trash-collection rounds. He had just dumped what appeared to be a bloodied body, police said. The trash collector was further shocked to find that the man was still alive,…
State officials on Friday confirmed that a mountain lion killed by wildlife officers earlier this week in San Diego was the same one that had attacked a 4-year-old boy. Wildlife officers and forensic scientists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the genetic profile of the…
Prison authorities are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after the man was involved in a fight with two other inmates at California State Prison-Sacramento in Folsom. The 63-year-old, who has not been identified, was seen fighting with inmates Joshua Kerr, 35, and Nicholas Mangelli,…
Q. Hi Honk: Traveling back from San Diego on the northbound 5 Freeway, I entered the carpool lane in San Clemente. I saw a sign saying, “Carpool Lane Violation Minimum Fine $401.” A few minutes later, I passed a sign saying “Carpool Lane Violation Minimum Fine $490,” and a few minutes later I passed a…
Two gang members brawled in an Orange County courtroom minutes after they were convicted of killing a 9-year-old girl during an attack. The Orange County Register says 33-year-old Ricardo Cruz lunged at 24-year-old Alfredo Aquino and the two came to blows in Santa Ana on Thursday before bailiffs…
