From the Archives: Time for Turkey
Yes, it’s time for giving thanks, gathering with friends and family, watching football and enjoying a turkey dinner.
Man gets 3-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter in Santa Ana case from 1984
SANTA ANA — A 63-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to three years behind bars for fatally stabbing a homeless man in Santa Ana in 1984. John William Zelinski, 61, was extradited from Arizona and charged with the 1984 cold case murder of a transient man in Santa Ana. (2017 file photo) John William Zelinski pleaded…
Gov. Brown pardons former L.A. County state lawmaker; three refugees from Vietnam who could face deportation
SACRAMENTO — A former state senator convicted of lying about his residence and three refugees from Vietnam who could face deportation are among 38 people pardoned Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Brown’s pardons also include a man who just lost his Paradise home in a wildfire. The Democratic governor also…
Woman killed in hit-and-run in Norwalk
A pedestrian in her 70s was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Norwalk on Wednesday night. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were called to the intersection of Pioneer Boulevard and Lindale Street in Norwalk at about 5:09 p.m. about a medical rescue, said Dispatch Supervisor Jeremy Stafford. A woman there was transported to a…
Motorist dies in rollover crash on 241 Toll Road in Orange
A motorist died after a vehicle flipped over on the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Only one vehicle was involved in the rollover crash that was reported at 6:51 p.m. in southbound lanes of the freeway, just north of the Santiago Canyon Road off-ramp, according to California Highway Patrol Dispatcher Al…
Deadly Woolsey fire is now 100 percent contained
Firefighters completed a line around the Woolsey fire burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties Wednesday, Nov. 21, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. The 100 percent containment was announced at 6:30 p.m. Containment, which had been at 98 percent Tuesday night, is reached when crews create a line around the fire and the flames…
Aliso Viejo motorcyclist dies in Laguna Hills crash
A motorcyclist died Tuesday in a collision in Laguna Hills. The crash happened at 10:05 p.m. on Alicia Parkway, east of Aliso Hills, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Todd Russ. The rider died before he could be transported to a hospital and was later identified as Jeremy Lee Washington, 38, of Aliso Viejo, according…
Photos – 2018 Motorsports Photos of the Year selected by Staff Photographer Will Lester
Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. walks out of the sand trap after loosing to J.R. Todd in the finals in Pomona on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at the 54th annual NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Funny Car driver John Force explodes his engine resulting in…
Looking for less controversial option to 241 extension, Supervisor Lisa Bartlett floats Los Patrones Parkway alternative
Supervisor Lisa Bartlett has introduced a ninth option to a toll agency’s proposals for addressing traffic in south Orange County: Extending Los Patrones Parkway to Avenida La Pata, connecting south of the Prima Deshecha Landfill. “We looked into studying an alternative that has no impacts to existing homes, businesses and public infrastructure,” Bartlett’s Chief of…
Residents protest proposed severance increase in San Clemente city manager contract, before council takes option off table
San Clemente City Council member-elect Dan Bane listens to the City Council meeting in San Clemente on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) San Clemente City Council member-elect Laura Ferguson listens to the City Council meeting in San Clemente on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County…