You don’t have to be Brainiac to see that the Westminster Mall just ain’t what she used to be. Sears closed recently, knocking out one of its longtime anchor tenants, and walking through the mall today it feels dim and dated, with too many vacancies or stores with which you’re not familiar. So what would…

Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks and Capt. Thomas Oliveras are on leave while police investigate an incident at a concert in Irvine Friday, when the men were off duty. Fullerton officers were informed Saturday, Aug. 25, that the men were placed on paid administrative leave and Capt. Bob Dunn is now serving as acting chief,…

CALABASAS — One of the two people killed in the mass shooting at a gaming tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, was a former Calabasas High School football player and Woodland Hills resident, according to media reports. Eli “Trueboy” Clayton was identified by friends and family. Clayton, 22, was an experienced gamer was from Woodland Hills. He…

WESTMINSTER — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Monday released the name of a motorist was killed when his car rear-ended a big rig that was slowing for traffic on the northbound 405 Freeway in Westminster. He was Bryan Herrera, 18, of Huntington Beach, coroner’s Lt. Larry Deitz said. Herrera was pronounced dead in…

DIAMOND BAR — The body of a man was found early Monday on Brea Canyon Road near the southbound 57 Freeway, and an investigation was underway to determine if he died from a crash, authorities said. The discovery was made about 4:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said. The initial report was that a southbound…

FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Fountain Valley police on Monday investigated the death of a woman found near an intersection, authorities said. The body was found at 12:14 a.m. at Warner Avenue west of Bushard Street, the Orange County coroner’s office said. The woman apparently was hit by a motorist who fled the scene, Fountain Valley police…

Police were searching for a person of interest following a stabbing in Fountain Valley on Sunday, Aug. 26. Authorities say officers responding to a call discovered a man in his 40s suffering from multiple stab wounds near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Edinger Avenue at about 2:30 p.m. He was transferred to the care…

TRABUCO CANYON  – The nearly 23,000-acre Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest that burned for almost 20 days was fully contained Sunday, according to U.S. Forest Service rangers. Firefighters spent the last few days extinguishing stubborn hot spots smoldering in the more rugged terrain along the rim of the burn zone. The fire blackened…

“How sure are you?” the FBI agent asked Barbara Rae-Venter. “As long as we have all the descendants in the family tree, then I’m sure,” the retired intellectual property attorney and genetic genealogist told him. About a week later, on April 25, Joseph DeAngelo was arrested; he has since been charged with 13 counts of…

Neil Simon, whose comic touch in “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park” and many other hits on stage and screen made him the most commercially successfully playwright of the 20th century — and perhaps of all time — has died, according to his representative. He was 91. From “Come Blow Your Horn”…