The Costa Mesa Police Department identified a man who it said was wanted on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a June 16 shooting that left one person injured. Police said Luis Antonio Luevano-Guzman was the man who shot and and sent a 23-year-old man to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Costa Mesa…
Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett and at least three other women say Assemblyman Bill Brough made aggressive, unwanted sexual advances against them in recent years, alleged incidents that the women say continue to haunt them. Brough, who represents Assembly District 73, denies the allegations, saying they are politically motivated. The alleged encounter described by Bartlett…
First came President Donald Trump’s tweets warning of mass immigration raids. On Friday, that was followed by published reports that the raids will begin Sunday morning The news, from the Washington Post and later reported by CNN, the New York Times and other outlets, riled immigrants who are in the country illegally or who have…
Michael Nguyen, an American citizen, will arrive at a courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City early Monday, most likely handcuffed and wearing a white and black striped prison uniform. The government will assign him an attorney, but give them little to no time to prepare his defense. Detained for nearly a year, accused of conspiring…
A federal judge has struck down Trump administration decisions that cleared the way for Cadiz Inc. to build a water pipeline across public land in the California desert. The ruling is a blow to the company’s decades-long effort to pump groundwater from beneath its desert property 200 miles east…
The jury deliberating in the penalty phase of the murder trial of Charles “Chase” Merritt went home after about two hours Friday and will resume discussions at 9:30 a.m. Monday. The San Bernardino County jury must choose between recommending a sentence of death by lethal injection or life without parole. Merritt, 62, was convicted June…
They have been playing on the sidewalks and in dining rooms, at the park and at church. On Friday, June 21, musicians spread out around Fullerton to perform during the annual Day of Music. Rio Lexin, 10 months, crawls toward his father, acoustic guitarist Bob Lexin, as he plays at the Villa Del Sol during…
Federal immigration officials plan new sweeps targeting migrants with orders for removal from the United States beginning Sunday, with about 140 individuals targeted in Southern California, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Friday. It’s part of a larger national operation that federal…
The rooms in the commercial South L.A. building were so covered in trash and clothing that, in some cases, you could not see the floor. A rancid smell permeated the building, flies buzzed around trash and children’s toys were scattered about. It was an appalling sight for officials who responded…
Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of La Luz del Mundo megachurch, pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple counts of sex abuse at an arraignment and bail review hearing. The other detained co-defendants in the case, Alondra Ocampo, 36, and Susana Medina Oaxaca, 24, also entered not guilty pleas in…
