As summer-like heat baked Southern California this week, officials cautioned pet owners not to leave their furever friends in locked cars with windows even partially open — and don’t forget about children and elderly people, either. And though high temperatures are expected to decrease by 10 to 15 degrees by the end of the week…
Attorneys for Charles “Chase” Merritt said Tuesday they do not plan to call witnesses in the life-or-death penalty phase of Merritt’s trial that started the day after he was convicted of murdering the four-member McStay family of Fallbrook. The defense team said it instead planned to appeal to any possible lingering doubts held by the…
The county is ready to let go of its old courthouse property in Laguna Niguel, which city leaders hope will become the heart of the city’s downtown. The Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed last week to a lease deal that could result in a $210 million mixed-use development, with a big food hall, commercial…
A longtime Los Angeles police officer died after complications in surgery to repair an injury tied to a 2015 traffic collision while on duty, police said Tuesday. Officer Esmeralda Ramirez, 49, died Sunday, the department’s 210th officer to die from an injury received in the line of duty, the Los…
In a damning report on the excessive use of pepper spray in Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention facilities, an internal watchdog in March made numerous recommendations to improve the department’s use-of-force policies. One key idea: adding scores of closed-circuit video cameras to keep digital…
Two teenage girls were sexually assaulted in Santa Ana in incidents that happened 25 blocks apart and within hours of each other. But investigators have determined the assaults are not related. A suspect has been arrested in one of the assaults, which occurred Monday morning and caused the victim…
The fate of John Vandemoer, the former sailing coach at Stanford University who participated in the college admissions scandal, will take one of several very different turns Wednesday when he is sentenced in a Boston courtroom. If U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel abides by federal sentencing guidelines,…
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon two miles from Mountain House, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:58 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 53 miles from Sacramento. In the last…
A southeast Los Angeles man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 4-year-old son, according to prosecutors. Hirwin Calderon-Ordonez, 24, was also charged with one count of assault on a child causing death on Monday. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office alleges…
“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: Southern Californians rush to sell homes as price appreciation slows. The trends More choices for house hunters is translating to fewer buyers willing to pay up. Let’s start with supply. ReportsOnHousing has detailed the rush of sellers by tracking what’s…
