National Transportation Safety Board investigators spent part of Thursday examining the burned wreckage of the single-engine airplane that crashed during takeoff from Corona Municipal Airport, killing all four on board. The Beech Bonanza went down shortly after noon Wednesday as the pilot was trying to depart Runway 7 at the non-towered airfield. None of the…
Ex-Jamaican police officer, 2 others, charged with killing 20-year-old man in Irvine home invasion
Three men, including a former Jamaican police officer, are facing murder charges in an Irvine home invasion that left one man dead and another seriously injured last year. Devon Quinland, 33, of Westminster, Andre Andrews, 34, of Miramar, Florida and Omar Miller, 41, of Lauderdale, Florida, each were charged with multiple felony counts, including murder,…
Arraignment of Temescal Valley man who faces triple murder charges postponed
A 42-year-old Temescal Valley man charged with three counts of murder for what prosecutors said was an intentional ramming of a car filled with teens who had played a doorbell-ringing prank at his house appeared in court Thursday afternoon, Jan 23, for the first time, but the arraignment hearing was delayed to Feb. 21. Anurag…
Man who killed step-brother in Garden Grove found not guilty by reason of insanity
An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that a man who stabbed his step-brother to death at a Garden Grove apartment is not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge John D. Conley determined that Andres Adolfo Serrat, 29, committed second-degree murder when he killed 20-year-old Donte Barcelo. But the judge accepted the determination by…
Retrial begins for driver accused of killing grandmother, 2-year-old girl in Irvine crash
A driver accused of causing a 2015 crash that killed a woman and her granddaughter in Irvine is once again on trial for second-degree murder, less than a year after a juror prompted a mistrial by changing her mind from a guilty verdict. Alec Scott Abraham faces two counts of murder for the deaths of…
Murder, attempted murder charges filed in Temescal Valley crash that left 3 teens dead
A 42-year-old Temescal Valley man was charged with murder and attempted murder Thursday, Jan. 23, after prosecutors said his angry pursuit of a car full of teens who played a doorbell ringing prank at his home ended with three of the boys dead and three injured. Update: Arraignment of Temescal Valley man who faces triple…
Newport Beach police seek witnesses of hit-and-run crash that left pedestrian injured
Police are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a small SUV hitting a pedestrian in Newport Beach then taking off. It was just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 28 when police got a 911 call about the incident at Superior Avenue and Hospital Road. Police said the pedestrian, whose gender has not been released,…
On top of the world at Mt. Baldy, a winter wonderland 80 minutes from L.A.
Ski snobs sneer at Mt. Baldy, dinging it for its ma-and-pa amenities and modest number of runs, treating its easy access and affordability as some sort of character flaws. Shame on the snobs. Because this year in particular, Baldy is the best ski deal in California.
New opposition leaves future of controversial housing bill SB 50 up in the air — again
Sen. Holly Mitchell and a coalition representing low-income communities have come out against Senate Bill 50, complicating a key legislative deadline.
Harvey Weinstein trial begins in dramatic fashion with graphic descriptions of alleged attacks
Harvey Weinstein sat in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday as prosecutors described him as a sexual predator who used his influence to sexually assault women.