The Orange County Public Defender’s Office is seeking to have the Orange County District Attorney’s Office removed from prosecuting five sex offenders accused of violating parole after they were released early from local lockup. The parole violation cases involving a handful of sex offenders has become the highest-profile flash point in an ongoing battle over…
Los Angeles County will likely reach 2,000 deaths on Thursday, as the number of COVID-19 infections continues to mount.
Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are now open daily from before sun-up to past dawn. Laguna Beach is keeping stricter weekend times, closing midday.
Ventura and San Diego counties are among the latest to get state approval to push through Phase 2. Orange County hasn’t been given the green light yet, and L.A. County doesn’t meet the criteria.
An increasing downturn in the daily number of new cases suggests the transmission number is slightly under 1, a milestone for L.A. County.
Law enforcement has been overwhelmed by a massive surge in tips about online child sexual abuse and exploitation tied coronavirus at-home learning.
Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli’s guilty plea announcement marks a major moment in the scandal that rocked American academia.
By Alanna Durkin Richer “Full House” Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the college admissions bribery case, according to court papers filed Thursday. Loughlin, 55, has agreed to serve two months behind bars and Giannulli, 56, has agreed to…
SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police and prosecutors asked for the public’s help Wednesday tracking down potential victims of a registered sex offender charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy. Patrick Michael Costello of Orange, 56, founder and director of Synergy Drum Corps, is accused of offering a student, who was 14 or 15 years…
Police arrested a Covina man who is not a licensed pilot, but is suspected of stealing a small airplane from the Chino Airport and flying to Fullerton on Wednesday, May 20. Christian Estoque, 32, overshot the runway while attempting to land a Cessna 172S at the Fullerton Municipal Airport, Fullerton Police Sgt. Eric Bridges said….
