California’s chief justice says a 2016 ballot measure requiring speedier death penalty cases is posing a major challenge to the courts.

Relatives mourning the loss of a teacher and volunteer rescue worker who died while searching for a missing Irvine man on Mt. Baldy over the weekend remembered him as  an “exceptional human,” and a role model in a statement issued Sunday, Dec. 15. Tim Staples, 32, was one of 126 people who were out searching…

Reports of a suspicious package in a residential area of Brea forced some nearby residents to temporarily leave their homes Sunday, Dec. 15. The item was in the area of Strattford Street and Eden Way, Brea Police said in a tweet posted at 5:12 p.m. Several residences were evacuated and a portion of Strattford was…

A motorist was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving as well as hit-and-run for allegedly striking and killing a woman early Sunday in La Habra. The death occurred at approximately 2:10 a.m. in the area of Harbor Boulevard, south of La Habra Boulevard, the La Habra Police Department reported. Officers arriving at the scene…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — A person was killed late Saturday after an SUV overturned on La Pata Avenue in San Juan Capistrano, the California Highway Patrol said. The gray Toyota 4Runner had a passenger who possibly grabbed the steering wheel, forcing the vehicle to overturn, according to the CHP. The crash on northbound La Pata…

An investigation has concluded that Gregory Rodriguez, founder of Zócalo Public Square, engaged in discriminatory and inappropriate behavior, a report says.

The producer and two attorneys who defended a minor accused in the killing of a police officer were accused of misconduct by an L.A. County sheriff’s sergeant.

Among the Vietnamese diaspora, support for the protesters in Hong Kong has been ongoing and pronounced, highlighting ties between Vietnam, Hong Kong.

Months before the disaster on the Conception, a lithium-ion battery caught fire on its sister vessel. The Coast Guard has lagged behind other agencies in making rules to limit such fire risk.

All crew members were recalled and search operations for the missing hiker on Mt. Baldy were suspended.