UC Berkeley prevented protesters from shutting down a talk by conservative Ann Coulter this week as the university showcased crowd control measures learned from the violent rally against Milo Yiannopoulos two years ago.
On the second night of candlelight vigils outside the Fresno home where four men were killed Sunday in a mass shooting, the daughter of one victim looked up at the sky and spoke directly to her father.
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Two people died following a three-vehicle collision in Westminster Thursday, Nov. 21. Officers responded a crash involving a dark colored sedan, white SUV and light-blue coupe along Beach Boulevard near Roosevelt Avenue at about 4:03 p.m., Westminster police Commander Alan Iwashita said. The female driver of the sedan died at the scene. Her passenger was…
Guns without serial numbers, built at home, are increasingly becoming the weapon of choice for criminals in California, experts say, and there’s not much law enforcement can do to stop the trend. Called ghost guns, the weapons are impossible to trace. They start as just one part: an unfinished lower receiver, which houses the gun’s…
A Philippines Airlines flight made an emergency landing after one of its engines failed shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 21, officials said. The Boeing 777 twin-engine aircraft was bound for Manila in the Philippines when it took off from LAX about 11:15 a.m., airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said. The…
A 31-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder for a 2014 Westminster crash in which he was accused of getting kicked out of a rehab facility the day before, driving drunk, crashing and leaving his buddy who died. Earlier this year an Orange County Superior Court jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of Jonathan Samoff’s guilt,…
An Orange County Fire Authority equipment operator has been charged with animal cruelty after fatally shooting his 4-year-old pit bull in the head, then dumping its body at his Irvine fire station dumpster, prosecutors said. Ryan John Monteleone, 44, of Menifee was arrested by Irvine police on Oct. 17, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced…
The weapon used in last week’s deadly mass shooting at Saugus High School was a so-called “ghost gun,” a firearm without a registration number, officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Thursday. Homicide detectives are looking for evidence regarding who purchased and assembled the firearm components and investigating the shooter’s purchase history…
Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives are trying to determine who built the . 45-caliber handgun used in the shooting at Saugus High School.
