The upscale town of Ojai is so safe that a single attempt by teens to steal beer accounted for the majority of its violent crimes last year. Sheriff’s Capt. James Fryhoff tells the Ventura County Star that “a beer run that went bad” accounted for four of the six crimes. The teens allegedly went…
A Northern California woman has been arrested on suspicion of abusing four girls she adopted. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s office said 63-year-old Patricia Taylor was an adoptive mother to the girls, who range in age from 11 to 16, and had fostered and adopted several other children in the past…
OK, what is it with these whiz kids from Granada Hills Charter High School? They did it again, as you may have heard. They won the regional academic decathlon competition, then swept the state, then snagged the national championship trophy April 27 in Minnesota. That makes seven national titles…
Michael Vechell had already drawn the attention of an airline worker and two passengers at Los Angeles International Airport by the time he was confronted by police. Waiting to board his Philadelphia-bound flight with his dog Odie, Vechell had sparked concern when he sidled up to another passenger…
Brian Hassine’s heart raced as he stood alone in the dark behind the Nuggets & Carets jewelry store in Mission Viejo he co-owns with his brother. It was after 11 p.m. April 14, and the burglars suspected of stealing more than $1.2 million in diamonds and assorted baubles from his other store in Laguna Niguel…
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California are joining forces to catch a new breed of brazen criminals using travel visas to enter the U.S. to pillage homes, businesses and automobiles. Dubbed by authorities as “burglary tourism,” sophisticated gangs comprised of Chilean nationals are suspected of committing a string of thefts in…
Maria Villatoro had a few things on her checklist that would sway her vote for her kids’ new school board member: They should make the superintendent work harder, visit schools in her southeast Los Angeles neighborhood more often — and preferably, be a Latina, who might better understand the needs…
Michael Vechell had already drawn the attention of an airline worker and two passengers at Los Angeles International Airport by the time he was confronted by police. Waiting to board his Philadelphia-bound flight with his dog Odie, Vechell had sparked concern when he sidled up to another passenger…
The CIF-SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College on Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Torrance. Oluwatob Adegoke of Los Osos places first with a distance of 23-00.50 in the boys Division 1 long jump competition during the CIFSS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College on Saturday, May 11, 2019…
The normally diplomatic Southern California Edison talks bluntly about power outages caused by metallic party balloons. “It is a problem that shows no end,” reads a written statement from SCE, the primary supplier of electricity in Southern California, serving 15 million people within 50,000 square miles. Mylar balloon-caused power outages in SCE territory have increased…
