A 29-year-old defendant charged with shooting a man in Huntington Beach a week ago is expected to face a murder charge after the victim died over the weekend, officials said Monday, Oct. 28. Dennis Tri Gia Dang of Westminster is accused of shooting 48-year-old Linh Ho of Fountain Valley at about 12:15 p.m. Oct. 20…
A 19-year-old Newport Beach man was sentenced Monday, Oct. 28, to three months in federal prison for stealing an endangered species of lemur from the Santa Ana Zoo. Although Aquinas Arrigo Kasbar has credit for that amount of time already served, he remains in custody while awaiting a Jan. 10 sentencing date in Orange County…
IRVINE — Police Monday released surveillance video and images of two suspects being sought in a residential robbery attempt that left a 20-year-old Irvine resident dead. Officers were called about 5:45 a.m. Saturday to a residence on Bayleaf Lane. The first officers on scene encountered a man who reported he had been assaulted, and that…
Powerful gusts that stoked wildfires in Los Angeles County and whipped through parts of Southern California at 60 mph slowed down briefly Monday, but were forecast to return with greater strength the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 29. Winds reached 68 mph at Pleasants Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains separating Orange and Riverside counties on…
SANTA ANA — A registered nurse has pleaded not guilty to killing a friend in Southern California who’d asked her to help him die after a romantic breakup. Authorities say 58-year-old Kristie Koepplin of Peoria, Arizona entered a not guilty plea to murder on Monday in Orange County. She was released after posting $1 million…
About 25,000 Southern California Edison customers were without power Monday, Oct. 28, and the utility was considering cutting power to areas serving 350,000 more in 10 counties where Santa Ana winds were raising the fire danger. As of 6 p.m. Monday, that included: Los Angeles County: About 8,200 customers without power, 104,600 considered for outages…
All lanes of the southbound 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass are closed. As alternative routes, consider Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Beverly Glen Boulevard and Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
Air quality in the L.A. Basin has worsened along with the Getty fire. Here’s a list of those who should take extra care as air quality deteriorates.
LeBron James, the Lakers superstar who has two homes in Brentwood, is among the evacuees of the Getty fire that erupted early Monday.
The Los Angeles Times is offering free coverage of Southern California fires to provide the broadest possible access to information.
