BOSTON — Actress Felicity Huffman is returning to court to be sentenced for her role in sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. The “Desperate Housewives” star is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May. She’s the first parent to be sentenced among…
ANAHEIM — The driver of a big rig that crashed into a wall alongside the northbound lanes of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Anaheim, causing the semi to catch fire and authorities to shut down all lanes of the freeway for more than two hours, was hospitalized Friday morning in serious condition. The crash…
Despite federal law requiring that a night watchman remain awake at all times, the entire crew of the Conception was asleep when a deadly fire ignited, NTSB investigators find.
A 20-foot-long tapestry that pays tribute to street racer Big Willie Robinson, the whereabouts of which were unknown after it was auctioned off in 2006, has been found in Orange County.
LOS ANGELES — A heat advisory signaling “a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are possible” will be in effect Friday in several parts of L.A. County, including the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys and the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains, where temperatures will hit triple-digit levels. Heat advisories were not declared for…
Police Chief Michel Moore said the department will conduct a more stringent review process before deploying informants in “sensitive locations.” The change comes after Times report on the department’s decision to spy on a group planning protests against President Trump.
After 27 years as chief clerk of the California Assembly, Dotson Wilson will retire at the end of September.
A PG&E effort to ask the California Legislature to help the company pay off wildfire claims fell flat this year at the state Capitol.
A La Habra police officer was injured Thursday when the driver of a vehicle that had been reported stolen rammed his patrol car. Officials said officers were sent to the 900 block of West Las Lomas Drive to check out a vehicle that was parked in the area for over an hour with people inside….
A 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for her role in a Santa Ana carjacking and robbery in which the motorist was shot despite turning over the vehicle’s keys. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of attempted murder that would have…
