Gleaning energy from ocean wind would seem to be a California ideal: It emits no greenhouse gases, has nearly no environmental footprint, and harnesses one of the state’s most powerful and plentiful natural resources. But engineering challenges, regulatory hurdles and concerns about the turbines’…
Minutes after a gunman fired shots in Borderline Bar and Grill, Sgt. Ron Helus arrived outside the Thousand Oaks restaurant, ready to rush in. Patrons smashed windows to escape, injured and bloody. They raced through a parking lot as they fled the bar, where 28-year-old Ian Long had just killed…
The former Fullerton police chief and a captain have been charged with battery on emergency medical technicians after attacking paramedics during a concert, the Orange County district attorney’s office said Friday. David Hendricks, 47, resigned last month. A statement announcing his resignation…
A California Highway Patrol officer assigned to the station in Joshua Tree was charged Friday, Dec. 7, with sex crimes involving children. Robert Stephano, 44, was arrested the same day in Twentynine Palms on suspicion of lewd acts with a child between 14 and 15 years old, communicating with a minor with the intent to…
On the heels of a historic election that swept Republicans from congressional power in Orange County, members of the GOP already are brainstorming how to win back the seats they lost to Democrats. But as party leaders and strategists talk, one thing seems clear: Republicans don’t agree on why they lost their one-time stronghold. Was it pure…
A federal appeals court refused Friday to put a hold on a district judge’s decision to temporarily block President Trump’s order to limit asylum only to immigrants who cross the border at official points of entry. “It is the hallowest of rights that an alien must be allowed to apply for asylum…
The priest at an Encino parish who was placed on leave after allegations of sexually abusing minors will not be charged with crimes related to those six accusers, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Friday, Dec. 7. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles in January placed Father Juan Cano, an associate pastor at Our…
The “It’s a boy” sign, along with the white-frosted cake and the presents and the colored balloons all hinted at the same thing — a baby shower. And, soon enough last Monday, Christian pastors were surrounding a newborn, a boy wrapped in a blanket and his mother’s embrace, and placing their hands on both parents’…
Prosecutors on Friday announced that a new DNA test has confirmed that a man convicted of the 1979 rape and murder of a mother in Fountain Valley did indeed commit the crime. His family recently questioned whether the killing was actually the work of the Golden State Killer. An attorney for the family of William…
Costa Mesa can continue to enforce its regulations for sober living homes, after a Friday, Dec. 7 court decision found they are legal and don’t discriminate against people in recovery. The city was sued in 2014 by Yellowstone Women’s First Step House and the Sober Living Network, a group that represents 11 operators of facilities…
