SANTA ANA — A 42-year-old professional gambler from Nevada pleaded guilty Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to five years in prison for his part in the embezzlement of nearly $5.2 million from the Placentia city government. Michael Todd McDonald of Henderson, Nev., in the Las Vegas area, pleaded guilty to two counts of misappropriation or…
LOS ANGELES — A member of a militant Southern California white supremacist group pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge in connection with a violent political rally in Orange County last year in which several journalists were attacked. Tyler Laube, 22, of Redondo Beach, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal…
Dozens of victims of the Woolsey fire trickled in to the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation building in Agoura Hills throughout the day Tuesday, many of them seeking help rebuilding lives that have been shattered by the destructive blaze that burned through Los Angeles and Ventura counties over the last two weeks. “People are coming in…
Orange County is eyeing a 62,000-square-foot industrial building in an area south of Centennial Regional Park as the potential site of a 600-bed homeless shelter that would be a joint operation with the city of Santa Ana. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Nov. 20, unanimously approved pursuing a $12.25 million purchase agreement with…
A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a motion by USA Gymnastics and its former board chairman Paul Parilla to move Olympic champion Aly Raisman’s lawsuit against USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic Committee and former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar to a federal court in Orange County. Judge Beth Labson Freeman of U.S. District Court’s…
The Orange County Board of Supervisors wants to see more inclusion of restaurants serving fresh-food options and better outreach to clients when the county broadens a program that lets homeless, elderly and disabled people use their food stamp benefits to buy hot meals. The five-member board on Tuesday, Nov. 20, approved a countywide expansion of…
PIH Health has opened another urgent care center, this one in La Habra at 1400 S. Harbor Blvd. The center will offer care for minor illnesses, such as earaches, persistent coughs or minor wounds that may need stitches. Sports physicals are also offered at this facility. The La Habra facility joins four other PIH Health…
