NEWPORT BEACH — A former treasurer of the National Parkinson Foundation’s Orange County chapter pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling from the organization and was immediately sentenced to six months in jail. Judith Louise Woodhouse, 53, of Irvine, pleaded guilty to grand theft and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, all felonies. She…
A 1-year-old boy was hit and killed in the street by a pickup truck backing out of a nearby house a day after Christmas, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is investigating. Officials said deputies responded on Wednesday at about 4:50 p.m. to the 4000 block of Casa Oro Drive in Yorba Linda. Once there,…
A 19-year-old accused of driving twice the speed limit before her sedan loaded with seven people crashed in Tustin, fatally injuring two teenage passengers, has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, officials said Wednesday. Josselyn Jazmine Anguiano, 19, of Santa Ana was charged on Nov. 27 with two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter…
Prosecutors announced charges against a man accused of kidnapping a woman in September at Fullerton High School, and Wednesday asked additional potential victims to step forward. A woman in her mid-20s sat alone in a courtyard of the campus at about 2 a.m. on Sept. 29 when she was allegedly attacked by Camran Abbas Mohammed,…
By BERNARD McGHEE In a year filled with heightened political vitriol, two deaths brought the nation together to remember men who represented a seemingly bygone era of U.S. politics. George H.W. Bush was a president, vice president, congressman, CIA director and Navy pilot during World War II, where he flew 58 missions and was shot…
The burning of wood in fireplaces or outdoor pits and stoves will be prohibited in much of Southern California on Thursday, Dec. 27, the South Coast Air Quality Management District said. The ban includes manufactured logs such as those made from wax or paper. The order affects Orange County, Los Angeles and non-desert portions of…
Bruce Mulhearn, who started out in a small office in Bellflower 52 years ago and became a dominant figure in the Southern California real estate industry, died Wednesday, Dec. 26. Mulhearn, 80, president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, died at his home in Bay Harbor from complications from a pulmonary lung disease which he…
An investigator acknowledged Wednesday that he has reassessed the ignition point of the massive Holy fire – which burned through more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties – but still believes the blaze was intentionally set by a resident of the rural canyon where it began. During a daylong hearing to determine whether…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday four miles from Cushenbury, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:15 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 10 miles from Big Bear City, 18 miles from Apple…
Longtime soccer coach Sigi Schmid, who played and coached soccer at Bishop Montgomery and coached the Galaxy on two separate occasions, died Tuesday night. Schmid, 65, had been hospitalized for a couple of weeks due to an undisclosed condition. The Schmid family released the following statement: “On Tuesday, December 25, Sigi Schmid passed away at…
