Parents of students at St. James Catholic School — past and present — have visited the Torrance Police Department in recent days to hand over bank records for an investigation into alleged embezzlement by two longtime nuns. On Tuesday and Thursday, the Police Department increased staffing to process years of bank records for tuition, fees…
An auto theft suspect led police through traffic Thursday on the 55 Freeway and surface streets in downtown Santa Ana before he was arrested. Officers responding to reports of a possible robbery at about 4 p.m. encountered a man in what was later confirmed to be a stolen 2002 Chevy Tahoe, according to Santa Ana…
Days after police launched an investigation into allegations that two nuns embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from St. James Catholic School in Torrance, the school is facing more legal trouble. On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that a former fifth-grade teacher who was fired from the K-8 school after she was diagnosed with…
A short section of the 134 Freeway between Glendale and Pasadena was officially renamed after President Barack Obama on Thursday, a tribute to the 44th president who attended Occidental College in nearby Eagle Rock from 1979-1981 while living in Pasadena for a portion of that time. Two large, green-and-white freeway signs were unveiled Thursday, one…
Long Beach State University marine biologist Gwen Goodmanlowe (right) led the effort to identify shark jaws an exporter surrendered to the federal government. (Photo courtesy of Long Beach State University Public Affairs) Nearly 5,000 shark jaws, some from endangered species, were examined and cataloged by staff and students at the California State University, Long Beach….
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s plan to help drivers escape traffic by sending cars hurtling through dozens of skinny tunnels has caught the imagination of some Californians who are sick of gridlock but unwilling to give up their vehicles. But even if that could happen, does that mean it should?…
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Thursday four miles from Aguanga, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:18 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.9 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 19 miles from Valle Vista, Calif., 19 miles from East…
A San Francisco police officer who came under scrutiny in 2015 for his role in a racist and homophobic texting scandal in the department was charged Wednesday with robbing a bank. Federal authorities say Rain Daugherty, 44, who is on unpaid leave from the San Francisco Police Department, robbed…
A homeless Joshua Tree couple accused of child abuse after they were found living with their children in a shack in the desert earlier this year no longer faces criminal charges in the case. Daniel Panico, 73, and Mona Kirk, 51, had been charged in March with three felony counts of child abuse…
A former Yuma police officer was found guilty Wednesday of raping and sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman related to him by marriage during a family get-together in San Diego last year. After nearly four days of deliberations, jurors convicted 34-year-old Jared Elkins of one count each of…
