COSTA MESA — An armed robbery suspect who’s on the loose could be responsible for a string of stickups of fast-food restaurants and gas stations in Orange County, including a robbery Monday afternoon at a Shell station in Westminster. Several of the holdups occurred within a several-hour period on Sunday, beginning with an armed robbery…
A home decor big box retailer, At Home, is choosing Lake Forest as its first location in California. The 85,000-square-foot store will open in early spring at the Foothill Ranch Towne Centre near the 241 Toll Road, filling the space used by Sports Chalet and the Maiselle Fine Furniture, officials said. The store will carry furniture,…
Under mounting pressure and a national media glare, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles now plans to support criminal charges against two longtime nuns accused of embezzling as much as $500,000 from St. James Catholic School in Torrance. The reversal comes amid a “deeper” investigation into the alleged actions of Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister…
A mother and son found dead in a charred car during the Woolsey fire in Malibu last month have been identified. The two were identified as Anthony Noubar Baklayan, 57, of Oak Park and Shoushan Baklayan, 82, of Malibu, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The pair…
WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats have raised the prospect of impeachment or the real possibility of prison time for President Donald Trump if it’s proved that he directed illegal hush money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals. “There’s a very real prospect that…
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday morning two miles from Castle Rock Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:38 p.m. PST at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from Healdsburg, 14 miles from Windsor…
To fend off lawsuits over its plans to build a new city in the rugged countryside northwest of Los Angeles, Tejon Ranch Co. made a landmark concession to environmentalists. It promised a decade ago to preserve 90% of its land — 240,000 acres — as an untouched ecological conservancy for public enjoyment…
There was the congressman from Fullerton who read the particulars of “male homosexual sex” into the Congressional Record in an effort to put the brakes on gay rights. There was the representative from Tustin who warned of a communist plot by the United Nations to take over America using “barefooted…
A man was fatally shot in Santa Ana on Sunday, Dec. 9. A resident reported the shooting at about 5:15 p.m. near the intersection of St. Andrew Place and South Kilson Drive, said Santa Ana Police Commander Robert Rodriguez. He said officers responding to the call found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound…
