An Irvine man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison for defrauding a Riverside County businessman out of nearly $650,000 in a phony investment scheme. Aiman Alexander Ataba, 52, was ordered to serve 41 months behind bars after a federal jury earlier this year found him guilty of eight counts of…
SANTA ANA — A former Orange Coast College student charged with vandalizing campus security vehicles and violating protective orders to stay away from the school faces up to a year in jail following a plea bargain last week, his attorney said Monday. Robert Bouton McDougal of Costa Mesa pleaded guilty to a single felony count…
Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim celebrated with its annual two-day Obon Festival this weekend. The festival marking the Obon holiday commemorates loved ones who have passed. The festival featured games and shopping and several booths selling Japanese food. Lindsay Hanashiro, 17, front, with fellow members of the OCBC Daion Taiko Group perform for attendees…
California is the sixth-worst state to retire in. Or 15th best. That’s the confusing message from three recent state-by-state, best-to-retire rankings based on a myriad of economic and demographic stats. Data crunchers at Bankrate and Kiplinger’s both ranked California No. 45 among the states for desirability as a place to live out one’s golden years….
A day after he unwittingly appeared on the premiere episode of a Showtime political satire and seemed to endorse the idea of arming school children as young as 4, U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said he rejects that proposal and accused the show’s creators of unfairly editing the video. “At no time did I endorse training…
By Jeremy Loudenback, The Chronicle of Social Change A bill winding its way through the California legislature would bar the juvenile justice system from hearing the cases of children younger than 12, an idea that has sparked a fierce backlash from district attorneys. California, like most states, has no minimum age that would prevent courts from hearing…
This weekend’s 23rd annual Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals at the Los Alamitos Race Course may not be the fastest two minutes in sports, but it’s arguably the cutest. In preparation, dachshunds from across Southern California and their humans turned out Monday, July 16, for a practice day. They donned colored racing vests, tried out the starting…
A Huntington Beach man was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for his role in a “builder bailout” real estate scheme in which more than 100 condominium units were fraudulently purchased across the country. Momoud Aref Abaji, 36, was convicted in 2016 of multiple felony counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and tax…
ORANGE – Trevor Anthony Win’E was born in Costa Mesa but lived for a short time in Orange before he deployed to Iraq in 2004. So, it seems appropriate that his memory may soon be immortalized in the name of a post office that will serve residents of Orange for years to come. HR-4946, a…
I was telling members of my “Guys Who Like Hallmark Movies” support group about the upcoming Fountain Valley Historical Society’s annual Summer Picnic. This laid-back, fun event is set for noon Sunday, July 22, at Heritage Park next to the Fountain Valley Library. It very much reminds me of a Hallmark movie event, but without the drama….
