Pedestrian Dies in Crash in Ventura Freeway Near Calabasas
A pedestrian was killed Monday morning in a crash involving a big rig on the Ventura (101) Freeway in the Calabasas-Agoura Hills area of western Los Angeles County. The crash was reported at 5:57 a.m. on the eastbound side of the freeway just west of Lost Hills Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Prayers Pouring In After ‘Horrific’ U.S. Highway Crash Kills 4
Prayers are pouring in after a "horrific" U.S. highway crash killed four people over the weekend. A deadly crash in Long Beach, California, near the airport, claimed four lives. A car traveling southbound on Lakewood hit a center median, crashed, struck a concrete barrier and caught on fire. Four ...
Coroner IDs One of the Long Beach Crash Victims
One of four people killed tin a fiery single-vehicle crash in Long Beach over the weekend was identified by county authorities Monday. Officers responded at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a crash in the area of East Spring Street and Lakewood Boulevard, not far from Long Beach Airport, the Long Beach Police Department...
Serial child molester could be released from Southern California prison
A serial child molester serving his sentence at a Southern California prison has been granted parole, sparking widespread outrage. David Allen Funston was convicted in 1999 in Sacramento County of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation. According to prosecutors who handled the case, Funston would approach...
Man accused of grooming girl to send self-harm images arrested at Castaic motel
An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of grooming a young teen he met on the Discord online platform to send him sexually explicit material and images of self-harm faces federal charges after the victim was rescued by authorities at a motel in northern Los Angeles County, according to the Department of Justice.
24-year-old inmate dies at Orange County jail
The Santa Ana Police Department booked the inmate into the Theo Lacy Facility on Feb. 19 for vehicle theft, receiving a stolen vehicle and obstructing or resisting a peace officer.
CEO of large vocational school, alleged co-conspirators charged in scheme that drained injured workers’...
The CEO of one of California’s largest vocational return to work counseling centers, Hazel Ortega, 54, of La Habra, and alleged co-conspirators Gemi Bertran, 54, and Elbert Irving, 41, have been arraigned on 31 felony counts for allegedly orchestrating a kickback and forgery scheme that drained injured workers’...
CHP officer who died after Culver City crash had fentanyl in his system, medical...
The death of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer, who crashed his patrol car on duty in Culver City last year, was caused by the effects of fentanyl, Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office announced Monday. Officer Miguel Cano, 34, crashed his cruiser into a tree at around 12:30 a.m....
Officials sound alarm over massive wildfire’s devastating impact as they ‘need to confirm’
Federal and state officials are racing to verify whether cleanup and emergency response efforts tied to the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County were adequate, launching new investigations and sampling programs even as questions mount about what went wrong during the blaze. The Environmental Protection Agency has...
Loggers Take Whittier Series With Doubleheader Sweep
WHITTIER, Calif. -- The Loggers bounce back on Saturday, winning both games of their doubleheader against Whittier and taking the series. The Loggers jumped right into the action in game one, as Matt Churchill walked, Kellen Krebs singled, and Cooper Allen sent Churchill home with an RBI double Evan Moll then got the...
