Another Orange County City Bans Whippets
Officials in Costa Mesa are joining a growing list of cities to ban the sale of whippets – nitrous oxide or NOS – for recreational drug use. So far, Orange County’s Board of Supervisors and officials in Stanton and Santa Ana, have banned selling what is also known as galaxy gas to people who intend to use the gas to...
Irvine Police seek suspect who spent $12K at an Apple store using a stolen...
Last week, a vehicle burglary occurred at Doheny State Beach, and credit cards were taken, according to the Irvine Police Department. Instead of using his Apple Pay, the suspect used the victim’s stolen credit card for a $12,000 shopping spree at the Apple store in Irvine. The suspect is...
Long Beach man arrested for stealing detergent and wine bottles from a Ralphs store...
On Thursday, police officers were called to Ralph’s for a theft that had just “uncorked,” according to the Irvine Police Department. Luckily, IPD officers were already in the area and they sniffed out the scheme quickly. The suspect had already stashed away a bubbly load of detergent...
Man crushed to death after brick wall collapses in Long Beach
A man in Long Beach was crushed to death Sunday evening when a brick wall collapsed on him, police said.
Off-duty firefighter finds body of hit-and-run victim in Huntington Park
A large intersection in Huntington Park was closed off on Sunday morning after an off-duty firefighter found a hit-and-run victim lying in the roadway, officials confirmed. The Los Angeles County Fire Department said a call came in around 6:19 a.m. reporting that a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene....
Van Nuys Man Gets Probation for Selling Malware That Stole Passwords, Private Data
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Van Nuys man was sentenced Thursday to three years' probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine for scheming to market and sell malware that gave purchasers control over computers and enabled them to steal victims' private communications, login credentials and other personal information. Edmond...
Killer from Orange County’s last victim identified as his own daughter
The final victim in New Hampshire's infamous Bear Brook murders has been identified, officials said Sunday, ending a more-than-40-year effort to identify all four bodies found in a state park in Allenstown across three decades. Rea Rasmussen, who was last seen in the late 1970s, has been identified as the...
Family establishes GoFundMe for man shot to death at Cerritos sports park
CERRITOS – The family of a man shot to death at a Cerritos sports park on Aug. 31 has established a fundraiser to assist them at this difficult time. The man has been identified as 21-year-old Jose Tellez, who was killed alongside 17-year-old Eliseo Sandoval Valverde, who was a student at Chula Vista High School.
Small plane crashes in Southern California
A small plane went down in a field near a California Highway Patrol office in Valencia on Sunday evening, prompting a large emergency response but leaving both people on board unharmed, according to authorities. Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said they received reports of the crash at 5:06 p.m. and...
Three home burglary suspects were arrested in north Orange County
Early on Friday morning, police officers responded to the area of W. Wanda Dr. & W. Chapman Ave. regarding a possible residential burglary, according to the Fullerton Police Department. Turns out, three people (two adult males and one adult female) thought breaking into someone else’s home was a solid life...
