LAPD Officer Charged With Disability Fraud After Skydiving While on Injury Leave
A veteran officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has been charged with two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly collecting disability benefits while engaging in physically demanding activities, including skydiving and weightlifting. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office,...
Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into Wall on 405 Freeway
At approximately 3:15am on February 28th, 2026, authorities received reports of a motorcycle crashing into a roadside wall on the on-ramp to northbound Interstate 405 at Springdale Street in Westminster. Witnesses reported the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed prior to impact and veered toward the...
Garden Grove Moves to Ban Whippets
Another Orange County is looking to introduce restrictions on whippets, with Garden Grove officials eying a ban of the inhalant. Recreational nitrous oxide, known as “whippets” or “galaxy gas,” can be inhaled to create a high and can lead to “neurological, hematologic [related to blood], and psychiatric...
Girl, 12, Dies 10 Days After Bully Allegedly Threw a Water Bottle at Her...
RESEDA, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a homicide investigation into the death of 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, a sixth-grade student who died Wednesday following what her family describes as a violent bullying incident at Reseda High School. The preteen passed away at UCLA Children’s...
Teen Driver Shot Near Atlantic and Artesia, Then Drives Himself to Hospital
A teenage boy is recovering after he was shot while driving in North Long Beach early Saturday, then managed to get himself to a nearby hospital. Police say the teen arrived at the hospital around 2:06 a.m. with gunshot wounds and that his injuries are not considered life-threatening. Detectives later cordoned off a...
Former O.C. insurance broker arrested on grand theft and embezzlement charges
ORANGE, Calif., – Insurance broker, Andre De Gazon, 56, of Bellflower, was arraigned today at the Orange County Superior Court on multiple felony counts of grand theft and embezzlement after allegedly using his status as a licensed insurance agent to pocket more than $100,000 of unremitted insurance policy premiums...
LAPD arrests woman accused of filing multimillion-dollar fraudulent property liens
Detectives allege liens for millions of dollars were falsely recorded against properties in LA, Beverly Hills. Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Real Estate Fraud Unit arrested a 58-year-old Los Angeles woman Thursday in an investigation into allegedly fraudulent mechanics liens recorded against...
Yamaha Moving U.S. Headquarters From California To Georgia
Announcement Concerning the Relocation of Our U.S. Subsidiary and the Sale of Fixed Assets. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has decided to relocate its U.S. group company, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (“YMUS”), currently located in Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia. This relocation will be happening,...
Man found shot to death in Compton
COMPTON – A man was killed Sunday morning in Compton, authorities said. The death was reported at 9:37 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of East Pacific Commerce Drive, between the Compton Creek and the Long Beach (710) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The...
OC Man to Plead Guilty to Alleged Role in $270M Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme
An Orange County man is expected to plead guilty Monday to a federal charge for his alleged role in a health-care fraud scheme in which nearly $270 million in bogus claims were submitted to Medi-Cal for expensive prescription drugs that were not medically necessary and, in many instances, not provided.

















