Corona Pair Admit Home Gardens Attack, Sentenced to Prison
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Two men who attacked and shot a Home Gardens resident were bound for state prison Tuesday to serve sentences that, between them, total nearly 30 years behind bars. Alexander Lopez, 38, and Juan Manuel Lopez Jr., 42, both of Corona, reached plea agreements with the Riverside...
100-year-old Garden Grove toymaker receives hundreds of letters from fans
A 100-year-old toymaker in Orange County is gaining national attention. Harold "Hal" Yoak is a World War II veteran who makes wooden toys by hand in his garage.
Irvine attorney gets only one year in jail after a fatal DUI crash
Lotfullah Sohaib Latif, a 34-year-old lawyer and Irvine resident, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 9 to one year in jail and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service for a DUI crash that killed a United States Postal Service driver in Garden Grove. Latif was convicted on October 21,...
Bomb threat forces California High School to go under lockdown
Students and faculty at California High School in Whittier were put on lockdown Monday after a bomb threat and reports from residents who saw a man with an AR-15 making threats near the school. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 2:03 p.m. for a non-specified threat...
Community Rallies Against ICE Violence in Fullerton
Approximately 400 people gathered at Fullerton City Hall on January 9 for a community rally aimed at protesting the recent killing by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, as well as the increasing incidents of ICE abductions in Orange County. The event, organized for individuals of faith and...
High school coach reunites with San Clemente firefighter who saved his life
An Orange County man who suffered a heart attack on a pickleball court last month reunited with the off-duty firefighter who saved his life.
Abandoned Southern California mall overrun by vandals; 402 police calls since October
Authorities in Westminster, a suburb in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity. According to the Westminster Police Department, the mall has been boarded up since its closure; however, people...
PHOTO: L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Served Starbucks Coffee with ‘Extremely Offensive’ Pig Drawn on Cup
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was recently served a cup of coffee with an “offensive” image drawn on it, the news coming after many years of leftists not attempting to hide their anti-law enforcement stance. An employee at a Starbucks in Norwalk gave the deputy...
A DUI driver was arrested after doing spinouts at the Irvine Spectrum
On Thursday morning, a 22-year-old from Orange decided to spin her car around, like a pinwheel on a windy day, on top of one of the Spectrum parking structures, according to the Irvine Police Department. Working with Spectrum Security and IPD dispatchers, a police officer quickly located the driver and...
Are Homeowners Responsible for Sidewalk Hazards?
Most people assume sidewalks are the city’s problem. They’re public, after all. But responsibility isn’t always that simple. And when someone trips, falls, or crashes a bike near a home, things can get confusing fast. Who fixes it?. Who’s liable?. And what actually counts as a...
