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A Southern California man was convicted of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl in a case that went cold before advancements in DNA testing led to his arrest. Francisco Javier Lopez, 51, of Montebello, was convicted of sexually assaulting the girl after he saw her in a Santa Ana area in 2012.

A Marine veteran has a reason to smile today after a Huntington Beach dentist stepped in to fix his broken tooth.

Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava has proposed a new entertainment tax targeting tickets and parking at major venues like Disneyland, Angel Stadium, and the Honda Center, aiming to address a $60 million city budget deficit. Rubalcava’s proposal would amount to a 2–3% tax on tickets and up to 5% tax on...

WESTMINSTER, CA – The Orange County Probation Department (OC Probation) carried out a targeted enforcement operation this week, focusing on high-risk offenders released from prison under Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). Probation officers conducted unannounced compliance checks in neighborhoods across the...

Last Saturday, around 5:35 P.M., eight women were approached by a male on a bicycle at Mason Park, according to the Irvine Police Department. The subject yelled derogatory comments at the women and rode away. The subject returned and continued to yell derogatory remarks at the females. One victim recorded...

A Costa Mesa man was arrested Thursday after detectives linked him to a theft of tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of popular collectible anime cards. The victim called officers to investigate a theft from his vehicle on Stizza Avenue, according to the Irvine Police Department, and reported that about $45,000 in...

A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for helping launder more than $36.9 million from victims in an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. Shengsheng He, 39, of La Puente, was sentenced on Sept. 8, and is...

ROSEMEAD – A 51-year-old man who was found injured in Rosemead was identified by county authorities on Friday. An undescribed incident was reported Sunday at 2:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of Falling Leaf Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The man was taken to...

The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in Orange County has hired its first woman as superintendent in its 151-year history. Kym LeBlanc-Esparza will start next month, the Orange County Register reported. She is a deputy superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado, the state’s second-largest...

Police say they’re investigating a stabbing in West Long Beach that left a boy injured Wednesday. The boy was in the 2100 block of Santa Fe Avenue around 5:39 p.m. when he got into a fight with another boy, according to the Long Beach Police Department. The second boy then stabbed the first boy, police said.