Two men were sentenced to prison for their roles in the abduction and sexual assault of a woman who was walking home in downtown Huntington Beach. Florentino Contreras Bacilio, 52, and Angel Lopezevaristo, 34, both of Long Beach, kidnapped a 27-year-old woman who was walking home on June 6, 2021, according to the Orange County […]

Legendary rock guitarist Phil Campbell, who spent more than three decades playing with the iconic heavy metal band Motörhead, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced Saturday in a statement shared on social media by the band. “We cannot believe we’re saying this… with profound sadness we share that Philip Anthony […]

A local family is mourning the loss of a young father who was killed in a fiery crash in Porter Ranch last week.   The crash occurred around 10 a.m. on Mar. 8 in the 10500 block of Tampa Avenue and involved a single car, a 2015 Acura sedan, that collided with a pole before catching fire.   First responders rushed to […]

When Charles Thomson and William Barton designed the Great Seal of the United States more than 200 years ago, they were unambiguous about its meaning. A bald eagle would clutch arrows in one set of talons, symbolizing war, and an olive branch in the other, symbolizing peace. In 1945, President Harry Truman officially declared that […]

A person was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after they crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department squad car. According to an LAPD spokesperson, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of North Alvarado Street in the Westlake neighborhood on reports of a traffic collision just before 3 a.m. Saturday. Investigation into […]

The yearslong battle over TikTok’s ownership has concluded in a $10 billion windfall for the Trump administration. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that investors in the recently completed deal to create a US-controlled TikTok will pay the government the exorbitant sum for its role in helping broker the transaction. The fee is about […]

Federal Judge James Boasberg quashed two grand jury subpoenas on Friday afternoon that are part of the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, finding ample evidence that the subpoenas were intended to harass or coerce Powell into lowering interest rates, with no evidence pointing toward wrongdoing. “A mountain of evidence suggests […]

A 22-year-old convicted murderer was arrested after he cut off his GPS monitoring device while attending classes at an Orange County community college, authorities said. Jose Angel Aguilar, 22, was serving time at a juvenile facility for a murder he committed in 2021 when he was 17, according to the Orange County Probation Department. On […]

Police have arrested the parents of two young girls killed in a Murrieta mobile home fire on Dec. 20, officials announced Friday. The Murrieta Police Department and firefighters with Murrieta Fire & Rescue responded to a fire on the 41000 block of Knight Drive early that morning. When they arrived, they found a mobile home, […]