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CRIME & SAFETY
Beloved father of 3 killed in brutal Orange County hit-and-run
A family is in mourning after their patriarch was killed in a hit-and-run in Newport Beach earlier this week. A press release from the Newport Beach Police Department indicates that officers were dispatched to the area of North Jamboree Road and Sea Vista Drive on reports of a vehicle colliding with a pedestrian on July […]
Orange County arson suspect charged with setting ten fires
A collaborative partnership of the Orange County Fire Authority and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department resulted in the arrest of Sergio Parracastellon (AKA Sergio Parra), 29, of San Juan Capistrano on Wednesday morning on suspicion of setting multiple vegetation fires in the City of San Juan Capistrano. OCFA Investigators,...
Man extradited to face charges for deadly 2006 shooting at Orange County quinceañera
A man accused of killing another man at a quinceañera in Orange County has been extradited to the U.S. and will finally face charges after spending the last 18 years on the lam in Mexico. Pedro Gallegos-Garcia has been wanted by law enforcement since February 2006, when he allegedly shot and killed a man during […]
Southland still recovering from CrowdStrike outage
Southland airports, ports, government agencies and private businesses were recovering Saturday from a massive global technology outage caused by a botched software update by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
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