Santa Ana pastor charged with sexually assaulting 3 girls under age 10; more...
Charges have been filed against a man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls he met at a Santa Ana church, and prosecutors are seeking the public's help to identify other potential victims,...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after hourslong pursuit, standoff involving stolen big rig...
A suspect is in custody Thursday morning following an hourslong pursuit and standoff that involved a stolen big rig and prompted a closure on the 55 Freeway in Santa Ana. The 12-hour-long incident...
View ArticleSearch on for multiple vehicles involved in hit-and-run crash that left man...
Police are searching for two vehicles believed to have fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash that left a man dead in Santa Ana early Friday morning. The pedestrian was struck about 1:20 a.m. on...
View ArticleO.C. high school football player suffers traumatic brain injury in locker...
A lawsuit claims a player on a highly ranked Orange County high school football team suffered traumatic brain injury, gashes and a broken nose in a locker room hazing ritual in which players punch...
View ArticleSanta Ana high school athlete suffered broken jaw after planned attack by...
A Mater Dei High School student athlete suffered a broken jaw in an attack orchestrated by a classmate and carried out by two football players who repeatedly punched him in the head and the face,...
View ArticleEx-O.C. sheriff’s deputy charged after allegedly pouring scalding water on...
A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been charged months after allegedly pouring scalding water on a mentally ill patient, officials announced Monday. Guadalupe Ortiz, 47, faces one...
View ArticleSanta Ana parents arrested after 2-year-old girl stabbed and left with...
A Santa Ana mother and father were arrested after their 2-year-old daughter was hospitalized with a stab wound Sunday morning, police said. The father, identified as Santos Beltran, had dropped off...
View ArticleInnocent bystander speaks out after being struck by gang gunfire in Santa Ana
A mother who was injured after being caught in the crossfire of an apparently gang-related shooting in Santa Ana is speaking out after spending nearly a week in the hospital. Shelby Nelson reports for...
View ArticleParents of 2-year-old charged in torture, stabbing of girl at Santa Ana home
The parents of a 2-year-old child that was tortured, stabbed and beaten are facing several charges, Orange County authorities reported Tuesday. Santos Salgado Beltran, 34, and Ana Billalba, 27, were...
View ArticleSuspects wanted in I.E. armed robberies arrested in Santa Ana
Two men wanted in a series of armed robberies in the Inland Empire were arrested in Santa Ana Thursday night. The suspects may be linked to more than a dozen recent incidents in the region. Shelby...
View ArticleMater Dei president resigns after football team hazing scandal
The president of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana is leaving in the wake of an alleged hazing scandal involving the school’s storied football program. Father Walter E. Jenkins, who started at Mater...
View ArticleFederal jury trials suspended in L.A., Santa Ana, Riverside amid rapid COVID...
Federal jury trials in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Riverside have been suspended for at least three weeks due to the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the...
View ArticleSanta Ana man accused of molesting 13-year-old girl, recording assault on...
A Santa Ana man accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl and recording the incident on video has been arrested, police announced Friday. The teenage victim told police that she had been molested by...
View ArticleGardena teen faces murder charge after another teen fatally shot in Santa...
A 19-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in downtown Santa Ana last month, police announced. Mateo Jerome Paul of Gardena was seen on surveillance...
View Article2 dead, several injured in 4-car crash in Santa Ana, police say
Two men were killed in a four-car crash in Santa Ana Friday evening, police said. The collision, which occurred at about 5:48 p.m. near the intersection of Bristol Street and Saint Andrews Place,...
View ArticleSanta Ana police investigating fatal shooting of Pacoima man
A 32-year-old man is dead after he was shot in Santa Ana Saturday night, police said. The victim, Pablo De Jesus Lopez of Pacoima, was found "suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his upper...
View ArticleOrange County bus riders facing possible service disruptions as potential...
Orange County residents who depend on public bus service could be affected by route disruptions as the Orange County Transportation Authority and a union representing its bus drivers work to hammer...
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Video: Man sought after throwing gasoline on woman in Santa Ana parking lot
A man is being sought by authorities after dousing gasoline on a woman in Santa Ana last month. Around 10 a.m. on Jan. 2, a Jack in the Box employee was outside the eatery on Bristol Street when a man...
View ArticleDriver 'miraculously' survives Santa Ana crash involving bus, semi truck: OCFA
One person was injured in a crash involving a car, an Orange County bus and a semi truck in Santa Ana Monday morning, officials said. The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. at the intersection of...
View ArticleMcDonald’s franchisee to pay nearly $26K for child labor violations at 3 O.C....
A McDonald’s franchisee agreed to pay nearly $26,000 for violating child labor laws at three Santa Ana locations, federal authorities announced Wednesday. The restaurants were letting minors operate...
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