The medical examiner’s office released, on July 17, the names of two of three people killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on the Santa Ana 5 Freeway in Norwalk. The crash was reported at 2:22 a.m. on July 16 on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway south of Florence Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP)….

LOS ANGELES—A pedestrian was struck by at least one vehicle and killed on the morning of July 17 on the San Diego 405 Freeway in the unincorporated Lennox area of Los Angeles County. The death was reported at 3:42 a.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway at Lennox Boulevard near the Los Angeles International Airport…

Turkey appears set to be heading to a runoff vote after neither of the two top contenders secured an outright majority in contentious May 14 presidential polls. According to Turkey’s official electoral commission, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), secured roughly 49 percent of the vote. Kemal Kilicdaroglu,…

Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP), NATO member Turkey has walked a fine line between the West and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But this may change after May 14, when Turkey will hold crucial elections that could spell the end for the party’s two-decade-long stint at the helm. According…

SILVERADO, Calif.—A three-vehicle crash left at least one person dead and three others injured Dec. 16 in Silverado. The crash occurred about 3:40 p.m. on Santiago Canyon Road at Limestone Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Mazda, Toyota, and Ferrari were involved in the crash, according to highway patrol’s dispatch records. Santiago…

LOS ANGELES—Two brothers were in custody Nov. 23 for their alleged involvement in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in the Van Nuys area that left a motorist wounded. Elijah Allen Green, 24, and Jaiden Allen Green, 18, both of Lancaster, were arrested Nov. 22 and booked on suspicion of robbery…

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A woman and her boyfriend were arrested in connection with the death of the woman’s 7-year-old daughter, who fell from a moving vehicle onto the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway over the weekend, authorities said July 6. The girl was fatally injured at about 3:40 a.m. July 2 near Weldon Canyon Road, the…

A special unit with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) seized about three dozen luxury cars with an estimated value of $2.3 million after a two-month-long investigation, the state law enforcement agency said. The vehicles have reportedly been fraudulently bought from unsuspecting area dealerships and included Aston Martin, Bentley, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, and Porsche….

SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County Superior Court judge faces an inquiry from a judicial watchdog agency stemming from his handling of a murder case when he was a prosecutor, officials announced Jan. 13. Mike Murray faces an inquiry before the Commission on Judicial Performance regarding the prosecution of Cole Wilkins, who was convicted of first-degree…

ORANGE, Calif.—California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers arrested three “sophisticated” thieves at The Outlets at Orange mall, the agency announced Dec. 22. Investigators from the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force first noticed two suspects, a male and female, walking toward the mall with “booster” bags, a special type of handmade bag that uses foil to allow…