VISTA, Calif.—A woman who fatally shot her husband at their Carlsbad home over a decade ago was re-sentenced March 9 to 40 years to life in state prison. Julie Harper, 49, was convicted of second-degree murder and a gun-use allegation for the 2012 slaying of her husband, Jason Harper, 39. She was convicted in a…

Ontario’s top court has overturned a decision made by a superior court last year that ruled in favour of a mother who didn’t want her two children to receive the COVID-19 vaccines due to concerns over potential side effects. The mother was contesting a motion brought forward by her ex-husband on Jan. 25, 2022, that…

The constitutional rights of defendants are in jeopardy because of a backlogged court system and mask mandates in Orange County, a Southern California criminal attorney says. Karren Kenney of Kenney Legal Defense told The Epoch Times that the Orange County court system is so backed up that the notions of getting a timely trial and…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (CNS)—A Los Angeles judge April 12 denied a defense motion for a mistrial in the case of Robert Durst, a New York real estate scion charged with murder for a longtime friend’s killing in Benedict Canyon just before Christmas Eve 2000, ruling that evidence the defense sought to exclude can be admitted. Durst’s…

The California Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring a Laguna Beach couple to remove an unpermitted seawall in front their beachfront home and pay a $1 million fine for its illegal construction. The March 25 decision ends a lawsuit more than three months after an appellate court upheld the California Coastal Commission’s fine and cease and desist order. “In limited circumstances, shoreline armoring or seawalls…

SANTA ANA—An Orange County Superior Court judge Feb. 24 ruled that City of Orange Councilman Mike Alvarez must vacate the seat he was re-elected to in November because serving a third term violates term-limit laws. Alvarez was elected to the city council in 2012 and re-elected four years later. The city imposed term limits in…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—A judge granted a three-year restraining order on Dec. 23 to keep billionaire “bond king” Bill Gross from harassing his Laguna Beach neighbor by blasting backyard music, in the latest development in a dispute that erupted when the neighbor filed a complaint against Gross for erecting netting around an outdoor art installation…