Tag: Regional News

Woman Hit and Killed by Vehicle Doing Donuts at Street Takeover in South LA

LOS ANGELES—A 24-year-old woman was fatally injured when she was struck by a vehicle doing “donuts” during a street takeover in the Hyde Park community of South Los Angeles on Christmas night, authorities said Dec. 26. The woman was standing at the northeast corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Florence Avenue when she was struck at…


Capistrano Unified Terminates Superintendent’s Contract ‘Without Cause’ in Split Vote

Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent Kirsten Vital Brulte will leave her position by the end of the year, following a 4–3 vote by school board members during a Dec. 21 special meeting. The decision was made “without cause,” the board’s President Krista Castellanos said during the meeting. Castellanos, along with Trustees Gary Pritchard, Michael Parham,…


Former Vineyard Anaheim Church Members Sue ‘Dwelling Place’ Pastors for Fraud

Former members of Anaheim’s Vineyard Church—now The Dwelling Place—are suing the church’s senior leaders for fraud, claiming they split the church from the Vineyard network and took control over the church and its $62 million assets under false pretenses. For more than 40 years, Vineyard Anaheim Church had been a pillar of the Orange County…


3 Injured During Pursuit When SUV Crashes Into Ambulance in Oceanside

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Three people were hospitalized after an SUV being pursued by deputies crashed into an ambulance, the Oceanside Fire Department said Dec. 25. Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department were called to a home on Casa Bonita Way in Vista at about 8 p.m. Saturday, where a suspect fled the home in an…


La Mesa Fire Kills Dog, Destroys Apartment, Damages 3 Others

LA MESA, Calif.—A fire inside a La Mesa apartment building Dec. 25 left a dog dead, displaced six people and damaged three other units. The blaze was reported around 1:40 p.m. on San Juan Street, the San Miguel Fire-Rescue department told the San Diego Union-Tribune. A child told firefighters that the blaze started in the…


La Mesa Fire Kills Dog, Destroyed an Apartment, Damages 3 Others

LA MESA, Calif.—A fire inside a La Mesa apartment building Dec. 25 left a dog dead, displaced six people and damaged three other units. The blaze was reported around 1:40 p.m. on San Juan Street, the San Miguel Fire-Rescue department told the San Diego Union-Tribune. A child told firefighters that the blaze started in the…


Rain Coming to Southern California to Close Out 2022

LOS ANGELES—After a sunny Christmas weekend, Southern California looks to be in for several days of rain to close out 2022. Current forecasts call for a chance of rain in Los Angeles and Orange County for five straight days beginning Dec. 27 and continuing through New Year’s Eve, followed by sunshine on New Year’s Day…


No-Burn Order Extended Through Monday in Much of SoCal

LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of Southern California through Dec. 26 due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday. It affects all…


Man Stabbed to Death by Relative in Compton on Christmas Night

COMPTON, Calif.—A man was stabbed to death by a relative in Compton on Christmas night, authorities said Dec. 26. Deputies summoned to the 100 block of North Culver Avenue minutes after 10 p.m. Sunday found the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The 20–25-year-old Hispanic man suffered stab wounds to his upper body and…


Elderly Woman in Westminster Thwarts Robbery Attempt With Pepper Spray

WESTMINSTER, Calif.—An elderly woman foiled an attempted robbery of her purse by squirting the armed perpetrator with pepper spray while taking a Christmas morning stroll in Westminster, authorities said Dec. 26. “Luckily, the suspect did not shoot the victim and instead fled the scene on his bicycle,” said Sgt. Alan Aoki of the Westminster Police…