Tag: Regional News

Man Gets 15 Years to Life for Killing Escort in Newport Beach

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 36-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced Dec. 13 to 15 years to life in prison for killing an escort in a Newport Beach office building at the end of 2015. Nain Isaac Nieto Hernandez, 36, was convicted Aug. 10 of second-degree murder in the Dec. 18, 2015, killing of 23-year-old Sarai Alcaraz…


‘Stuff-an-RV’: SoCal Company Delivers Holiday Joy

As the holiday season approaches, one of the nation’s largest RV rental and sales companies has joined KABC’s Stuff-a-Bus Toy Drive to spread Christmas cheer to local families and charities. El Monte RV, located in Santa Fe Springs, held its own “Stuff-an-RV” that ultimately delivered bikes, scooters, dolls, race cars, sports equipment, and more to…


OC Animal Care Is Giving Away Small Pets Through Christmas Eve

The Orange County Animal Care shelter in Tustin, California, is waiving adoption fees for small pets through Christmas Eve, including cats, birds, bunnies, hamsters, and guinea pigs. Launching the program was Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, who allocated $30,000 to the shelter from the county’s portion of the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal program…


Mississippi Set to Execute Man for 2000 Rape and Murder of 16-Year-Old

Mississippi is set to execute only the second person in the past decade on Dec. 14, a date recently set by the Mississippi Supreme Court. A federal judge rejected an appeal to halt the execution, as the inmate is currently suing the state over its use of three lethal injection drugs. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58,…


New DNA Test Leads to Arrest in 35-Year-Old Pennsylvania Murder Case

Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a woman in the 35-year-old murder case of her husband. Judith Ann Jarvis, now 76, was arrested Tuesday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of Carl Jarvis, according to a criminal complaint. Just after midnight on Aug. 10, 1987, Judith Jarvis, then 41, called state police and…


Judge Rules Gascón Recall Group Can Examine Some Rejected Signatures

A judge ruled last week Los Angeles County election officials must allow organizers behind the effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón to examine about 10,000 rejected signatures in a tentative ruling that permits the committee partial access to some voter records. The committee aims to identify enough signatures that were incorrectly removed…


Gil Cedillo Defends Not Resigning From LA City Council Over Racist Conversation

Just hours after his term ended, former Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo released a statement Dec. 12, defending his decision not to step down from his seat over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that involved three other officials. Cedillo lost his re-election bid to Eunisses Hernandez in June—months before the conversation between…


LA Council Meeting Again Devolves Into Chaos as Kevin de León Attends

Embattled Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León sat by himself in the council horseshoe Dec. 13, talking to staff and mulling over his options after he made his second consecutive appearance at a council meeting despite protesters and some of his colleagues making it known that he was unwelcome. Tuesday’s council meeting devolved into…


‘The Christmas Hero’ of Arcadia Ignites Community Spirit With Annual Holiday Display

After his wife was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, one 20-year Montebello school teacher made the “most difficult choice of [his] life” to walk away from his livelihood in order to take care of her, a choice he says led him down a new path to spread joy in his community. “It’s like a special…


Orange County Transit Board Approves Labor Contract With Maintenance Workers

Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) board members approved a new contract with its maintenance workers this week, ensuring that public buses keep running in the county. OCTA board members voted 13–1 to approve the contract during their Dec. 12 board meeting after Teamsters Local 952, the union representing the maintenance workers, ratified the contract over…