LOS ANGELES—At Figueroa and 69th Streets girls appearing as young as 15 stood in G-Strings and unbuttoned blouses, one Wednesday evening earlier this month, as cars idled in a small traffic jam under the weak glow of faded street lights. Even on a weeknight, Los Angeles’s busiest area for sex work—known colloquially as “The Blade”—has…
Prostitution, Exploitation Worsening on Los Angeles’s Notorious ‘Blade’ After New California Law
February 19, 2023
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Federal Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Man Suspected In Shootings of Jews
LOS ANGELES—A 28-year-old man suspected of shooting two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district less than 24 hours apart is scheduled to be arraigned March 9 on two federal hate crime counts that could put him behind bars for life. Jaime Tran, previously of Riverside, was charged with committing hate crime…
Ex-OC Deputy Charged with Showing Teenage Girl Pornography
February 18, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy who has been charged with showing pornography to an underage girl is scheduled to be arraigned on March 7, according to court records. Former Deputy Justin Ramirez was charged Feb. 16 with distributing or exhibiting pornography to a minor, according to court records. Ramirez, who was a…
Big Rig Hits, Badly Injures Man Standing Alongside I-8 in Alpine
ALPINE, Calif.—A big rig struck a man standing next to a disabled car alongside Interstate 8 in Alpine early Feb. 17, leaving him severely injured. The 26-year-old Lakeside resident was next to the driver’s side of the broken-down 2002 Cadillac Eldorado on the south side of the freeway near Tavern Road when the eastbound tractor-trailer…
Man Gets 25 Years in Prison for Shooting 2 Men in El Cajon
EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who opened fire on two men in an El Cajon residential neighborhood, killing one of them, was sentenced Feb. 17 to 25 years to life in state prison. Roberto Hernandez, 28, was convicted by a San Diego jury of second-degree murder and attempted murder charges stemming from the March 20, 2020,…
Orange County Family Seeks Donations for Earthquake Victims in Turkey
February 18, 2023
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After one of their homes was nearly destroyed during the massive earthquake in Turkey earlier this month, a family is using restaurants it owns in Orange County, California, to gather supplies and donations for victims of the disaster. “[The earthquake] was terrible. It killed so many people. We knew we had to do whatever we…
Orange County Residents Report ‘Unusual Odor’ and ‘Residue’ on Cars, Officials Say
February 18, 2023
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Orange County health officials are investigating after residents in the region about 70 miles north of New York City reported an unusual odor in the air and residue on their cars, according to local officials. Officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Orange County Fire Services Haz-Mat team visited the…
California Exodus Continues: 700,000 More Left Than Moved in Over 2 Years, US Census Shows
February 17, 2023
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California continues to grapple with the harsh reality of an ongoing migration crisis with its net migration—the difference between people moving in and those moving out—down by nearly 700,000, the most in the country, according to recently released U.S. Census data from April 2020 to July 2022. According to Chapman Economics Professor Dr. James Doti, who…
California Convicted Triple-Murderer Freed From Life Sentence Under ‘Compassionate Release’
February 17, 2023
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A former Westminster attorney and co-founder of an Orange County motorcycle club who has been incarcerated for nearly 40 years for three murders in 1980 has been ordered to be released within 48 hours due to California’s compassionate release laws after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, authorities announced Feb. 16. Thomas F. Maniscalco, 78,…
California to Consider Banning ‘Racist’ Police K9s for Arrests, Crowd Control
February 17, 2023
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California lawmakers filed legislation this week to ban the “racist” use of police canines for arrests and crowd control, sparking some backlash from law enforcement. Assemblyman Corey Jackson, who represents part of Riverside County, and Assemblyman Ash Kaldra, of South San Jose, introduced AB 742 Feb. 13, to end what they said was deeply racialized…
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