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Mass Killer Targeted Victims He Knew In Orange Real Estate Firm Deadly Rampage

First responders outside office buildingA gunman who carried out a deadly rampage inside an office complex in Orange, killing four people including a 9-year-old boy, was acquainted either personally or professionally with the victims and specifically targeted the real estate services company, police said Thursday. The suspect, identified by police as 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, was shot by police […]
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Attorney Suspect In Laguna Hills Barricade, Arson Of His Own Home: Earlier DUI Charge, Domestic Violence

Photo from Pixabay.The suspect accused of setting his own Laguna Hills home ablaze when deputies responded to a neighbor dispute is an employment law attorney, and is being held on $1.7 million bail, according to records obtained Thursday. Richard Edward Quintilone II, 47, was scheduled to appear in the jail courtroom on Friday on a pending driving […]
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Hanging Horror In Exposition Park: Grisly Suicide Found Before Dawn

LAPD cruiserThe body of a man was found Thursday morning hanging from a tree in an Exposition Park neighborhood, and his death was determined to be a suicide, police said. Officers responded about 4:20 a.m. to the area of 36th Street and Arlington Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Jader Chaves of the […]
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Innocent Senior Citizen At Bus Stop Allegedly Shot By Two Guys With BB Gun in Palm Springs

One of two young men accused of shooting a senior with a BB gun while he was sitting at a bus stop in Palm Springs was behind bars Thursday in lieu of $40,000 bail. Christian Vitto-McVay, 19, of Modesto allegedly joined Larry Bradford Williams, 26, of Stockton in the drive-by attack reported about 6:50 p.m. […]
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Motorist Killed in Crash Into House in Lancaster Area

A motorist was killed Thursday when a sedan crashed into a house in the Lancaster area. The driver died at the scene of the crash, which was reported about 10:30 a.m. at North 60th Street West and West Avenue M, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The coroner’s office identified the motorist as […]
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COVID Vaccinations Expand To Those 50+; Newsom Gets His Shot In LA

Californians aged 50 and older became eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday — adding about 1.4 million Los Angeles County residents to the pool of people trying to get appointments that will remain limited until vaccine supply expands, which officials hope will occur by the end of April. One person who had no trouble getting an […]
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Driver Fatally Injured in Collision with Semi on 215 Freeway

A 27-year-old man was killed Thursday in a collision involving a compact car and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 215 in Riverside. Michael Gurrola of Riverside was pronounced dead soon after arrival at Riverside Community Hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol, which reported that the crash occurred about 1 a.m. on southbound I-215, just south […]
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Kids With Cancer Could Be Helped With Low-Calorie Diet, Exercise

A study has found that a low-calorie diet and a moderate exercise program can dramatically improve the survival outcomes for children and adolescents diagnosed with the most common childhood cancer — acute lymphoblastic leukemia, researchers from UCLA and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced Thursday. Researchers said they found that patients who reduced their calorie intake […]
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Study: COVID-19 Survivors Might Only Need One Dose of Two-Dose Vaccine

A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people who have already had COVID-19 generates an immunologic response similar to that in people who receive the two-dose recommended sequence, according to a study released Thursday by researchers at Cedars-Sinai. The study suggests that the second dose may not be needed for people who have successfully […]
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Orange County Continues Good COVID-19 Trends

One day after officially entering a less-restrictive tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening blueprint — allowing thousands of fans to attend the Angels home opener in Anaheim — Orange County’s downward trend in coronavirus numbers continued Thursday. Orange County reported just 81 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, and hospitalization numbers continued to decline. The cumulative case […]
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