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Scary COVID Cases Climb In LA County: Raging Delta Variant Fuels 165% Hike From Week Ago

COVID-19 warning signEyebrow-raising increases in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continued Thursday, with Los Angeles County reporting more than 800 new cases, hospital patient numbers topping 300 and the rate of people testing positive for the virus doubling from last week. The 839 new cases reported by the county on Thursday represented a 165% increase from the daily […]
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Deadly Argument, Bloody Slashing Death Of Boyfriend In San Jacinto: Woman Charged With Murder

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.A 27-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend during an argument in San Jacinto was charged Thursday with murder. Wynette Clara Nunez of San Jacinto was arrested Monday after the alleged attack in the 100 block of Boxelder Way, near Elderberry Street. Along with murder, Nunez is charged with a sentence-enhancing allegation of using […]
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Male Nurse Charged With Sexual Assaults Of Three Innocent Women Patients In Mission Viejo: Lawsuit!

Justitia, the Roman goddess of justice who is also known as "Lady Justice."An alleged victim of a male nurse charged with sexually assaulting her and two other women on separate occasions at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo filed a lawsuit Thursday against the defendant and the healthcare provider. Zoe Leigh Cooksey, who filed the suit in Orange County Superior Court, told reporters at a news conference […]
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Six CHP Officers Charged in Alleged Overtime Fraud Scheme

chpA half-dozen former California Highway Patrol officers who worked at the East Los Angeles station were charged Thursday in connection with an alleged multi-year overtime fraud scheme. The charges stem from an internal criminal investigation launched by the CHP in May 2018 into overtime fraud that allegedly occurred between Jan. 1, 2016, and March 31, […]
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Trial Begins for Man Accused of Cyber-Prowling in Search of Sex with Teen

Jury selection got underway Thursday for the trial of a 28-year-old man who allegedly planned a sexual tryst with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl he met online, but was in fact an undercover law enforcement officer. Leonides Edgardo Guzman of Phelan is charged with contacting a minor for the purpose of sex, […]
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Convicted Attorney Michael Avenatti Gears up for OC Trial

After a federal judge in New York Thursday sentenced convicted Orange County attorney Michael Avenatti to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for a Nike extortion case there, the defendant boarded a plan to return to Santa Ana to face trial again on charges of cheating his clients out of settlement money. U.S. District Judge […]
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Bodies Found Over Cliff in Angeles National Forest Recovered

The bodies of two people found inside a vehicle at the bottom of an Angeles National Forest mountainside were recovered and in the coroner’s office Thursday but there was no public confirmation that they are a young couple reported missing a week ago. The vehicle was located at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday, 1,300 to 1,500 feet […]
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Man Accused in Orange Mass Shooting to Make First Court Appearance

An Orange County Superior Court judge Thursday suspended legal proceedings in the case against a man accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage in Orange while two doctors will examine the defendant to determine if he is able to assist in his defense. Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44, sustained a bullet wound to the […]
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Shorter Showers, Brown Lawns: Newsom Urges 15% Cut In Water Use Amid Growing Drought Conditions

Although Southern California is not yet included in the state’s drought-emergency proclamation, Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday urged residents across the state to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% amid worsening conditions across the West Coast. He also called on businesses to slash their water use. According to the governor’s office, a 15% cut in […]
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Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Fullerton; Suspect Arrested for DUI

A man was found dead Thursday morning on a Fullerton street, the apparent victim of a hit-and-run motorist, and officers later arrested a 24-year-old woman they suspect of hitting him while driving drunk. An unknown trouble call about 3:30 a.m. brought officers to Orangethorpe Avenue east of Harbor Boulevard, where they found the man lying […]
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