Getty Villa, several others added as defendants to Palisades fire lawsuit
The master lawsuit in the Palisades fire has added several new defendants who are being blamed for overgrown brush, toppled wooden power poles, natural gas explosions and a lack of water, all...
View ArticlePalisades fire arrest confirms what many residents suspected, but questions...
The arrest of a 29-year-old Florida man for starting what eventually became the Palisades fire shed more light Wednesday, Oct. 8, on firefighters’ suppression efforts, while affirming, for many,...
View ArticlePalisades fire suspect asked ChatGPT about fault when cigarettes start...
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of igniting a blaze that led to the Palisades fire — which killed 12 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of structures during an uncommon...
View ArticleSCE stalls Eaton fire settlement talks while promoting its own compensation...
Southern California Edison has indicated in court it is not yet willing to begin talks to settle dozens of lawsuits in the monstrous Eaton fire — a move that some say is designed to pressure victims to...
View ArticleOutside life is ‘scary’ for man released from prison after 44 years for OC...
After 44 years in state prison for a murder conviction, Guy Michael Scott is a free man. And he’s terrified. Scott, 69, was ordered released by a judge Sept. 16 at the request of the Orange County...
View ArticleSCE fund unveils compensation rates for Eaton fire victims who do not sue
Southern California Edison this week unveiled a proposed pay schedule for its wildfire compensation program for victims of the devastating Eaton fire who agree not to sue. Some rates would be based on...
View ArticleMan shot in head with ‘less lethal’ projectile at Santa Ana protest wants $50...
A Huntington Beach accountant who was shot in the head with a “less lethal” projectile at an anti-ICE protest in Santa Ana is seeking $50 million from the county of Orange. Tony Olson, 41, said he was...
View ArticleMan convicted of OC murder in 1984 ordered released from prison
A man imprisoned 44 years for murder was ordered released Tuesday, Sept. 16, by an Orange County judge after prosecutors found exculpatory evidence that might not have been turned over to the trial...
View ArticleDog mauling at OC animal shelter sparks negligence suit from volunteer
Emily Moncur, a volunteer at the Orange County Animal Care facility in Tustin, had just finished photographing a large dog and was putting it back in its kennel when the animal turned on her. The dog,...
View ArticleOC investment guru charged with bilking $62.5 million from clients
Marco Giovanni Santarelli billed himself as a “wealth creator.” On podcasts and websites, Santarelli, 56, pitched his Laguna Niguel private equity firm, Norada Capital Management, which offered...
View Article$50 million suit against crypto ‘godfather’ reads like a movie plot,...
Event promoter Ryan Chapell wouldn’t budge — then the guns came out. Chapell refused to refund half the $50,000 that self-proclaimed crypto “godfather” Adam Iza had paid for his 21st birthday gala....
View ArticleJudge sets 2027 trial date for first set of lawsuits against SCE for Eaton fire
The first set of lawsuits blaming Southern California Edison for the Eaton fire will go to trial in early 2027, setting the stage for a legal showdown over financial liability that could wipe out...
View ArticleImmigration agents shoot at San Bernardino man accused of trying to run them...
Masked federal agents attempting to make an immigration arrest in San Bernardino fired at a man and smashed his car windows Saturday, leading to a standoff that ended with no arrests and a sharp rebuke...
View ArticleMother who said baby was kidnapped in Yucaipa stops cooperating with detectives
Authorities searching for a missing infant in Yucaipa said Saturday the mother is no longer cooperating after investigators found inconsistencies in her story that the child was kidnapped outside a...
View ArticleSoCal Edison may sue public agencies that could share liability for Eaton...
Southern California Edison is considering suing nine public agencies the utility believes may be responsible for some of the damage caused by the monstrous Eaton fire that leveled much of Altadena....
View ArticleHospital chains accuse Kaiser of shortchanging them for ER treatment of its...
Providence hospitals in California have joined other hospital chains challenging Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. in court over millions of dollars allegedly owed them for emergency treatment of...
View ArticleDOJ ends oversight of OC sheriff’s reforms in the use of jailhouse informants
Federal civil rights officials have closed the book on their years-long probe into the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s former practice of illegally using jailhouse informants to gather...
View ArticleState panel urges lawmakers to push back against profiteers in Eaton fire
State officials overseeing California’s wildfire fund urged the Legislature on Thursday to regulate hedge fund investors who buy insurance claims as a way to make money from catastrophic fires....
View ArticleSoCal Edison announces wildfire compensation program for Eaton fire victims
Southern California Edison will launch a wildfire recovery compensation program this fall for victims impacted by the Eaton fire, the utility company announced on Wednesday, July 23, amid intense...
View ArticleOrange County orders 911 staff not to route stroke patients to OC Global...
Orange County has instructed emergency dispatchers and paramedics to stop routing stroke patients to Orange County Global Medical Center following complaints and state findings of substandard care at...
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