OC high roller sues Las Vegas casino, blaming his multimillion-dollar losses...
In the parlance of Las Vegas, Orange County real estate developer Dwight Manley is a “whale.” An expert coin collector and former sports agent who represented NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, Manley...
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Wrongly convicted, they ‘lost hope’ after 17 years in prison. Then an OC mom...
They seemed destined to die in prison, but two men serving life sentences were set free because the daughter of a Laguna Beach lawyer needed a driving lesson. When attorney Annee Della Donna hired...
View ArticleUnited Airlines flight attendants allege racism on charters for Dodgers
Two veteran United Airlines flight attendants claim in a lawsuit they were removed from working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because they were not young, White and thin. The lawsuit,...
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United Airlines flight attendants want Dodgers questioned about racial bias...
Veteran United Airlines flight attendant Darby Quezada thought she was breaking a racial barrier when she was selected in 2020 to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers. But then Quezada...
View ArticleOwner of Southern California sober living homes sentenced to 2 years for fraud
A Bakersfield attorney who Orange County prosecutors said built a $22 million empire by fraudulently billing insurance firms for urine tests that were either not needed or not completed has been...
View ArticleFemale visitor inadvertently locked overnight at Orange County jail
A woman attempting to visit an inmate last weekend at the Theo Lacy detention facility in Orange was inadvertently locked overnight in a jail visiting area, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department has...
View ArticleJudge orders release of LA County jail videos that show deputies beating inmates
Videos unsealed this week from the Los Angeles County jail system show deputies beating inmates and using excessive force, suggesting the Sheriff’s Department has been slow to reform its practices...
View ArticleArrest made in fatal injury of Jewish man from Israel-Hamas war protest in...
A 50-year-old Moorpark man was arrested Thursday, Nov. 16, on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter related to the fatal injury of a 69-year-old Jewish man who apparently fell backward with his head...
View ArticleRape victim terrified at early parole for Moreno Valley man with 140 years...
In a move condemned by a terrified rape victim and the Riverside County district attorney, the state has recommended parole for a sex offender with more than 140 years remaining on his prison sentence...
View ArticleOC Animal Care sought to avoid optics of sending bunnies to local reptile...
Seeking to avoid “drama,” Orange County Animal Care encouraged a local reptile rescue group to use a third party to take custody of hundreds of rabbits, rodents and other small animals last year...
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Irvine Co. sued for alleged toxic mold in its luxury Newport Bluffs apartments
The scars on Catherine Duboc’s face and hands are sad souvenirs of her days living at the upscale Newport Bluffs apartment homes, where she contends exposure to toxic mold left her with angry, red...
View ArticleEx-CHP officer who hit and killed Long Beach pedestrian had unknown vision...
Five days before an off-duty CHP motorcycle officer hit and killed a pedestrian in Long Beach, he went to a hospital emergency room complaining of distorted vision in one eye, according to newly...
View ArticleFormer columnist David Whiting sues OC Sheriff’s Department over son’s jail...
Former Southern California News Group columnist David Whiting is suing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department for the apparent in-custody suicide of his 35-year-old son in 2022. David Whiting’s son,...
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A year after the death of OC lawyer Elliot Blair in Mexico, mystery remains...
A year after the mysterious death in Mexico of Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair, his widow’s search for “justice” has taken a turn. At first, Kimberly Williams Blair, 32, was determined to prove...
View ArticleHackers post gory videos on Discord groups at UC Irvine, causing mental trauma
Hackers last week attacked Discord online groups used by students, instructors and alumni at UC Irvine, posting gory videos of human and animal mutilation that reportedly sent some viewers to the...
View ArticleNewport Beach surgeon once accused of drugging, sexually assaulting women...
A Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, once accused in a headline-grabbing case of drugging and sexually assaulting seven women, are seeking unspecified damages from the county of Orange. While...
View ArticleDA questions Irvine chamber’s use of special tax revenues for hotel promotions
Orange County prosecutors are looking into how the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars in tax money earmarked for promoting hotels and tourism. Local hoteliers, suspecting that...
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Supervisors got millions to use at their discretion; Do’s choices draw...
The controversy over Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do’s direction of millions in taxpayer money to a charity with ties to his daughter has cast a harsh spotlight on the county’s...
View ArticleCHP supervisor: Motorcycle officer who killed Long Beach pedestrian should...
A former CHP motorcycle officer who killed a Long Beach pedestrian while riding to work should not have been on motorcycle duty because of an eye ailment, the officer’s supervisor said in a sworn...
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Animal rescue abandons dozens of dogs at Rowland Heights kennel
“Lucky” the hound dog caught a break. He was one of 32 dogs — largely from Orange County Animal Care — that were abandoned by the Woofy Acres animal rescue at a Rowland Heights kennel. Lucky and seven...
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