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Southern California official to resign and plead guilty in COVID funds investigation

A high-ranking elected official in Orange County, California, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a scheme involving a charity and the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds

The Independent UK

California barber is accused of beating a 6-year-old to death with a piece of lumber after the child wet himself

‘The more and more that I explain what happened, the more angry I feel,’ the boy’s father said

The Independent UK

Anti-Israel Protesters Cause Chaos At UC Irvine Campus

Protesters clash with police at UC Irvine as chaos erupts on campus. Safety concerns lead to class cancellations.

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Sex charges dismissed against reality TV doctor and girlfriend

A California judge has dismissed sex charges against a reality TV show doctor and his girlfriend who had been accused of drugging and raping women in a case that drew international attention

The Independent UK

‘Swingers’ or predators? Judge to decide if case against Newport Beach doctor, girlfriend can go to trial

Nearly five years after a Newport Beach, California, doctor and his girlfriend were accused of drugging and raping multiple women in a criminal case that quickly became enmeshed in political battles, courtroom testimony over the past week has for the first time painted a clearer picture of the charges Dr.…

The Orange County Register

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Super Bowl draws epic air show of private planes to Phoenix

Private jet-setters are the reason every Super Bowl comes with super-size air traffic

The Independent UK

California sex offender gets life for killing 4 women

A California sex offender who kidnapped, raped and killed four women, some of them while wearing a GPS tracker, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Feds: California's Orange County misused jail snitches

The U.S. Justice Department says a California sheriff’s department and prosecutors ran an extensive jailhouse informant program for years that violated the rights of criminal defendants

The Independent UK

Celebrated detective charged with sending ‘graphic messages’ to decoy pretending to be 14-year-old girl

Gregory Beaumarchais, 43, was named Santa Ana’s ‘detective of the year’ in 2019

The Independent UK

Accused shooter in 7-Eleven robberies to be charged with 3 counts of murder

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two men will be charged in connection to three fatal shootings, gunfire that left others severely injured and various robberies largely targeting 7-Elevens a week ago across Southern California, officials said on Monday, July 18.

The Orange County Register

'Stone-cold serial killer' to be charged in LA-area slayings

Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern California as part of a deadly robbery crime spree last week at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop

The Independent UK

‘A reign of terror’: Two men arrested in deadly 7-Eleven shootings, also linked to earlier killing

LOS ANGELES — Two men were arrested Friday in Los Angeles in connection with a string of deadly shootings at 7-Eleven stores in Southern California that left two dead and three injured, as well as the fatal shooting of a homeless man in L.A.

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Editorial: Ignore the early reviews. California’s criminal justice reform movement fared well on Election Day

Despite what you may have heard, Tuesday was a fairly good day for criminal justice reform in California.

Los Angeles Times

Fear over crime and homelessness in California paid off in some primaries. Will it carry over to November?

Less than three years after earning a major win for a national movement seeking to elect progressive prosecutors, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled from office Tuesday night.

Los Angeles Times

Orange County district attorney violated Racial Justice Act in double murder case, judge finds

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday ruled that Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer violated the Racial Justice Act when he made comments about the dating habits of Black men while discussing the case of double murder defendant Jamon Buggs.

Los Angeles Times

‘Evil was in that church’: A stranger lurking, shots fired, then heroes rise in Laguna Woods

LOS ANGELES — Behind the pulpit of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, Pastor Billy Chang was in his element.

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The Independent UK

Laguna Woods church shooting suspect ‘revealed anti-Taiwan motive’ in seven-volume diary sent to newspaper

David Chou has been charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods

Los Angeles Times

Taiwanese church shooting suspect mailed 7-volume diary to Chinese-language newspaper

LOS ANGELES — A man charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods mailed seven volumes titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel” to the Los Angeles offices of the World Journal, the Chinese-language newspaper reported Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Why Laguna Woods? Mysteries still loom in Taiwanese church shooting

LOS ANGELES — While the suspect in the Laguna Woods church shooting has been charged with multiple felony counts, some key mysteries remain about the attack on a Taiwanese church that left one dead and five wounded.

The Independent UK

Roommate: No warning signs before deadly church attack

Prosecutors are calling the man charged in a deadly California church shooting a crafty monster but his Las Vegas roommate says he seemed to be kind and generous — if it wasn't all just an act

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Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

A prosecutor said the man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California wanted to "execute in cold blood as many people in that room as possible."

The Independent UK

Man killed in California church shooting called a hero

Authorities say the man killed trying to stop a gunman at a Southern California church may have saved dozens of lives

Los Angeles Times

Doctor killed in Laguna Woods shooting was trying to disarm suspect, save others

LOS ANGELES — The churchgoer killed when a gunman opened fire at a Laguna Woods church Sunday was a sports medicine doctor and master of martial arts who was slain while trying to stop the shooting, authorities said Monday.

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