SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who was 15 when she disappeared 10 years ago from her California home has contacted police and says she was held against her will for years. The Santa Ana Police Department said Wednesday
Former professional surfer Jill Hansen was indicted by a grand jury in Hawaii on Tuesday, which charged her with second-degree attempted murder, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, and attempted unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. Hansen allegedly ran over
San Jose’s favorite ice cream truck since 2010, the Treatbot, which offers delicious frozen confections accompanied by karaoke, has gone on a temporary hiatus after it was destroyed in a crash on Interstate Highway 280 near Palo Alto, California. The
“Grape Syzurp with Cannibanoids,” a new, purple-colored concoction that promises to get you just as high as regular sizzurp, but in a “safer” way, is heading to the Los Angeles-area medical marijuana market, according to L.A. Weekly. The new product
Adding to the anti-Semitic rapper’s already surmounting problems, a group of student labor activists have just launched MacklemoreSucks.com to protest Macklemore’s ties to T-Mobile CEO John Legree. The Verge reports that this student group believes that all of T-Mobile’s call
Shooting on the seventh film in the Star Wars saga started this week, but the production isn’t turning to Tunisia to approximate the main character’s roots. Star Wars creator George Lucas used Tunisia to represent Luke Skywalker’s home planet of
LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted an attempt to smuggle 17 Mexican nationals, who were trying to enter the U.S. illegally via a panga boat near Catalina Island, off the coast of Long Beach, California. All 17 people were
A woman who was otherwise enjoying her day near a San Diego-area playground last week apparently “felt a presence,” looked up from her phone, and came face-to-face with a “naked and erect” flasher who stood just inches from her face,
The controversial “Subway to the Sea,” a proposed subway extension in Los Angeles that would run from mid-Wilshire to Westwood, received $1.25 billion in federal money on Wednesday, bringing the total federal funding of the project to $2.1 billion, according
California candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ron Nehring, spoke Tuesday night to the Latino American Political Association of San Diego, a bipartisan group, and recounted why his German immigrant father would have supported voter ID. Nehring went on to recount serving
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or
US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their
On May 16, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Sung Jin Pak was arrested “on suspicion of discharging a firearm with gross negligence” in October, after he was allegedly pranked by a group of kids. The arrest was tied to a
BAKERSFIELD Ca. (Reuters) – Tara, a California cat that became a YouTube sensation after being videotaped interrupting a dog’s attack on a small boy, “tossed out” a ceremonial pitch at the start of a minor league baseball game on Tuesday.
