CRIME & SAFETY
At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
At least 16 people died in California over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Several of the deaths happened in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two in...
Long Beach police open fire on attempted murder suspect
Long Beach police opened fire on an attempted murder suspect after a patrol officer spotted him shooting at a man in a local parking lot on Friday. The shooting happened just after 11:44 p.m. at the intersection of South Street and Orange Avenue. The Long Beach Police Department said the officer was driving around the area when he witnessed the suspect shooting at another man in the parking lot. The officer chased after the suspect after he started to run away on Orange Avenue. The officer opened fire while chasing after the 43-year-old Demetrius Imoesiri, striking him in the lower body. Authorities, including...
Suspect arrested in fatal Southern California hit-and-run crash
The Santa Ana Police Department arrested a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run involving a pedestrian. The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. Thursday in the area of 1st and Sullivan streets. Authorities responded to a call about an unresponsive male lying on the road. When first responders arrived on the scene, they found the victim […]
Seal Beach pier fire strangely similar to Oceanside pier blaze
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Back in 2016, a fire broke out at Ruby's Diner on the Seal Beach pier in Orange County. It took three years and $8 million to rebuild the pier. CBS 8 spoke to a civil engineer who worked on that reconstruction project to find out what it is going to take to repair the Oceanside pier.
Man arrested after driving around Southern California neighborhood, setting trash bins on fire
A San Pedro man was arrested after he drove around an Orange County community setting trash bins on fire, authorities confirmed. According to a release from the Costa Mesa Police Department, multiple reports of trash can fires came in to authorities around 1:45 a.m. Thursday. The fires seemed to be set at random in the […]
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