CRIME & SAFETY
Advisory: Yucaipa Police Department Holding Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation May 3, 2024
The Yucaipa Police Department will have extra officers on patrol May 3, 2024, looking specifically for violations made by drivers and motorcycle riders. The top primary crash factors for motorcycles are unsafe speed, improper turning, right-of-way violations, driving under the influence and unsafe lane changes. Speeding is the most common, accounting for nearly a third of all crashes in the state.
Over 100 arrested in Southern California drug bust operation
Over 100 people were arrested during a massive drug bust operation in Southern California. The undercover bust targeted the Magnolia Avenue corridor, between Van Buren Boulevard and Pierce Street in Riverside, according to the Riverside Police Department. The multi-day effort, called “Operation Street Sweeper,” stemmed from “increased criminal activity and complaints from community members and […]
Fiery family dispute in Southern California prompts SWAT response
A man reportedly suffering from a mental health crisis, who was allegedly armed with a gun, has been taken into custody after a domestic disturbance led to a home in the Los Angeles County neighborhood of Lynwood being fully engulfed in flames. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Century Station responded to reports […]
Bloody spear found at grisly double homicide in Southern California
An investigation is underway after a gruesome scene in which two people were found dead in a storage facility, a third person was rushed to the hospital and a bloody medieval-style spear was discovered Thursday in Santa Ana, authorities confirmed to KTLA. Officers with the Santa Ana Police Department responded to a disturbance call […]
Stockton mom lost 3 daughters 2019 dive boat fire, calls captain sentencing "disappointing."
LOS ANGELES -- A Stockton mother who lost three daughters in a Southern California dive boat fire in 2019 expressed relief about the captain's conviction but was disappointed in the sentence length.Susana Solano Rosas was in a Los Angeles federal courtroom on Thursday as Captain Jerry Boylan was sentenced for one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, also known as "seaman's manslaughter", for one of the deadliest maritime disasters in modern U.S. history.Solano Rosas' three daughters — Nicole, Evan and Angela Quitaso — died when a fire broke out aboard the Conception, a 75-foot boat anchored off the...
Man, 33, convicted of gruesome cartel-related murders in Orange County
In one of the more brutal scenes to ever unfold in Southern California, a 33-year-old man from Phoenix, Arizona has been convicted of four cartel-related murders in 2015 that left three victims shot to death in a burning car in Orange County and a fourth victim filmed while taking his dying breaths, authorities announced this […]
Officials identify woman found dead near fountain in Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Coroner Bureau identified the woman whose body was found near a fountain in Santa Barbara on Monday morning as 32-year-old Alexandria Grace Farstad from Southern California. Early Monday morning, Harbor Patrol officers discovered a woman’s body near Stearn’s Wharf and informed police. Officers arrived...
Elderly women struck in fatal hit-and-run in Southern California neighborhood
A tragic hit-and-run crash in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles claimed the life of a 73-year-old woman and sent another 83-year-old woman to the hospital Thursday, authorities confirmed to KTLA. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to calls of the fatal accident near the intersection of West Adams Boulevard and […]
Couple devastated after ponies found murdered at Southern California ranch
A Southern California couple is devastated after waking up to discover their beloved miniature ponies were shot to death. Fernando Ibarra, 53, owns a ranch in Reche Canyon, nestled in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County. His two miniature ponies — Brownie and Trigger — were his pride and joy. The […]
Wardens Seize 49 Protected Trout and 86 Spiny Lobsters from Poachers in Southern California
Game wardens have been busy in Southern California, confiscating dozens of wild trout and spiny lobsters in two separate poaching incidents. According to a Facebook post by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the first incident led to the seizure of 49 dead rainbow trout. The poacher had caught and illegally kept the trout while fishing in a catch-and-release only section of Piru Creek. According to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Piru Creek is one of only two streams in the Angeles National Forest managed for wild trout, which may in fact “be important resources to the recovery of [endangered] Southern California steelhead.”
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