California
Exploding bottles land teens in hot water
IRVINE — Reports of exploding water bottles rocked the Irvine Spectrum shopping center Monday night, resulting in the arrests of two teenage suspects by Irvine police. According to an Irvine
Sex scandal envelops Rialto Police Department
RIALTO — Allegations that a Rialto police officer engaged in a sexual affair while on duty has prompted a wider inquiry into improper police conduct at the San Bernardino County
Suspects plead not guilty in Hemet police attacks
HEMET — Two men accused of targeting a Hemet police officer pleaded not guilty to multiple charges last Friday afternoon in Riverside Superior Court. Nicholas Smit, 39, of Hemet and
La Costa man gets 26 years to life in prison for murdering ex-girlfriend
CARLSBAD — A La Costa man convicted of slashing his on-again, off-again girlfriend’s throat in her North County home last July was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison,
Hung jury leads to mistrial in quadruple DUI murder case
VISTA — A judge on July 6 declared a mistrial in the case of a Palm Springs woman accused of killing two North County couples during a head-on collision. San
Redlands Police Department leveled by cutbacks
REDLANDS — Police will need to rely on citizen volunteers and some recently pink-slipped workers to carry on after citywide budget cuts leveled the department. Some 40 jobs were cut
Gang member pleads guilty to melee stabbing
SOLANA BEACH — An Encinitas gang member will serve seven years in state prison for his role in a March 7 melee in Solana Beach that left two people seriously
CHP officer’s death is San Bernardino’s second this month
BARSTOW — Services are being planned for a California Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty this past weekend. Struck by a car during a traffic stop just
CHP officer's death is San Bernardino's second this month
BARSTOW — Services are being planned for a California Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty this past weekend. Struck by a car during a traffic stop just
Father, son among dead in Del Taco shooting spree
SAN BERNARDINO — Police were still searching for a motive to determine what drove a 56-year-old stepfather to shoot at a Del Taco on Saturday, killing two people and sending
