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New suspects have been detained in the beating of Bryan Stow that took place after a Dodgers game.  The Los Angeles Police Department has officially exonerated the previous suspect, Giovanni Ramirez.  The two new suspects are from Rialto and were with a female and her son at Dodger Stadium.  The on-going investigation limits what details…

A former dance instructor from Mission Viejo Dance and Performing Arts Center was found guilty of secretly video taping 12 to 14 year old girls as they changed out of their swimwear. The incident happened in April of 2007 at his home in Aliso Viejo in Orange County. The District Attorney describes that 31-year old…

In response to Casey Anthony’s acquittal lawmakers in Florida, New York, West Virginia and Oklahoma are preparing to create a law that requires the immediate notification to the authorities of a child’s death or disappearance. The idea started as an online petition on the website Change.org. What is being called Caylee’s Law would make it…

For three years the media reported on Casey Anthony’s allegedly being implicated in the death of her toddler daughter Caylee. Ms. Anthony waited some 30 days to report that her daughter was missing and lied repeatedly to the police about various matters concerning the case. Caylee’s body was eventually found near her grand parent’s property…

A mother accused of murder and attempted murder will face additional charges in a shooting incident that occurred on Mother’s Day in Tustin Ranch. Annamaria Gana reportedly fired a gun toward her bedroom ceiling. Her husband and teenage son then entered the room. Gana subsequently fired at her husband hitting him in the chest. She…

After an order from the U.S. Supreme Court, California has to eliminate 33,000 inmates from its prisons due to overcrowding and basically inhumane conditions. Inmates will be released, sent to other states or sent to county jails to serve their sentences. Various county officials expressed their reservations over the reduction plan which has to be…

The LA Times reported December 29th that California continues to sentence more prisoners to death than any other state, creating the countries most populous death row; 28 new prisoners were added in 2010. LA County alone sentenced as many as the lone star state of Texas. The state’s death chamber was idle for a fifth year, due…

Autopsies have identified that the cause of death of two teenagers was accidental overdose. Their bodies were found by police on January 21 2011. One victim was a 16 year old female from Huntington Beach named Chelsea A. Taylor. The autopsy revealed a combination of drugs in her system that caused her death and the…

Defense attorneys have filed a motion that would limit the public statements given by the District Attorney’s office in regards to the on-going case against 11 UC Irvine students. The motion argues that chief of staff for Orange County District Attorney, Susan Kang Schroeder and Assistant D.A. Dan Wagner have made public statements that were…

Orange County has stepped up its fight against truancy. Bench warrants were issued for six parents of consistently truant or tardy students in the cities of Orange, Stanton, and San Juan Capistrano. According to the District Attorney’s office the warrants were given to parents that had ignored or failed to address the issue. The head…