Two men with hammers smashed counters at a jewelry story inside the Brea Mall on Friday evening before fleeing, prompting a manhunt, police said. Police were called to the scene at Kay Jewelers just before 7 p.m. They were actively looking for suspects, said Lt. Tony Barbosa, a spokesman for the Brea Police Department. It…
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Anitta is the biggest pop star in her native Brazil and given the size of that country that’s certainly something. But based on her twilight performance on the Main stage at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival it’s not likely anything can stop her from going wherever she wants in the pop world. On a…
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ORANGE >> The Orange baseball team experienced some setbacks in the field and missed opportunities on offense Friday in their Orange Coast League game against Santa Ana at Orange High School. But the Panthers overcame all of that in their final at-bat, scoring two runs for a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over the Saints. Raul Flores’…
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Fans were all smiles as they walked through security when the gates of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival opened promptly at noon on Friday, April 15, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. “It’s my first festival since the pandemic and…
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Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying a patient at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and finding his family. On April 2, the man — who said his name is Walter Taylor and is believed to be 82 years old — was found by paramedics in Hermosa Beach and brought to the hospital, according to Los…
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The Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Friday warned that an “extremely dangerous and violent” 18-year-old who was previously convicted of stabbing his mother to death and later attacked three correctional officers is currently “at large” in the community. Ike Souzer was supposed to be on electronic monitoring at a Santa Ana halfway house following…
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These birds had not flocked together to the local trail where they were rescued from among the brush by Mission Viejo Animal Services Center staff. Instead, it appeared the nearly 30 parakeets were out of their element and needed rescuing, officials said. Now they are ready for new homes. Two of the 30 parakeets abandoned…
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Costa Mesa police on Thursday arrested a youth soccer coach on suspicion of possessing pornographic images of minors. That arrest follows his earlier one a week ago on suspicion of sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl. Joshua Clever, 39, of Santa Ana, was initially arrested in that city on April 7. Police said he groomed…
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If there’s something to unite basketball in New York City it’s stomping on the stupid leprechaun. It was a great troll maneuver by Kyrie Irving because it fed into the irrational anger and pride the Boston fans feel about their beloved Celtics. That franchise, by the way, has captured just one championship in the last…
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A 28-year-old Huntington Beach man was sentenced Friday, April 15, to 35 years to life in prison for shooting at a Costa Mesa police officer and breaking into at least one homes before giving up after a 40-minute standoff. Korrell Santana Kybor Cole was convicted Feb. 6, 2020, of attempted murder of a police officer,…
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