A classic wish of kids everywhere is to get a puppy for Christmas. As a result, parents search for the perfect puppy to make their kids' dream come true, and many turn to the internet to conduct this search. This year, Los Angeles City Attorney is warning the public about online puppy scams. ...
The holidays are in full swing which means lots of holiday décor on Southern California homes. Many people go all out with their decorations, turning their homes into festive holiday wonderlands. With all this décor, it can seem like an easy target for vandalism. This was the case at a home i...
The Holidays have people bustling about getting ready for festivities. From gift shopping to party going it's a wonderful time of the year. However, it can also be a crime-filled time of the Year. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, while the holiday season is a special time of ye...
World famous soccer star David Beckham won't be getting behind the wheel anytime soon—well, at least not for the next six months. A recent Fox News report state that Beckham has been banned from driving for six months because he was using his phone while driving. According to the report, “a m...
The Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner, which means lots of traveling. In fact, according to AAA, it is predicted that almost 50 million travelers will take to the roads to visit friends and family for the holiday. This number of travelers is “2.8 percent more than last year.” With so...
The head coach of the Sacramento Kings, Luke Walton, recently came into the spotlight after a lawsuit alleging sexual assault was filed against him. The victim, Kelli Tennant, is a former USC volleyball star and was later a sports reporter for Spectrum SportsNet. She knew Walton from her time pla...
Weed Day (April 20th) is celebrated by many every year. While the recreational use of marijuana is now legal in California, driving while under the influence of the drug is not, and the Los Angeles Police Department issued a reminder that doing so can get you a DUI. According to ABC 7 News, po...
Recently police arrested 31-year-old Jared Walter Anderson for fleeing the scene after hitting a pedestrian. According to CBS Los Angeles, Anderson was driving a Ford F150 when the incident occurred. The victim was riding a Lime electric scooter across the street at a crosswalk, and Anderson fail...
Recently Fontana police arrested three men on suspicion of “viewing and distributing child pornography online.” For over a month, the police have been conducting three separate investigations to determine if the men were viewing and distributing the child pornography. KTLA News reported that as a...
A new California law, SB 1437, makes it possible for some individuals who have been convicted of murder under felony murder laws to have their conviction overturned or charges dismissed. Under the old felony murder law, a person could be convicted of murder if a death occurred during the commissi...
Having a criminal record can have a negative impact on your life—whether you're attempting to get a loan or find a new job, often times you must disclose if you have been convicted of a crime. However, there is a way to “clean” your California criminal record; this is done through the legal proce...
A recent confrontation between a Thousand Oaks High School student and a school employee in the school parking lot ended with the student driving over the employee with his car. According to KTLA 5 News, Lisa Solis, a school activities coordinator confronted a 16-year-old male student after she c...
Recently Ventura police arrested a 32-year-old man, Anthony Manzano, after several reports that he was exposing himself to women at an apartment complex in Ventura. According to KTLA 5 News, the man was “engaged in lewd activity outside the windows of several female victims.” Initially office...
Recently, a man was arrested for insurance fraud after faking a slip and fall at work. According to ABC 7 News, the man, 57 year-old Alexander Goldinsky from New Jersey, planned and orchestrated the slip and fall scam in his companies breakroom. After he “fell” he waited for someone to find him, ...
Recently Redondo Beach police officers arrested two people in possession of approximately $16,000 worth of stolen property on the same day it was taken. Just how did they recover this stolen property so quickly? They used an Apple watch. According to The Daily Breeze, around 3:15 p.m. Redondo...
A 24-year-old man was recently arrested after he was accused of robbery at a WinCo store in Apple Valley. Police report that the incident began when the man walked into the store with a 21-year-old woman carrying a 6-month-old baby in a baby carrier. The man and woman allegedly put items from the...
A car chase of suspects evading police in South Los Angeles ended with a car collision at the 1300 block of W. 59th Place. The four people riding in the vehicle that was hit, a Mazda SUV, included a mother and three children, and all were injured in the crash. According to ABC 7 News, the chas...
Irvine police recently arrested a Yucapia couple in connection with a several expensive guitars that were reported stolen from an Irvine Extra Space Storage unit. The couple, 34-year-old Derek Alled Dodds and 27-year-old Brittney Christine Patterson, were taken into custody by police after office...
Recently a 41-year-old Victorville man, Gilbert Morales, was arrested near Ranch Cucamonga after he allegedly assaulted a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputy. According to the Daily Bulletin, Morales intentionally drove his car into a marked police car after officers attempted to pu...
In just one month, investigators from the California Department of Motor Vehicles caught almost 500 people misusing disability parking placards. According to ABC 7 News, a Disabled Parking Placard Enforcement team in Los Angeles led 14 different enforcement operations during the month of Septembe...
Last year, Orange County law enforcement created a specific task force to help fight modern-day sex and labor trafficking. In a report by ABC 7 News, the officials behind the task force explained that in 2018 they helped over 400 victims of sex-trafficking, of which 25% were minors. Officials...
A 44-year-old Simi Valley woman, Tara Elaine Nykoluk, was recently arrested after being accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 from her employer. The Ventura County Star reports that Nykoluk, who worked as a bookkeeper for T&M Plumbing, allegedly took the money over the course of five years. Inv...
Recently, ABC 7 News reported that a Santa Ana man was assaulted when a suspect threw a paint tray full of acid at the man. According to the report, the incident took place in the parking lot of a grocery store as the man was leaving work around 9 p.m. The suspect was standing by the victim's c...
In Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, two fraternities are currently under investigation after allegations of hazing violations. The fraternities, Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa, were ordered to stop all operations and social events until the investigation is finished. ...
According to ABC 7 News, 31-year-old Justin Martel from Miami was arrested in Riverside County when officers found 850 pounds of Marijuana in the back of the U-haul he was driving. Martel was traveling through Riverside County when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over for a tra...
