A California man was arrested Saturday, charged with kidnapping and torturing his girlfriend for a month. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said the girlfriend, who was not named, had escaped from 29-year-old Saul Ortega’s home on Thursday but did not immediately call police because he had threatened her family. Fresno County deputies contacted their Stanislaus …
Police said the youngest victim is an infant
An armed security guard protecting a California news crew died Saturday from injuries he suffered when he was shot during an attempted robbery earlier in the week. Kevin Nishita was on duty with a KRON4 crew in Oakland on Wednesday when an assailant attempted to steal camera equipment, KRON4 reported. Nishita was shot in the …
An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy slammed into a car carrying a 19-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother on Wednesday, killing the boy and injuring the woman. Police in South Gate have not identified the deputy and are still investigating the crash. They say speed may have been a factor, KABC reported. Surveillance video …
A mother and her teenage son were shot and killed in Fresno, California, Friday afternoon, police said. Fanchon Moore, 33, and Antonio Rodriguez, 17, were both found with gunshot wounds at their home, ABC 30 reported. Moore was pronounced dead at the scene, and Rodriguez was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center, where he died …
San Diego police are investigating after a mother and her 2-year-old son fell from the third level of Petco Park, where a San Diego Padres baseball game was minutes away from beginning. First responders tried to resuscitate the 40-year-old woman and the boy Saturday afternoon, but San Diego Police Lt Andra Brown said it quickly …
A California domestic violence suspect died in police custody after shooting an ex-girlfriend in the face and carjacking a vehicle with a mother and four children inside. The ex-girlfriend, who has not been named, has been hospitalized in critical condition. Fresno police, who have not named the suspect, said one of the children in the …
A 14-year-old girl who disappeared after texting her mother for permission to go to a convenience store has been found safe. Destiny Isabella Mercado’s mother, Angelica Pelayo-Hicklin, and her stepmother, Corina Villanueva, told KTLA late Sunday the girl had been found, and the San Fernando Police Department confirmed. Police said Mercado was locatedin the Santa …
Police in San Fernando, California, are looking for a 14-year-old girl who disappeared after texting her mother for permission to go to a convenience store. Destiny Isabella Mercado sent the text shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, KTLA reported. Police said the girl’s phone was found at about 1:40 p.m. by someone who said it …
On Friday, the California parole board approved the release of a convicted murderer who is serving a life sentence for burying a developmentally disabled man alive in 1980. The Fresno Bee reported that Governor Gavin Newson will not block the release of David Weidert, 58, who was 17 when he killed Michael Morganti, 20. Newsom …
A California man has been charged with murder following a hit-and-run incident earlier this week after a Santa Monica bar and restaurant asked him to leave the establishment. Santa Monica police said Nicholas Ralph Sloan was angry about being asked to leave Monday night and “retrieved his vehicle” and then tried to hit a patron …
Police in California are looking for a 36-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son who haven’t been seen since they left their home Friday morning in San Mateo to visit family in Belmont. Ana Duarte and her son Ian Duarte left home about 11 a.m. Friday, Belmont Police said. Her vehicle was found parked in Belmont …
