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Crime and public safety reporter for @SoCalNewsGroup ✰ @nyuniversity alum ✰ send tips to [email protected]
Lake Forest, CA
Joined July 2018
Views from today’s #HandsOff protest in Huntington Beach. @ocregister . #HandsOff2025 #handsoffprotests
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An 18-year-old high school senior was arrested by immigration officers while walking the family dog in Van Nuys. #ICE #ICERaids #LAraids #LAprotests.
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The Department of Homeland Security reportedly said the teen, from Chile, had overstayed his visa.
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Two Southern California abbots who were sued by a Buddhist nun filed a lawsuit of their own that seeks at least $5 million in damages, denies she was sexually assaulted and accuses her of extortion, theft of donations and immigration-related fraud.
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The abbots accuse the nun of trying to extort them and seeking fraudulent ways to stay in the U.S.
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An employee with a tree care company warned of decay in a large oak tree at King Gillette Ranch a day before a branch broke and killed an 8-year-old boy at summer camp in Calabasas, according to text messages obtained by Southern California News Group.
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Text messages show a tree care worker recommended taking steps to reduce risk just one day before the fatal accident.
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A Buddhist nun has filed a lawsuit in Orange County claiming the leader of a Westminster Buddhist temple sexually assaulted her multiple times while she lived and worked there.
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The suit also claims the woman was lured from Vietnam with promises of U.S. residency, then paid only a few hundred dollars a month to work 7 days a week.
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An Orange County sheriff’s deputy searching for a felony suspect shot that person while attempting to make an arrest in Lake Forest on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 7, authorities said.
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Deputies searching for a felony suspect in Lake Forest shot the person after a confrontation near El Toro and Trabuco roads.
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A woman was killed and another was injured after being mauled by dogs at a San Bernardino park on Thursday, July 31, police said.
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An officer shot and killed a dog in self-defense while helping one of the victims, police said.
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A tsunami advisory has been issued for the entire California coast following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia Tuesday afternoon.
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One of two grenades recovered from a Santa Monica townhome complex is confirmed to have caused the blast that killed three deputies, but the second grenade is missing despite extensive searches, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced.
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The deadly blast was caused by 1 of 2 grenades retrieved the day before, and believed to be inert, Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed. The 2nd one has not turned up, despite extensive searches.
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The general manager of a Laguna Beach hotel was arrested Thursday, July 17 on suspicion of rape, drug offenses, and other charges involving a minor, authorities said.
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Phelton Calhoun Jr., who also has been a board member of “Visit Laguna Beach,” was arrested on Thursday, July 17.
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An 8-year-old Buena Park girl was killed on Friday night, July 4th in an explosion that police suspect involved illegal fireworks, and a homeowner was arrested, police said.
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A large illegal fireworks display, placed in the street by the homeowner, failed and began misfiring toward the home where the child was, police said.
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Two people were arrested during a raid Friday afternoon, June 27, at a house in the San Fernando Valley that federal authorities have tied to an Iranian human smuggling operation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.
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Earlier this week, 7 Iranian nationals were taken into custody at the same home, including people listed on the FBI terror watch list, authorities said.
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A fitness influencer and her date were shot and killed by her estranged husband in Fontana, police say.
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Less than a week before she died, Gloria Zamora had spoken about her pending divorce on a podcast.
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Video. Several members of border patrol and ICE beating down a gardener in Santa Ana.
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A four-year-old boy shot himself with an unsecured firearm at a home in Rancho Cucamonga.
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The child shot himself in the stomach, but is expected to survive, deputies said.
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Two sculptures, worth more than $2 million, were stolen from an Anaheim facility earlier this week.
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The victim, Sir Daniel Winn, was recently appointed to the John Wayne Airport Arts Commission.
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A man and woman were arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that left a young woman critically injured during a “No Kings” protest in downtown Riverside over the weekend.
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An SUV traveled into a crowd and struck a 21-year-old woman during a protest in Riverside on Saturday night, June 14, police said.
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The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners announced that it will investigate complaints made by members of the public and media about LAPD conduct during recent anti-ICE protests across the city. #LosAngelesProtests #ICEprotests #NoKingsDay .
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The commission’s announcement came just one day after a lawsuit was filed accusing LAPD officers of using excessive force on journalists during the protests.
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RT @dlepeska: Officers shot @ryannemena & @ACatWithNews w/pepper balls. British journo @NickSternPhotos had emergency surgery after a plast….
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Washington, D.C., June 9, 2025—Law enforcement in Los Angeles, California, shot non-lethal rounds that struck multiple reporters while they covered protests that began on Friday, June 6, and escala...
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ICE agents are reportedly active in Irvine today, at several, unspecified locations, officials said. #ICERaids #ICEProtests #protests #LosAngelesProtests .
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In an Instagram post, Irvine Councilmember Kathleen Treseder warned people to stay home as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would be at 8-10 spots around the city on Thursday.
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