California News

Salinas, CA – Straw Hat Restaurants is pleased to announce the opening of a new location in Salinas, CA! The Straw Hat Pizza in Salinas has a smaller footprint and is …

San-Diego based Epic Wings has signed a 13 store agreement with an existing franchise owner-operator for locations in Orange County.  Henry Pourshirazi, of HPLS Corporation, initially signed a single store …

SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA – Two brothers from Chihuahua, Mexico, were sentenced in federal court today to 66 months in prison and a $500 special assessment for smuggling three sisters across …

NEW YORK, NY – A female-owned and operated [censored]ographic website which caters to women has announced it’s getting into the taco business. Bellesa, a female sexuality website, is taking a …

Newport Beach, CA – Mountain Mike’s Pizza, a leading family-style pizza chain known for its legendary crispy, curly pepperoni, Mountain-sized pizzas and dough made fresh daily for over 40 years, is proud …

          LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA  – A Riverside County man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge that he participated in an international conspiracy where he helped collect more than $500,000 …

EL CENTRO CALIFORNIA – Jose Cruz Noguez of Mexicali, Mexico, was charged in federal court today with coordinating the March 2, 2021 smuggling event that led to the deaths of …

EQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. March 29, 2021 – Preparations are underway to reopen campgrounds in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks for the 2021 summer season. In 2020, many …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Sonia Tabizada, 36, of San Jacinto, California, was sentenced to 15 months and 13 days for intentionally obstructing persons in the enjoyment …

Last week, Oscar Frayer was hoping to take his Grand Canyon University men’s basketball team to the Final Four in the 2021 NCAA tournament. On Thursday, Frayer and his sister …

NEWARK, N.J. – A second man from California has been charged with conspiring to launder money that originated from fraudulently obtained loans from the U.S. Small Business Association and from …

A Southwest Airlines crew is being investigated after a pilot was caught berating the city of San Francisco and its inhabitants as it pulled into the Bay Area’s San Jose …

 SANTA ANA, California – The owner of Orange County-based temporary staffing companies, who previously was charged with failing to pay more than $29 million in payroll taxes, was indicted today on six additional …

JACKSON, MI –  Donte Ramon Nelson, 41, of Compton, California, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 120 months in federal prison, followed by …

LOS ANGELES, CA – An East L.A. gang member is going to federal prison for 16 years for firebombing homes in the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights. A …

Los Angeles, CA – via Fox News – Rite Aid has apologized after denying two illegal immigrants COVID-19 vaccines when they could not provide a social security number or other …

SAN DIEGO, CA – Federal officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the smugglers whose actions led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan nationals in a …

FRESNO, CA — Cesar Larios-Ortega, 40, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court …

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector, along with bi-national coordination with Mexican officials, rescued a man that had been missing for eight days early this …

LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA – Expanding a case in which four people were indicted last year, federal authorities have charged four new defendants with participating in a scheme that allegedly …

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California unsealed charges today in a criminal complaint charging former Rohnert Park police officers Brendon Jacy …

SAN DIEGO, CA – In articulating sentence, U.S. Area Judge Gonzalo Curiel said that Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Captain Marco Garmodirect exhibited egotism arriving at a level where Garmo …

EL CENTRO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested an illegal alien Thursday night with a prior conviction for a sexual offense. The incident …

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 23-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime for attacking a transgender woman with a skateboard in Costa Mesa after using a derogatory epithet …

TAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered over $1.3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of fresh spinach, …