Tag: Orange

Attorneys Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Closure of Mary’s Kitchen in Orange

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Attorneys for Mary’s Kitchen, which serves transients in Orange, filed a temporary restraining order request in federal court on Sept. 15 to attempt to stop the city from evicting the nonprofit organization. “Mary’s Kitchen has been the only service provider in the city of Orange for unhoused adults without children for over three…


Orange Recognizes Gold Medal Olympian Resident, Celebrates Chamber’s Anniversary

Dozens of residents of Orange, California, gathered in the town’s historic square to celebrate the Chamber of Commerce’s centennial anniversary. The chamber also recognized the city’s gold medal volleyball Olympian Annie Drews, on Aug. 17.  The Orange Chamber of Commerce, founded on Aug. 17, 1921, is a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of businesses and focuses on boosting…


Judge Orders Mental Exam, Suspends Criminal Proceedings Against Alleged Mass Shooter

An Orange County, Calif. judge suspended court proceedings July 8 against Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, the man accused of killing four people and injuring another, pending a mental competency evaluation. The proceedings marked Gonzalez’s first court appearance since a March 31 mass shooting in Orange that ended when he was shot in the head by police. He could be…


Judge Suspends Criminal Proceedings Against Alleged Mass Shooter, Orders Mental Exam

An Orange County, Calif. judge suspended court proceedings July 8 against Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, the man accused of killing four people and injuring another, pending a mental competency evaluation. The proceedings marked Gonzalez’s first court appearance since a March 31 mass shooting in Orange that ended when he was shot in the head by police. He could be…


Judge Suspends Criminal Proceedings Against Alleged Mass Shooter

An Orange County, Calif. judge suspended court proceedings July 8 against Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, the man accused of killing four people and injuring another. The proceedings marked Gonzalez’ first court appearance since a March 31 mass shooting in Orange that ended when he was shot in the head by police. He could be seen in court behind a…


 Alleged Accomplice in Freeway Shooting Death of Boy Freed on Bail

SANTA ANA—The alleged driver in the road rage shooting death of six-year-old Aiden Leos on a Costa Mesa freeway has been released on bail. Orange County jail records indicate that Wynne Lee, 23, of Costa Mesa was released June 26 at 2:44 p.m. Lee’s bail had been reduced by a judge on Friday from $500,000…


Free Medical Clinic Seeks to Expand Specialty Care

ORANGE, Calif.—Having seen more than one million patients since opening 40 years ago, the Lestonnac Free Clinic continues to find new ways to help financially stricken individuals at no cost to taxpayers. When patient Maria Cortez walked into the clinic on June 21 to see a specialist about her trouble breathing, she was seated by…


Details Emerge on Road Rage Killing of 6-Year-Old Boy

SANTA ANA—Days after the man and woman charged with killing a six-year-old boy in a road-rage shooting on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway, they got into another traffic altercation in which the alleged shooter waved a gun at another motorist, prosecutors said in court papers filed June 16. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee,…


Zoo Plaque to be Dedicated to Road Rage Shooting Victim

Officials in Orange County, Calif. are dedicating a plaque at the Orange County Zoo to a six-year-old boy killed in a road rage shooting. Aiden Leos, six, was killed May 21 on his way to kindergarten when the car he was traveling in was shot on the 55 Freeway in the City of Orange. Police believe the gunman fired…


Suspected Road Rage Killer Faces Life in Prison

The man suspected of gunning down a six-year-old boy in an act of road rage was charged with murder June 8, authorities said. Aiden Leos was killed May 21 on his way to kindergarten when the car he was traveling in was shot on the 55 Freeway in Orange, Cali. His mother, who was driving the car,…