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Person Found Dead in Torched Vehicle in Brea

BREA, Calif.—Brea police were investigating the death of a person found in a burned-out vehicle March 23. Police were dispatched to Carbon Canyon Road east of Olinda Village just before 5:40 a.m. regarding the roadside vehicle fire, police said. When Brea firefighters put the blaze out officers found the body in the vehicle, police said….


Man, 22, Charged With Killing Roommate in Mission Viejo

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—A 22-year-old Mission Viejo man was charged March 23 with killing his roommate in the city. Guy Michael Levy, who was being held on $1 million bail, was accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Noah Christian Aguilar, according to Orange County sheriff’s deputies. He was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the…


Federal Judge Rejects Huntington Beach’s Requested Injunction to Stop Housing Law

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A federal judge in Santa Ana March 21 rejected the city of Huntington Beach’s bid for a temporary restraining order preventing the state from enforcing its affordable housing laws. U.S. District Judge Fred Slaughter ruled that the city would not have any chance of winning on any of the constitutional challenges it filed…


Irvine Moves Forward with Plans for 4,536 New Apartments 

The Irvine City Council last week approved plans with the Irvine Company for adding 4,536 apartments to the Southern California city—22 percent of them deemed affordable. During a March 14 city council meeting, councilors voted unanimously to approve a preliminary agreement with the real estate developer or a “memorandum of understanding,” which includes a $65…


Southern California Hit by More Rainfall Amid Growing Damages From Flooding

California was hit by another winter storm starting March 20—its 12th since December—adding to more closures and damage for the already water-logged state. In Southern California, a second sinkhole in the courtyard of the Coyote Village condo complex in La Habra, Orange County, continued to cause concern after soggy ground atop a storm channel covered with…


Man Found Insane When He Killed Father in Laguna Niguel

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 22-year-old man was convicted March 21 of killing his father on a Laguna Niguel trail the day after Thanksgiving in 2018, but an Orange County Superior Court judge found he was insane at the time of the attack. Maximilian Gregory Ludwig is convicted of murder with a special circumstances allegation of lying…


USA Water Polo Facility, Concert Venue, Botanical Garden Approved for Irvine’s Great Park

Irvine’s Great Park will have an aquatic facility to train the USA Water Polo’s Olympic teams, as well as a 14,000-seat amphitheater, and veterans memorial park by 2029. The Great Park Board of Directors, made up of Irvine city councilors, voted 3–2 March 14 to carry out a plan that includes the construction of such…


One Killed, 2 Injured in Head-On Collision in Brea

BREA, Calif.—One person was killed and two were injured in a two-vehicle collision March 20 evening in Brea. The collision was reported at 8:01 p.m. and Brea Police Department officers responded to Carbon Canyon Road, east of Olinda Village, where they learned the vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, according to the Brea Police…


Man, 36, Accused of Killing Ex-Girlfriend in Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A 36-year-old man free on bail on domestic violence charges was behind bars March 20, suspected of killing a former girlfriend in Anaheim. Police were called at 2:24 p.m. Friday to an apartment in the 1900 block of South Union Street, one block south of Katella Avenue, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. Jon McClintock said….


Gun Suspect Prompts Lockdown on Huntington Beach College Campus

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Golden West College officials locked down the campus in Huntington Beach March 20 as police searched for a possible gunman, but no threat was found. The lockdown began at 12:49 p.m. and was lifted at 1:22 p.m. when police determined the suspect was no longer on campus, said Golden West College spokeswoman Andrea…