Newport Beach Woman in Coma Following Costa Mesa Pedestrian Accident

A 22-year-old Newport Beach woman remains in an induced coma with severe head injuries following a Costa Mesa pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Rebecca Layne Willis was crossing Newport Boulevard at Industrial Way when she was hit by a man driving a Porsche 944.  The name of the driver has not been released. …

Callahan & Blaine Announces $30 Million Settlement of Orange County Register Class Action

Callahan & Blaine announced today that a final settlement in the Orange County Register class action case (Gonzalez, et al. v. Freedom Communications, Inc., et al., Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 03CC08756) has been reached.  In the settlement, the directors and officers of Freedom Communications, the parent of the OC Register, agreed to pay…

Mother and Two Children Injured in Fullerton Pedestrian Accident

A mother and her two children, ages 6 and 9, were seriously injured after being hit by a car while in a Fullerton crosswalk, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the mother, her six-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter had just left Beechwood Elementary School and were in a marked crosswalk at Rolling…

Woman Hits 3 Bicyclists in Seal Beach; Under Arrest on Suspicion of DUI

A 46-year-old woman with a history of DUI charges in Orange and Riverside counties has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that injured three bicyclists in Seal Beach, according to a news report. Seal Beach police said that Juli Ann Brown was driving an SUV on Pacific Coast Highway just west of Anderson…

Toddler Killed in Orange County Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident

A three-year-old girl was killed and her mother was critically injured after they were hit by a driver in a stolen car in an Anaheim pedestrian accident, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that Lady Audree Rebecca Hernandez, 26, was walking with her daughter, Miranda Palacios, 3, in a stroller in…

Three Marines Killed in San Clemente DUI Crash

Three U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton were killed in a one-car crash in San Clemente and the driver, another Camp Pendleton Marine, is suspected of DUI, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that the four Marines were in a Dodge Stratus traveling north on Golden Lantern Street when the driver…

Aspiring Model Killed in Seal Beach Pedestrian Accident

Holly Barish-Sablich, a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach journalism major and aspiring model, was killed while attempting to cross Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach, according to a news report. Seal Beach police said that Barish-Sablich was crossing an uncontrolled intersection of Pacific Coast Highway just north of Anderson Street when she was struck and…

Fundraiser Set for San Clemente Big-Rig Crash Injury Victim

Kevyn Menges, a 23-year-old San Clemente woman who was critically injured when a big-rig crashed into a Volvo SUV she was riding in, remains in critical but stable condition at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.  Her friends have organized a fundraiser for the Menges family, according to a news report. The Kevyn Menges fundraiser is…