A 50-year-old woman has been injured after colliding with a 30-ton crane at a Lake Forest intersection, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that a crane traveling east on El Toro Road in Lake Forest ran a red light and collided with a woman driving north on Santa Margarita Parkway. …
On September 25, 2012, the Honorable Brendan Shannon, United States Bankruptcy Judge in Delaware presiding over the Freedom Communications bankruptcy proceeding, ordered Freedom Communications to pay the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the Gonzalez Class, finding that the Gonzalez Class not only protected its own interest but provided a substantial contribution to the benefit…
A 9-year-old girl has been injured after she was struck in a crosswalk by a hit-and-run driver who ran a red light in Orange, according to a news report. Orange Police reported that the girl was walking with her 10-year-old brother in a crosswalk at the intersection of West Collins Avenue and North Glasell Street…
Three people, including a four-year-old child, have been injured after the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a Tustin 7-Eleven convenience store, according to a news report. Tustin police said that the crash occurred near the intersection of Main and Williams streets and that three people in the vehicle were taken to Western Medical…
A 57-year-old Irvine woman has been killed in a Newport Beach hit-and-run bicycle accident, according to a news report. Newport Beach police said that Dr. Catherine Campion Ritz, who served as president of Greater Newport Physicians for 18 years, was riding her bicycle north on Newport Coast Drive when she was hit from behind by…
A 29-year-old Long Beach woman has been killed in a two-car collision on the 91 freeway in La Palma, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that Christine Gilbert was a passenger in a 2010 Toyota Corolla that collided with a 1999 Honda Accord in the westbound lanes of the 91 freeway…
A 57-year-old Corona del Mar man has been killed in a house fire of an undetermined cause, according to a news report. The Orange County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Donald Lee of Newport Beach. The fire occurred in a two-story home in the 600 block of Marguerite Avenue. Two police officers were injured…
A female pedestrian has been killed by a hit-and-run driver on West First Street in Santa Ana, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that Esther Pierson, 45, who is believed to be homeless, was walking in the 1500 block of West First Street in Santa Ana when she was hit by an…
A 29-year-old Corona del Mar woman has been killed on the Pacific Coast Highway in a Newport Beach bicycle accident, according to a news report. Newport Beach police reported that Sarah Leaf was struck and killed by a stake-bed truck near the southwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Bayside Drive. An initial investigation found…
A 49-year-old man died while in custody of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at an Orange hospital, according to a news report. The OC Sheriff’s Department reported that Byron Scott, who had been arrested on Aug. 21 for a probation violation, died at UCI Medical Center in Orange while under guard by sheriff’s deputies. The…
