A former female patient at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange has alleged that she was the victim of a sexual assault by a male hospital employee, according to a news report. The unidentified woman alleges that she was the victim of a sexual assault while she was in the hospital’s emergency room. She reportedly identified…
A driver reaching for his laptop who rear-ended a truck, sending it into a crosswalk and killing a baby in a stroller, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. According to a news report, Robert Anthony Casares, 50, of Huntington Beach received a sentence of three years of informal probation, and was ordered to perform…
A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license, as well as an outstanding DUI warrant from an unrelated case, after leaving the scene of a traffic accident that left a motorcyclists with serious injuries, according to a news report. Huntington Beach police arrested DeAndre Curtis Hill at…
A 58-year-old woman being treated for cancer at Newport Beach’s Hoag Hospital may lose her breasts because of a flaw in a new Xoft Inc. radiation system at the hospital, according to a news report. The unidentified woman was undergoing treatment to her left breast when a shield used with the system shed tiny tungsten…
Five people were killed when the twin-engine plane they were in crashed during take-off from Long Beach Municipal Airport, according to a news report. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air was headed for Salt Lake City, and was owned by local developer Thomas Fay Dean, the owner of most of…
State health inspectors say that UC Irvine’s kidney dialysis center has failed to provide quality care in a safe environment, according to a news report. Inspectors from the Department of Public Health conducted an inspection last November as part of the facility’s recertification process for Medicare and Medicaid. The inspectors found a number of violations…
The city of Huntington Beach is being sued by the driver of a 2004 Jetta that was t-boned by an ambulance running without lights and sirens that ran a red light. According to a news report, 29-year-old Adam Tomalas of Huntington Beach claims that a Huntington Beach ambulance ran the red light at Beach Boulevard…
An unidentified 61-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while crossing an Anaheim street. According to a news report, the woman was in the north crosswalk of Harbor Boulevard at Katella Avenue when a car going north on Harbor struck her. The car reportedly stopped, but then drove away,…
The California Highway Patrol is looking for a driver who struck and killed a 57-year-old Laguna Niguel woman and fled the scene, according to a news report. Hyun Sheen was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on northbound I-5 just south of Lake Forest Drive. According to the CHP, Sheen struck…
A 17-year-old Costa Mesa boy died after being pulled from a burning garage apartment, according to a news report. Luke Upton died in a fire that officials believe began in a garage that had been turned into an apartment. Four other people escaped unharmed; an 18-year-old and a two-year-old were taken to a local hospital…
