California church stabbing suspect had been deported three times, officials say

A bouncer claims he almost didn’t survive an attack at the hands of Survivor alum, Silas Gaither.

Officials in Orange County, Calif., are fighting a court order aimed at slashing the population of inmates in the county due to the coronavirus.  Sheriff Don Barnes pushed back against the Orange County Superior Court, which ordered the reduction of the county's jail populations by 50% on Friday in an effort to achieve proper social distancing and prevent further spread of COVID-19.  "I have no intention of releasing any of these individuals from my custody," Barnes said, according to Los

An undocumented immigrant serving time for the killing of a child was released from a California prison earlier this month despite an ignored request from federal immigration agents that he be handed over so they could take him into custody to begin deportation proceedings, officials said Monday. Carlos Morales-Ramirez, 44, left the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla on Dec.

A four-hour standoff between California police and a suspected shooter ended with the suspect jumping out a second-floor window, according to authorities. Anaheim Police Department officers responded to a call of a shooting at about 1 a.m.

Members of a bicycling group were grieving Thursday after five participants in their annual Nevada-California border-area ride were killed when a box truck struck them, according to reports. Three more members of the group of about 20 riders were injured in the horrific crash, according to FOX 5 of Las Vegas.

The driver of a pickup truck had to be rescued and rushed to a hospital Wednesday night in California after a cargo-handling device at the Port of Long Beach fell on top of the vehicle and nearly flattened it, according to a report. The driver was described as a woman in her 60s, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

A 22-year-old California driver with a prior impaired-driving arrest was being held Tuesday night following a suspected DUI crash in Newport Beach that left a young couple dead and their three young children critically injured, according to reports.  Authorities said the suspect, Grace Elizabeth Coleman, 22, of Newport Beach, tried to walk away from the scene before she was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.

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While the 24,375 new Covid-19 cases reported in California on Tuesday were lower than the 30,000-plus all-time high seen over the weekend, California Director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly stressed that the state has still “seen more than a doubling of our average case number.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom took to the podium Monday morning after a devastating weekend for the state that saw the all-time high number of cases on Friday of about 22,000, growing to over 30,000 by Sunday. On Monday, the number was 24,735. “Just over the past 3 days we’ve averaged about 25,000 new cases a day,” said the Governor.

.It all started when users began posting videos with the caption “If Miley Cyrus comments on this video, I'll do…” couldn't help but join in on the fun and give the fans what they wanted—replies… lots and lots of replies. The decisions ranged from one woman literally (she chose California) to another declaring they'd "whatever color she wants.” The answer: “SHAVE IT.”Cyrus then took it one step further when she asked a fan out after she posted a video dancing to one of Cyrus' songs.

California police were continuing to hunt for a 68-year-old woman's killer as nearly 100 people gathered for a walk on the popular hiking trail where she was attacked in broad daylight and stabbed to death. The walk was held Saturday in Carlsbad’s Hosp Grove Park to remember Lisa Thorborg, who had moved to the beach city near San Diego six months ago from Oregon and to comfort a community shaken by the death.

Reese Osterberg decided to pay it forward after she received the gift of a lifetime. The 9-year-old girl lost not just her family home, but her baseball card collection in the Creek Fire in California.

The Harvest Rock Church in California is turning to the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction blocking an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom restricting the number of people who are legally permitted to gather at houses of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbings of two people and the wounding of others at a California church that was being used as a homeless shelter, police said Monday.

Multiple people were stabbed on Sunday night, including two fatally, at San Jose’s Grace Baptist Church while the building was reportedly being used to shelter the homeless during a cold night. Authorities said some of those injured sustained life-threatening injuries.

Ted Johnson The California Labor Commission has concluded that Celine Dion has to pay commissions to ICM Partners and partner Rob Prinz, ruling that she still owed for a lucrative contract with AEG because the deal was negotiated by her former agency.“The abundance of extrinsic evidence present here supports the Labor Commissioner’s conclusion that a valid talent agent contract was formed between the parties,” CLC concluded.The dispute centers on a concerts deal valued at nearly $500 million