A vehicle with five minors crashed into a wall in the 1000 block of Carmel Drive around 11:15 p.m. sending all of them to the hospital in Fullerton on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Warn, Contributing Photographer)
A woman suspected of being under the influence of drugs was arrested Friday after she drove her SUV onto a Costa Mesa sidewalk, killing a man, police said. Anna Marie McPherson, 45, of Irvine, was driving with two children southbound in the 1900 block of Newport Boulevard in a Mercedes SUV, Costa Mesa police Lt.…
TUSTIN – A 23-year-old woman died after she was thrown from a late-night collision on the I-5 freeway when a driver rear ended a big rig, officials said. Steven Heemstra, 24 of Irvine, was driving a gray 2013 Honda Civic around 11:30 p.m. on the southbound I-5, south of First Street, when he collided with…
IRVINE – A Santa Ana man died early Thursday morning after a series of crashes that started with a suspected drunk driver swerving over lanes on the transition from the southbound I-5 to the 133 toll road, officials said. Juan Ticas, 39, of Santa Ana, was killed not in the initial crash, but after he…
A 54-year-old woman died and four people were injured in an early morning wrong-way crash on the 405 Freeway in Irvine on Tuesday, CHP officials said. The woman was driving a 2010 Nissan south in the northbound carpool lane about 1:20 a.m. when she slammed head-on into a 2014 BMW near Harvard Avenue, according to…
Medical malpractice is one of the most hotly argued legal issues today. While some argue that it is the legitimate role of a jury to decide whether a patient is owed a particular settlement, others contend that malpractice claims are often used inappropriately and have led to higher insurance premiums for doctors. While statutes differ…