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Loved ones are desperate for answers as they search for the suspect driver who killed a 21-year-old man in Orange County before speeding away. Joshua Cervantes, 21, of Tustin, was killed by the driver on April 2, 2023 at around 2 a.m. as he and a friend, Amber Khan, were leaving a house party. They had stood next to a car near the intersection of Ross Street and St. Gertrude Place for several minutes when a speeding SUV struck them and fled the scene. Joshua Cervantes, 21, is seen in a photo provided by his family. Friends and family gathered on March 29, 2025 to honor Joshua Cervantes near the spot where he was killed. (KTLA) Joshua Cervantes and his best friend Amber Khan are seen in a photo provided by family. The intersection of Ross Street and St. Gertrude Place in Santa Ana where Joshua Cervantes and Amber Khan were struck by a hit-and-run driver on April 2, 2023. (KTLA) The suspect’s vehicle (similar to the one pictured) is a silver or gold-colored 2000s-era Ford Expedition SUV. (Santa Ana Police Department) A reward between

An accused drug dealer is officially heading to trial in Ventura County’s first fentanyl murder case. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Rodney Rey Yanez, 56, of Oxnard, has been held to answer for the second-degree murder of a gas station employee. This decision came after a four-day preliminary hearing where 16 witnesses were called, officials said, including a firefighter paramedic and several law enforcement narcotics experts. In addition to the murder charge, officials said Yanez was also charged with nine felonies and four misdemeanors related to his alleged drug possession and sale activity. According to the DA’s Office, it was on Sept. 20, 2023, when Yanez allegedly sold fentanyl to Dylan Rusch at an Oxnard gas station. Rusch, who was working at the gas station, then overdosed in the restroom. Officers and paramedics later found Rusch and, despite life-saving efforts, pronounced him dead at the scene.  The victim’s toxicology results showed a lethal level of fentanyl was the cause of death. The DA Office’s initial report did not include whether Rusch knew what he was taking. Officers with the Oxnard Police

Central Coast students competed in a unique kind of match-up this weekend one that involved engineering and robots. Old Mission School (OMS) hosted the first-ever OMS Friendship Robotics Tournament on Saturday in San Luis Obispo. The event invited teams from Atascadero Fine Arts Academy, St. Patrick’s School, and OMS to compete in several robotics matches and a creative engineering challenge. Organizers say the goal of the tournament was to connect students from different schools who shared the same passion. “Them being able to start it here, I think it’s an easier access point and you’ll get more kids involved in it because it’s starting at that lower level, and they’re just so curious and so excited and really delightful to work with at this age,” Amy Fraser, a robotics coach at OMS, told KSBY. This is the school’s first year of having its own competitive robotics team. School officials say they are proud to facilitate and host an event of this size at its San Luis Obispo campus.

$2.1 million will be used to improve two embankments along Highway 46 East near Cambria. The California Transportation Commission recently allocated $1 billion for projects across the state, including a portion of Highway 46. Storms from November and December of last year caused two slipouts along the highway, five miles east of Cambria. That is the ground underneath the edge of the roadway which had given way and we had damage to the pavement, said Kevin Drabinski, Daltrans District 5 spokesperson. Typically, we are going to get a slipout on the edge where there is less support under the road, Drabinski said. Drabinski says the funding will allow them to rebuild the slope. And then were going to add rock slope protection to keep off rainwater intrusion slipping off the road and eroding that slope. We are also going on top and fixing the roadway itself and installing a drainage system, Drabinski said. With the expectation of remediation that they are undergoing at the present time, I dont expect that to remain an issue, said James Herrington of Cambria. Work on one of the slipouts

The body of a missing Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter who went missing at sea while diving over three months ago has been recovered. On Saturday, LAFD announced the body of Connor J. Lees, 29, was found in the waters off Long Beach on March 26.  On Dec. 4, 2024, Lees, who was off duty, went free diving with three other men in the Port of Long Beach off Pier J. Free diving involves holding one’s breath for as long as they can while diving without scuba gear. The men called for emergency help just before 10 p.m. when Lees did not return to their boat, launching a multi-agency search with divers from the U.S. Coast Guard, LAFD, L.A. County Fire, Long Beach Police and the L.A. Port Police. More than 19 hours after the search began, officials made the decision to transition from a search and rescue mission to a recovery mission.   “The decision to transition operations to a recovery mission is not taken lightly,” LBFD said in an Instagram post on Dec. 5, 2024. “As we make this transition, our thoughts and prayers

All lanes on the 101 Freeway have reopened after a shooting prompted the closure of the northbound lanes near downtown Los Angeles for several hours. Officials with the California Highway Patrol told KTLA that officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 101 Freeway at Alameda Street at about 1:51 p.m. One person was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition. Their age and gender are yet to be revealed publicly. Around 4:38 p.m., the Sigalert was canceled and all lanes on the 101 were reopened. No additional details were immediately made available.

A 47-year-old man killed in a crash involving two big rigs on a freeway transition road in Pomona was publicly identified Saturday. Jagdeep Sangha died from traumatic injuries in an accident, according to the Medical Examiner’s office. His city of residence was not provided. The crash occurred about 8:40 a.m. Thursday on the freeway transition road connecting the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway to the northbound Orange (57) Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported. Sangha was pronounced dead at the scene.

A fight followed by a shooting prompted the California Highway Patrol to shut down all northbound lanes of the Hollywood (101) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Saturday afternoon for a crime scene investigation. The fight was reported to the CHP at 1:35 p.m. Saturday on the northbound side of the freeway at Mission Road, Officer Erik Larsen told City News Service. An argument broke out between two people followed by a shooting, Larsen said. One person was taken to a hospital by ambulance for treatment of minor injuries, he said. The CHP reopened the right lanes of the northbound freeway about 3:30 p.m. and reopened the remaining lanes about an hour later.

The body of a missing Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter who went missing at sea while diving three months ago has been recovered. On Saturday, LAFD announced the body of Connor J. Lees, 29, was found in the waters off Long Beach on March 26.  On Dec. 4, 2024, Lees, who was off duty, went free diving with three other men in the Port of Long Beach off Pier J. Free diving involves holding one’s breath for as long as they can while diving without scuba gear. The men called for emergency help just before 10 p.m. when Lees did not return to their boat, launching a multi-agency search with divers from the U.S. Coast Guard, LAFD, L.A. County Fire, Long Beach Police and the L.A. Port Police. More than 19 hours after the search began, officials made the decision to transition from a search and rescue mission to a recovery mission.   “The decision to transition operations to a recovery mission is not taken lightly,” LBFD said in an Instagram post on Dec. 5, 2024. “As we make this transition, our thoughts and prayers continue

(The Hill) — “Mr. President! You talked about some of the violence that’s been going on at dealerships,” a reporter yelled to President Trump as he stood next to Elon Musk and a Tesla parked near the White House lawn earlier this month. “Some say they should be labeled domestic terrorists.”  “I’ll do that,” Trump interjected. “We’re going to stop it if we catch anybody doing it because they’re harming a great American company.”  Days later, Trump’s FBI would launch a task force dedicated to investigating and referring for prosecution suspects in a string of incidents protesting Musk at Tesla dealerships across the country.  It was one of several instances during the first three months of Trump’s second term in which a shouted question or suggestion from a media member has resulted in direct action from the president.  It’s a trend several reporters in the Washington press corps and national political insiders told The Hill this week underscores Trump’s intense focus on press coverage – and how the coverage can lead to new efforts by Trump to take actions that will create additional headlines – and new news cycles.