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Long Beach Residential fire kills woman, injures man
A late-night fire killed a resident of a Long Beach apartment complex.
The Long Beach Fire Department says firefighters arrived at the complex in Belmont Shore just before midnight Monday after reports of heavy fire and a person trapped.
The department says a woman was rescued but died from her injuries. The woman's husband was hospitalized in moderate condition.
PERRIS Four puppies taken in armed robbery
A 22-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for allegedly committing an armed robbery that netted four puppies.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department says the victims had agreed to meet the suspect Thursday at a Perris shopping center to sell him an 8-week-old English bulldog.
When the victims arrived, they were confronted by two suspects, one brandishing a firearm. The robbers took four puppies and fled.
A Sheriff's Department statement says investigators identified Alexxys Octavio Jimenez as a suspect on Friday and arrested him at his Moreno Valley residence where all four puppies were recovered.
The sheriff's website shows he remains in custody and has a Wednesday court date. It's not immediately clear if he has a lawyer who could respond to the allegations.
LOS ANGELES Driver charged for allegedly trying to hit men at synagogue
Felony charges with a hate crime allegation have been filed against a motorist accused of trying to run down two men leaving a Los Angeles synagogue.
The district attorney's office says Tuesday that Mohamed Abdi Mohamed is charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney.
Police say the 32-yearold yelled anti-semitic remarks at the pair, made a U-turn and drove at the men, who were on a sidewalk. Nobody was hurt.
The suspect was arrested after crashing into another car in the largely Jewish Wilshire-area.
Mohamed, who was born in Somalia, is a U.S. citizen who resides in Seattle.
Investigators believe Abdi was acting alone, and not as a member of a group.
SAN FRANCISCO State University gets $26.8M donation
An alumni couple are giving San Francisco State University a $26.8 million donation — the largest gift in the university's history.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the bulk of the donation from real estate mogul George Marcus and his wife, Judy Marcus, $25 million, will support the liberal arts. The remaining $1.8 million will establish an athletics scholarship fund.
SFSU President Leslie Wong says the money will establish the George and Judy Marcus Funds for Excellence in the Liberal Arts. The university will also use the gift for improvements in the department of Creative Writing and the School of Cinema.
Judy Otten Marcus graduated from San Francisco State in 1962 with a degree in recreation, and is a former physical education teacher.
George Marcus graduated in 1965 with a degree in economics.
AVENAL Light earthquake rattles west side of San Joaquin Valley
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake rattled the rural west side of the San Joaquin Valley early Tuesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor occurred at 5:07 a.m. and was centered 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) northwest of the pistachio-growing community of Avenal.
The quake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers).
LOS ANGELES Bail denied for alleged white supremacist accused in brawls
Bail has been denied for the second time for an alleged member of a white supremacist group that's suspected of inciting violence at California political rallies last year.
City News Service reports a judge on Tuesday affirmed a previous ruling that Aaron Eason is a danger to the community.
Eason's lawyer denied that the 38-year-old has ties to the militant Rise Above Movement. But prosecutors countered that emails sent by Eason show he was closely associated with the group and that he participated in hand-to-hand combat training in preparation for the rallies.
Officials say the group planned and carried out attacks at 2017 gatherings in Huntington Beach, Berkeley and San Bernardino.