Man convicted of firing gunshots in 99 Cents Only parking lot in Santa Ana - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

A driver who opened fire on the occupants in another vehicle after an apparent parking lot dispute outside a 99 Cents Only store in Santa Ana was convicted this week of attempted murder.
An Orange County Superior Court jury on Tuesday, June 4, found Johnell Jackson, 38, guilty of felony counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle for a Feb. 18, 2024, shooting in a parking lot at 1514 N. Main St.
The 9:45 p.m. shooting, on a Sunday, came immediately after what witn

Alexander: The JJ Redick experiment is a big risk for the Lakers, Pelinka

Maybe JJ Redick will, indeed, be the next Pat Riley. After all, Riles stepped from his spot alongside Chick Hearn to the Lakers sideline all those years ago, serving an apprenticeship to Paul Westhead before sliding over to the first chair when Westhead was fired in November of 1981.
Or maybe Redick will be the next Steve Kerr. The curator of the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty went from broadcaster to coach, too, though he did have experience as the Phoenix Suns general manager before the

Stanley Cup Final: McDavid magic keeps Edmonton alive for Game 6

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid was surrounded by greatness.
His hair still wet from practice, he sat in Studio 99, the restaurant in the Edmonton Oilers’ home arena named for Wayne Gretzky and full of memorabilia commemorating the legendary career of the “Great One.” To his right was a jersey Gretzky wore during his first NHL season and on the wall to his left quotes from No. 99, who captained Edmonton to the Stanley Cup four times.
If McDavid keeps this up, the Oiler

Samuel Woodward describes how he stabbed former classmate Blaze Bernstein to death

Samuel Woodward testified Thursday to feeling “anger like nothing I had ever felt in my whole life” as he repeatedly stabbed his former classmate Blaze Bernstein in a Lake Forest park before burying Bernstein with “my own bare hands.”
Woodward, in a dramatic culmination of his fourth day of testimony in a Santa Ana courtroom, described violently killing Bernstein after he claimed Bernstein touched his genitals. Woodward testified that he was worried Bernstein had taken an

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Euro 2024: Spain blanks Italy to reach knockout round

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Europe beware – Spain might just be back.
The three-time European champion advanced to the round of 16 at Euro 2024 after a 1-0 win against holder Italy on Thursday.
A 55th-minute own goal by Riccardo Calafiori settled the Group B game at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen.
But that didn’t begin to tell the story of a statement performance from Spain, which surely marks it as one of the favorites to win a record-extending fourth European Championship.
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Wild Rivers hosts 200 swimmers as part of World’s Largest Swimming Lesson

Lifeguard Kingston Lawrence keeps an eye on a swimmer during the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. About 200 people took part in the lessons held in the park’s wave pool. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 200 people take part in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Regist

Construction of Garden Grove’s new $152 million Civic Center underway

A new three-story police station and four-level parking structure are under construction in Garden Grove, the first phase of a Civic Center renovation that is expected to take more than three years to complete.
The $152 million Garden Grove Civic Center Revitalization Project involves a 2.75-acre corner of Euclid Street and Acacia Parkway, including Community Center Park. In a later phase, Civic Center Park will be created. The OC Public Libraries system also has plans for the nearby Garden Grov

Ducks to kick off preseason Sept. 24 in San Jose

The Ducks announced their preseason schedule Thursday for the 2024-25 season, which will consist of half a dozen exhibition games, all to be played within the Golden State.
They’ll begin with a home-and-home set against the rebuilding San Jose Sharks, heading to Northern California to kick off the campaign Sept. 24 before their home opener Sept. 26. They’ll also wrap up their series of tuneups in San Jose on Oct. 4.
They’ll host the Kings on Sept. 30 and also face them on Sept.

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Kings and ESPN Radio 710 agree to multi-year broadcast partnership

The Kings have a new radio home – both on the dial and online – with ESPN after the club announced a new multi-year agreement Thursday.
All playoff, regular-season and preseason games will be broadcast on the ESPN LA app, as well as the team’s own app, with about 25 games airing on ESPN’s AM 710 radio station. The pact ended the Kings’ agreement with iHeart Radio, which began in 2018. The club previously appeared on KSPN 710 between 2002 and 2006.
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Swanson: Angel City FC is teeming with teens, and it’s going to pay off

LOS ANGELES — Imagine being in your 30s, raising a couple young kids at home and working a demanding job, one that requires you to go in every day and deal with a bunch of teenagers.
Shoutout to all the great high school teachers.
And shoutout Sydney Leroux.
Shoutout Leroux and her Angel City FC teammates who can order a drink and rent a car and keep up with kids literally half their age.
It was Leroux’s goal in the 85th minute of Wednesday night’s match that put Angel City ove

Lake Forest teenager among 2 killed in Jet Ski crash in Illinois

A 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest was among two teenagers killed in a Jet Ski collision in Illinois on Tuesday, authorities said.
Around 5 p.m., the girl was operating a Yamaha Jet Ski on Lake Marie with a 13-year-old girl from Illinois riding as a passenger, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli. The pair were riding near the channel to Grass Lake, north of Elime Road Peninsula, while a Sea Ray Cabin Cruiser was traveling west in the same area.
Witnesses to

Analysis: Kings trading Pierre-Luc Dubois corrects a massive mistake

The Kings jettisoned their epic flop of an offseason ago, Pierre-Luc Dubois, in a trade Wednesday, and whether the deal should be seen as a rousing success or a mitigated failure may be a question of where one’s evaluation began.
In the moment, the move was a smash, discarding $43.75 million in total commitment of salary-cap space over seven seasons by swapping the remaining $59.5 million on the contract of Dubois directly for the $15.75 million in cap obligations left on goalie Darcy Kuem

Shohei Ohtani sets the tone in Dodgers’ win at Colorado

Shohei Ohtani homered to start the game for the first time since moving into the leadoff spot for injured Mookie Betts, setting the tone for the Dodgers in a 5-3 victory over Colorado on Thursday that allowed them to take a 3-1 series win against the Rockies.
Will Smith and Freddie Freemen went deep in successive at-bats in the fourth inning, the fifth time this season Dodgers teammates have homered back to back. And the Dodgers got another solid outing from Gavin Stone, who pitched 5 1/3 inning

Norms Restaurant begins beer and wine service in Ontario and Rialto

It’s now possible to get a mimosa with your steak and eggs at Norms Restaurant in Ontario and Rialto.
The Bellflower-based chain of diners is rolling out an alcoholic beverage menu, beginning in the Inland Empire. It includes beer, wine, mimosas and micheladas, priced $5.50-$11.
The restaurants are at 4551 Mills Circle, Ontario, near Ontario Mills, and 325 W. Renaissance Parkway, Rialto, in Renaissance Marketplace, the only two locations that currently have licenses to sell wine and beer f

Haunted Mansion will return to Disneyland in time for Halloween season

The wait is almost over for the long-anticipated return of the Haunted Mansion as Disneyland crews wrap up work on the extended refurbishment in time for the Halloween season that kicks off earlier than ever this year.
Haunted Mansion Holiday will return by Aug. 23 in time for the Halloween Time season at Disneyland.
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When Disneyland will start selling Oogie Boogie Bash 2024 tickets

Halloween can’t start soon enough for the Disneyland faithful anxiously waiting for tickets to go on sale for Oogie Boogie Bash and the Anaheim theme park is already warning that the spooky Fall seasonal event will sell out quickly.
Tickets for the after-hours, separate admission event go on sale to Inspire Magic Keyholders on Tuesday, June 25, all Magic Keyholders on Wednesday, June 26 and to the general public on Thursday, June 27 at Disneyland.com/OogieBoogieBash.
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Horse racing: Los Alamitos’ new info serves bettors better

The frustration is familiar to many horse-racing fans – and to too many former horse-racing fans.
You bet on a horse to win, satisfied with the, let’s say, 4-1 odds showing on the tote board. Just before the race, the odds tumble to, maybe, 2-1. If you win, you’re disappointed with the smaller-than-hoped-for payoff. If you lose, you regret the wager even more than usual.
If it keeps happening, it might drive you to give up racing and turn to other kinds of sports betting in whi

Olive Garden refuses to make its pasta cheaper, shunning restaurant price war

By Rachel Phua
Olive Garden is refusing to join chains such as McDonald’s Corp. in offering steep discounts to attract struggling consumers, saying it’s a less sustainable way to boost sales.
Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns nine chains including Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, has kept price hikes below inflation but won’t join peers in promoting value meals as a way to fix a lingering pullback among lower-income diners.
“Couponing, deep discounting and all of t

Horse racing notes: Bob Baffert saddles Cowboy Mike in Los Alamitos opener

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Jockeys / Wins
Juan Hernandez / 36
Antonio Fresu / 35
Kyle Frey / 27
Edwin Maldonado / 24
Umberto Rispoli / 22
Hector Berrios / 18
Tiago Pereira / 16
Geovanni Franco / 15
Tyler Baze / 12
Mike Smith / 11
Trainers / Wins
Phil D’Amato / 22
Doug O’Neill / 17
Mark Glatt / 15
Jeff Mullins / 13
John Sadler / 13
Steve Knapp /13
Bob Baffert / 12
Peter Miller / 12
Librado Barocio / 9
Michael McCarthy / 9
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United Airlines jet turns back after engine piece falls off — and it’s not a Boeing plane

By Mary Schlangenstein and Allyson Versprille
A United Airlines Holdings Inc. plane returned to a Connecticut airport after losing part of a liner from inside the engine’s cover, another incident for a carrier already under scrutiny over a series of flight mishaps this year.
The Airbus SE A320 aircraft departed Bradley International Airport in Hartford Thursday morning enroute to Denver International when the crew heard an “abnormal noise,” according to a Federal Aviation Admin

Ohtani will face former Angels teammates in first regular season game since his free agency

DENVER – The day has come when Shohei Ohtani faces his former Angels team. If he’s excited or anxious about it, he’s keeping it to himself. More than likely, he just wants to get it over with.
Take it from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who recalled that’s the way he felt whenever he went against a former club during his lengthy playing career.
“I think he’s worried about today and once tomorrow comes, tomorrow comes,” Roberts said Thursday ahead of the D

CDC has 1M bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps

It’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of its potential to cause a pandemic, yet the U.S. has tested only about 45 people across the country.
“We’re flying blind,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. With so few tests run, she said, it’s impossi

What exactly is an average mortgage rate?

A Claremont resident and column reader recently wrote to me, wondering about the read numbers behind mortgage rates.
“We always hear about average mortgage rates,” my reader wrote. “As you know, averages can come from a large pool of data that are very close to the average. For example, if the average mortgage rates are 7% and 100 people get a mortgage, maybe 90 of them receive a rate between 6.8% and 7.2%. On the flip side the average could be 7% the range was 6 to 8%.”

Meet Dr. Stefan Bean: A new hope for Orange County school kids

Four years ago, a loving wife and mother of four wonderful children died of cancer. She’d had numerous conversations with her husband, who would be tasked with raising the children as a single parent, about how to proceed.
A lot of hearts broke the day Janet Bean died, but her survivors had resolved to carry her love and wishes with them forever.
One of those survivors, her husband, Stefan Bean, is the new superintendent of the Orange County Department of Education.
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Did an OC judge mean to kill his wife? Trial set to determine if it was an accident or murder

An Orange County Superior Court judge said his son “will hate me forever” and should “punch me in the face” after the judge shot and killed his wife in their Anaheim Hills home, according to testimony at a hearing Thursday that ended with the judge being ordered to stand trial on a murder charge.
Judge Jeff Ferguson stands accused of killing his wife, 66-year-old Sheryl Ferguson, during an argument and in front of their younger son at their home in the 8500 block of East

State utility regulators Thursday unanimously shot down a massively unpopular proposal by AT&T to scrap landline service for most of the Bay Area and much of California that critics would have stripped many older people and rural residents of a communications lifeline in power outages and disasters like fires and floods.
The Utility Reform Network estimated that hundreds of thousands of households in the Bay Area and millions around California would have lost landline service if the Californ

What’s changing in California’s new healthcare minimum wage

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters
It’s no surprise that California health care workers have questions about a new state law that will give them a higher minimum wage. It has different pay scales based on where they work and who they work for.And, Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned its start date into a moving target, confusing both workers and employers.
Last fall, Newsom signed a law that phases in pay increases for the state’s lowest-paid health workers to $25 an hour. The labor union SEIU C

A sizzling summer may be even more painful for migraine sufferers

Hunter Boyce | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
As temperatures continue to rise, so will cases of migraine headaches. That’s the latest froma new studyhelmed by University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researchers.
The discovery comes just days before the official kickoff of summer.
With global temperatures more than 2 degrees warmer than the 20th century average, last year wasEarth’s hottest on record. AndMay 2024 was a record-breaking month, marki

New Cal State Fullerton president says his leadership begins with courtesy

For incoming Cal State Fullerton President Ronald Rochon, leadership is about giving respect, not commanding it, he said.
Courtesy and inclusiveness, hospitality and humility are the pillars of his work, he said. They are values he learned from his family and mentors over the course of growing up in the Midwest and a 30-plus year career in academia, most recently leading the University of Southern Indiana campus.
“I believe in hospitality on steroids,” Rochon said in recent interview

‘I believe in hospitality on steroids;’ new Cal State Fullerton president says his leadership begins with courtesy

For incoming Cal State Fullerton President Ronald Rochon, leadership is about giving respect, not commanding it, he said.
Courtesy and inclusiveness, hospitality and humility are the pillars of his work, he said. They are values he learned from his family and mentors over the course of growing up in the Midwest and a 30-plus year career in academia, most recently leading the University of Southern Indiana campus.
“I believe in hospitality on steroids,” Rochon said in recent interview