A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Tuesday of using excessive force when pouring hot water on the arm of a mentally ill defendant to get him to pull his hands back into his cell in ...

A man with a lengthy criminal history and a fellow gang member were charged Tuesday in a fatal drive-by shooting in Santa Ana. Santino Javier Fausto, 28, and Stephany Vuelvas, 26, were both charged ...

A man and a woman from Orange County have been arrested in connection with an alleged fatal gang-related shooting last year, ...

Antonio Padilla killed the woman in a shed he stayed in next to his family’s mobile home, prosecutors said, then buried her ...