An Anchorage woman is being held on $1 million bond after being accused of setting a gasoline-fueled fire to kill her boyfriend. Gina Virgilio, 25, was arraigned Monday on first-degree murder, reckless endangerment and assault and two counts each of arson and criminal mischief. She’s charged in Friday’s death of her live-in boyfriend, Michael Gonzalez,…

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Irvine is safest U.S. city for eighth straight year, FBI says – latimes.com. Looking to avoid becoming a crime statistic? Move to Irvine. In 2011, for the eighth year in a row, the Orange County city had the lowest violent crime rate of any U.S. city with a population larger than 100,000, the FBI said…

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Jerry Sandusky trial to start in Pennsylvania – CNN.com. (CNN) — Opening statements in the trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with child rape, are scheduled to start Monday. Sandusky, 68, has been under house arrest since being charged with sexually abusing 10 boys for at least 15 years. Prosecutors…

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Killings by police in Los Angeles County jump sharply – latimes.com. By Joel Rubin and Sarah Ardalani, Los Angeles TimesJune 10, 2012 The first deadly encounter of 2011 came quickly for police in Los Angeles County, when an officer killed an armed burglar on the second day of the year. The last person to be killed by police that…

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Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI three times in five days – latimes.com. An San Diego man has been arrested for suspected drunken driving three times in the last five days, deputies said Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a report of a drunken driver on Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach about 6:30 a.m. Sunday. When they…

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Two Newhall teenagers died in a suspected drunk-driving crash in Castaic on Saturday night. Kevin Sanchez, 16, and Richard Lagunas, 19, were passengers in a 1999 Ford Escort driven by Carlos Hernandez, 28, also of Newhall, the California Highway Patrol said. Hernandez and a third passenger survived. The car was eastbound on Hasley Canyon Road,…

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More than 14 tons of marijuana seized after cross-border tunnel is discovered – latimes.com. U.S. and Mexican authorities on Wednesday announced the seizure of more than 14 tons of marijuana and the discovery of a large cross-border tunnel linking a warehouse in San Diego to Tijuana. The drug seizure was part of the multi-agency investigation…

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A 43-year-old Fountain Valley woman was charged with having sex with a 12-year-old boy who was her son’s friend, authorities said Thursday afternoon. Patricia Ann Serrano is charged with three felony counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 with a sentencing enhancement for substantial sexual conduct with a child, the Orange County district…

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SANTA MONICA – Police are questioning a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in which a jaywalker was killed by the driver of a Toyota Camry, authorities said today.The accident at Lincoln and Santa Monica boulevards was reported at about 5:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Santa Monica police Sgt. Richard Lewis said.Witnesses told police…

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California’s homeless sex offender parolees will be rounded up and kept indoors Halloween night under a new initiative announced under the state’s annual Operation Boo crackdown. The state corrections department began the Halloween night initiative in 1994 and has expanded it since. Sex offenders on parole are required to remain indoors from 5 p.m. Halloween…

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