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Alfredo M. Hopgood-Otero of Costa Mesa, who pleaded guilty Friday to the Oct. 4, 2022, carjacking, was credited for 872 days behind bars by Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin.
With the general election just days away, more voting centers are opening Saturday, including many within the Daily Pilot’s coverage area. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. untl Election Day, when centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Huntington Beach police are still investigating the cause of a collision that took place on the night of Oct. 5 at Pacific Coast Highway and Beach Boulevard, sending two men to the hospital. One of them died Tuesday.
Marvin Antoine Brown pleaded guilty to kidnapping, robbing and assaulting the owner of Diamond and Jewelry Exchange in Costa Mesa on Dec. 4, 2019.
Apparently targeting the victim’s Rolex watch, a male suspect fled the scene after allegedly shooting a man during an attempted robbery in the South Coast Plaza parking lot.
Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, Orange County’s health officer, on Friday reissued an emergency declarationn for the Airport fire that began Sept. 9 and has so far consumed more than 23,000 acres.
Mark Phillip Oster faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in late November on the charge he pleaded guilty to Wednesday, a single count of production of child pornography.
A 33-year-man crossing Laguna Canyon Road on foot at around 5 a.m. Thursday was fatally struck by a vehicle, according to authorities.
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Angela Kathryn Mirabella, 49, who was facing dozens of counts in a $6-million nationwide student loan fraud scheme, was convicted on one count of identity theft. Jurors deadlocked on other counts.
Chaz Jamar Gooden of Alabama was given a two-year prison sentence after admitting he shot a Huntington Beach man on Sept. 17, 2023, at a fast-food restaurant on Beach Boulevard.
