38-year-old man arrested for allegedly kidnapping 13-year-old boy in Panorama City
Police say they are concerned that the suspect, 38-year-old Ottoniel Mendoza, may have committed similar crimes in the past.
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Police say they are concerned that the suspect, 38-year-old Ottoniel Mendoza, may have committed similar crimes in the past.
The defendants allegedly sent the victim's family photos of her through an online app.
Anaheim police have officially charged Andrew Pio in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl on her way home from school last week. He was detained following a lengthy pursuit through Anaheim on Friday.
Anaheim police detained a man driving the vehicle that matches the description of one used wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl last Thursday afternoon.
Authorities believe that the vehicle matches the description of the Ford F-150 wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a teenager as she was walking home from her middle school in Anaheim on March 31. Rina Nakano reports.
The first suspect was arrested the day of the attack.
Authorities are searching for two men who attempted to kidnap a 12-year-old girl last week in Ojai.
Even though it has been 20 years, a Costa Mesa man said he can't forget how Sherri Papini lied to him during the brief time they dated in the early 2000s.
Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was found in November 2016 after days of searching in California and several nearby states, with bindings on her body and injuries including a "brand" on her right shoulder.
The suspect drove the victim to his house and recorded a video of the sexual assault.
Los Angeles Police are pursuing a kidnapping suspect in South Los Angeles.
Authorities named 35-year-old Jacob Clare, Noah's biological father and Amber's uncle, as the suspect. He is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Anthony Valladares, 29, was sentenced Friday in the violent abduction of Ruochen "Tony" Liao of Santa Ana in 2018. Liao's body was eventually found buried in the Mojave Desert late last year.
The woman told police she had been walking near Mission Inn Avenue and Mount Rubidoux Drive on July 31 when she was forced into a vehicle and sexually assaulted.
Two men suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in downtown Huntington Beach were arrested, authorities announced Wednesday.
Eddy Reyes, 35, an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been in custody without bond since his arrest on April 15. The indictment returned Wednesday charges him with kidnapping his wife, 21-year-old Claudia Sanchez Reyes, on May 6, 2016, an incident that resulted in her death.
Michael Sangbong Rhee, 37, was arrested Thursday night at his home in Lake Forest. Irvine police say Rhee may have attacked a woman, believing she was white, in retaliation for the rise in hate crimes against Asian people.
A man who allegedly took an 11-month-old girl from her family's home in South Los Angeles pleaded not guilty Thursday to a kidnapping charge.
A 20-year-old man was arrested and two others were being sought in connection with a kidnapping and shooting in Covina, police said Thursday.
The suspect was believed to be armed with a handgun, police said.
Irvine police have been searching for 35-year-old Amber Aiaz, also known as Mei Yi Wu, and her 13-year-old daughter Melissa Fu since they went missing on Nov. 22, 2019.
According to police, the victim was pushed to the floor while inside the study at his Santa Ana home and forced into his Honda by a man they identified as Sergio Arechiga.
Ontario police say a social media app led them to an underage girl who is believed to have been kidnapped, held against her will and sexually assaulted at a Chino Hills home.
A woman who police say kidnapped her two children from their foster home in Palmdale was arrested after she was found with them at the Burbank Hollywood Airport.
A Los Angeles-area man was arrested Sunday in Alabama after a suspected kidnapping, followed by a high-speed chase, ended with a hostage standoff inside his van.
While receiving state-of-the-art care in Northern California, the injured mountain lion cub found on a Castaic street has made a new friend, a fellow orphaned cub from the Central Coast.
Riverside County firefighters and a deputy resuscitated four cats that were trapped inside a burning apartment.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
San Fernando city staff removed a statue and covered a mural showing Cesar Chavez at a local park after sexual abuse allegations against the late labor activist surfaced earlier this week.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said no one was injured when the old car caught on fire.
While receiving state-of-the-art care in Northern California, the injured mountain lion cub found on a Castaic street has made a new friend, a fellow orphaned cub from the Central Coast.
Riverside County firefighters and a deputy resuscitated four cats that were trapped inside a burning apartment.
Members from various unions, including the United Teachers Los Angeles, announced plans for a massive strike in April if ongoing contract negotiations with LAUSD officials do not reach a conclusion.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
San Fernando city staff removed a statue and covered a mural showing Cesar Chavez at a local park after sexual abuse allegations against the late labor activist surfaced earlier this week.
While receiving state-of-the-art care in Northern California, the injured mountain lion cub found on a Castaic street has made a new friend, a fellow orphaned cub from the Central Coast.
San Fernando city staff removed a statue and covered a mural showing Cesar Chavez at a local park after sexual abuse allegations against the late labor activist surfaced earlier this week.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said no one was injured when the old car caught on fire.
Burbank SWAT officers arrested a man who allegedly threatened a utility crew with a pellet rifle on Wednesday.
Stolen identities were allegedly used to secure high-value real estate loans, fabricate financial documents, and "move millions of dollars through a maze of fraudulent businesses and funnel accounts," said Tyler Hatcher, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-CI Los Angeles Field Office.
One person was killed when a Westminster home was engulfed in flames on Tuesday night, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
After Bill Kerwin's health saw a rapid decline while battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, 16 of his family's closest friends came together to make sure that he could see his daughter, Abbi, graduate from Huntington Beach High School with an early ceremony on Monday evening.
Federal officials appealed a judge's decision to dismiss a deportation case against Narciso Barranco, the father of three U.S. Marines in Orange County.
A Seal Beach woman in her 70s was hospitalized after she was hit by a young man on an electric motorcycle.
Investigators said Jose Angel Aguilar cut off his ankle monitor and escaped while attending classes at an Orange County community college.
Riverside County firefighters and a deputy resuscitated four cats that were trapped inside a burning apartment.
Detectives are investigating the "suspicious death" of a 23-year-old woman who died after a fight with a family member on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said that a 38-year-old man was violently assaulted in the 14000 block of Big Horn Avenue on Tuesday afternoon and that he succumbed to his injuries after being taken to a local hospital.
Riverside police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly stabbing spree outside the Riverside courthouse last week.
After dozens of community members gathered to share their thoughts on whether or not the city of Ontario would rebuild the historic Jay Littleton Ball Park, which was destroyed by a fire in 2024, city council members opted to delay their vote for another day.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
A California desert community tied the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S., amid a record-breaking winter heat wave in the Southwest.
Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Trey Murphy added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame an early 18-point hole to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-109.
A long-duration heat wave is taking shape over the western half of the U.S. and forecast to stick around in the days ahead.
Lawmakers in the California state legislature said they are moving to designate "Farmworkers Day" as a state holiday following sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez.
President Trump on Wednesday temporarily eased a century-old law that limits shippers from transporting energy products around the U.S.
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino was pulled away from a high-profile role leading immigration raids in major U.S. cities, including Minneapolis, earlier this year.
U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump's inner circle that Iran's late supreme leader had misgivings about his son replacing him, viewing Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as not very bright.
San Francisco officials said Tuesday that the city has filed a lawsuit against leading manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, accusing them of producing products linked to serious health issues and alleging that the companies knowingly made the foods addictive.
A bill that would reverse a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, after being approved by the legislature.
Meal kit delivery firm HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of misleading customers and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
With the help of her daughter and her 5th-grade class, CBS News California (KCAL) Investigative reporter Julie Watts investigates "Sephora Kids" concerns.
A Southern California man has pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme that stole more than $2 million from San Francisco-based food delivery company DoorDash, federal prosecutors said.
LA County public health officials issued a bacteria warning at several beaches as a potentially record-breaking heat wave arrives in Southern California.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
A nonprofit that booked a Social Agent said it's a lot cheaper than hiring someone to do their social media full-time. A typical job runs about $200, with same-day delivery, and if clients already have footage, they can upload it and get a finished piece.
A California judge has tentatively stopped the state from canceling commercial licenses for more than 20,000 immigrant truck drivers.
The Fremont factory will still manufacture Model 3 and Y, but the space where Model S and X are made will instead focus on mass production of Tesla's Gen 3 Optimus robots.
About 30% of San Francisco was without power at the height of the outage, according to utility provider PG&E.
The DMV said it is giving Tesla Motors 60 days to address its misleading use of "autopilot," or it could have its dealer license temporarily suspended.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
Noah Cates scored on a deflection off goalie Lukas Dostal's skate at 2:17 of overtime and — after a review for offsides on the play — the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Luka Doncic had 40 points and LeBron James added 30 as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets.
Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Trey Murphy added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame an early 18-point hole to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-109.
After dozens of community members gathered to share their thoughts on whether or not the city of Ontario would rebuild the historic Jay Littleton Ball Park, which was destroyed by a fire in 2024, city council members opted to delay their vote for another day.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
"One Battle After Another" took home several big awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and the newly created Best Casting.
The acclaimed filmmaker, who died in February at age 96, revolutionized the art of documentaries with such films as "Titicut Follies." In an interview recorded last year, the pioneering Wiseman talked about his unusual production methods aimed at capturing life.
Singer-songwriter John Mayer and film director-producer McG have teamed up to buy and renovate the legendary movie studio built by Charlie Chaplin, to preserve as a soundstage, recording studio, and a campus for artistic collaborations.
An Anaheim firefighter teased a so-called "firefighter style" burger at In-N-Out, except it's not on the restaurant's secret menu.
CBS LA's Gio Insignares traveled along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue to find out what people living along the road think of the potential name change.
Desmond Shaw flies to one of the grand mansions from film industry's royalty.
In a podcast interview with Latino USA, a show by Futuro Media, revered labor leader Dolores Huerta speaks out about the allegations of sexual abuse against acclaimed civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. Tom Wait reports.
While receiving state-of-the-art care in Northern California, the injured mountain lion cub found on a Castaic street has made a new friend, a fellow orphaned cub from the Central Coast. Hunter Sowards reports.
Widely considered the greatest architect of his time, Frank Gehry helped shape Los Angeles' skyline.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The Franklin Fire in Malibu quickly grew overnight and threatened several homes. Evacuation orders were issued and Pepperdine University instructed students to shelter in place.
Several people have been injured and multiple homes burned after the Mountain Fire broke out Wednesday morning in Ventura County, burning over 10,000 acres within hours.
