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Brian Rokos
Brian Rokos has worked in newspapers since 1985, at the Mountain Democrat in Placerville, News Chronicle in Thousand Oaks, the Cincinnati Post, the Orange County Register and currently The Press-Enterprise/Southern California News Group. Among the major stories he has covered are destructive wildfires, Christopher Dorner's rampage, the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Chase Merritt murder trial and the Perris torture case.
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Arrest made in fatal injury of Jewish man from Israel-Hamas war protest in Southern California
Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Paul Kessler, 69, of Thousand Oaks.
Family seeks clues after California man, 68, slain while watering lawn
Riverside police have released few details on the shooting, even declining to say where the victim was standing when he was shot. No arrests have been announced.
Man who panicked California mall shoppers with false gunman report sentenced to 7 months in jail
Angel Morin, 44, of Rancho Cucamonga pleaded no contest to one count of reporting a false emergency causing injury.
California robber who shouted, ‘He shot my arm off!’ gets 10 years in prison
Rasheed Belvin, 24, was the last of the four defendants to make pleas connected to the attempted heist during which market owner Craig Cope, 80, shot Belvin.
4 California men convicted of charges in Jan. 6 Capitol breach
The men were on a 'road trip' and armed themselves for protection, the attorney for one of them says.
Crews strengthening lines on Highland fire in Aguanga, increasing containment to 25%
Flames had diminished enough that officials at the scene said air tankers would not be required for operations on Thursday.
Highland fire: 4 homes reported destroyed in Aguanga
Both the number of acres burned and the containment percentage increased overnight into Wednesday.
Calm shattered: Southern California Highland fire destroys retirees’ home
The flames appeared to be a safe distance from the home of George and Lucila Boyles. Then the wind direction changed.
Large brush fire burning in Southern California prompts evacuations
A fire churning through brush in the rural Riverside County community of Aguanga damaged or destroyed nine buildings Monday, Oct. 30, and prompted orders to residents to flee.
Police fatally shoot woman who they said had BB gun at California bus stop
Police could be heard yelling at the woman to drop a weapon in footage obtained by a news videographer.