The Ortega (74) Highway between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano was shut down for a brief period Tuesday while crews removed several boulders that might have otherwise rolled onto the two-lane corridor, and additional removals are planned over the next few weeks. According to Caltrans District 8 spokeswoman Terri Kasinga, the “slope stabilization” operation […]
Authorities arrested a woman accused of posing as the wife of a firefighter battling Southern California’s massive Holy Fire in order to scam good Samaritans out of thousands of dollars in donations. Ashley Bemis, 28, of San Juan Capistrano was jailed Tuesday on suspicion of grand theft and other crimes, according to a release from […]
