​UPDATE, FEB. 8, 5:59 P.M.: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) has sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking a comprehensive safety review of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in light of the recent leaks and mishaps at the plant. "I ask the NRC to thoroughly assess the conditions at the San Onofre plant to determine what further investigation and action is required at this time, and whether similar actions may be needed at other nuclear facilities," reads Boxer's letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko.
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Jim Righeimer

​At the same time Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer poured more than $42,000 in personal funds into his 2010 political campaign to successfully fight police union attacks, the Republican real estate developer stiffed his own corporate lawyer out of nearly $195,000 in fees.

That revelation is according to a court record officially filed on Feb. 3, but inexplicably held secret until today by Orange County court officials.

Retired Judge Terry Friedman of Santa Monica played arbiter in the case and decided last month that Righeimer had signed contracts with Milburn A. Matthews, a $500-an-hour partner at the San Juan Capistrano law firm of Coontz & Matthews.
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Eder Giovanni Herrera

​UPDATE, FEB, 6, 4:22 P.M.: Federal immigration officials freed Eder Giovanni Herrera on his own recognizance.

"ICE's case review showed Mr. Herrera had not had any prior immigration enforcement encounters, nor did he have a criminal history, aside from the charges which were just dismissed," reads a statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Herrera's immigration problems may not be over, however.
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​The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday is expected to release a decision on Proposition 8, the state's same-sex marriage ban approved by voters in 2008.

​​UPDATED, JAN. 25, 3:55 P.M.: The Orange County coroner changed its press release today to state that Chau "was found next to a parking structure." In its original injury description, the coroner stated that he "jumped from a parking structure." The investigation is still ongoing. 
 
ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 23, 1:00 P.M.: Just after midnight last night, students discovered a body on the road near the Social Sciences Parking Structure at UC Irvine. The Orange County coroner's office noted that "the decedent jumped from a parking structure" and identified the man as 18-year-old Andy Chau of Santa Ana. More >>

DMV

​UPDATE, JAN. 25, 8:50 A.M.: Apologies for catching up on some updates I missed due to being out sick the weekend through Monday and having no time to get to them until now, but the man shot and killed by a cop in the parking lot of the Anaheim Police east station last week has been identified as Roscoe Cambridge.

The Anaheim 29-year-old was carrying a large kitchen knife and bible when he approached a police sergeant working on the computer in his service vehicle, according to authorities.
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​UPDATE, JAN. 18, 3:38 P.M.: Accused mass killer Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded not guilty to eight murder counts at today's arraignment hearing in Santa Ana. If a feeling of deja vu just washed over you, fret not; Dekraai also pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing last year. Today's arraignment was based on Tuesday's grand jury indictment of the Huntington Beach 42-year-old who, police say, confessed to fatally shooting eight people and attempting to off a ninth at Salon Meritage in Seal Beach on Oct. 14.
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​UPDATE, JAN. 11, 6:23 P.M.: An autopsy determined that 49-year-old homeless man Antonio Ruiz Martinez, whose body was found Monday morning in Santa Ana, next to an auto shop's pickup truck with a large amount of blood inside, died as a result of "gastrointestinal issues," according to police.

Foul play has therefore been ruled out.


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The suspects

​UPDATE, JAN. 10, 4:03 P.M.: A 17-year-old boy was arrested this morning for allegedly being the second robber who participated in a violent beer theft from a Circle K market in Garden Grove last week. Like the 16-year-old suspect who turned himself in Monday, the second arrestee is not being identified because of his age.
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​Over the objections of prosecutors, Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert Fitzgerald today sentenced Sloane Steven Briles to three years probation, a year in a child abusers treatment program and 180 days in a Veterans Administration residential treatment program for throwing his 7-year-old son off a cruise boat in Newport Harbor last August.

Deputy District Attorney Cyril Yu argued Irvine 35-year-old Briles should have received more jail time.
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