New DNA technology helps solve Santa Ana child rape case

For the first time in Orange County, and the second time in the state, improved DNA technology has led to an arrest of a suspect in a cold case, authorities said Tuesday in detailing how they linked a defendant accused of raping a 6-year-old girl to the 2012 crime.

Federal lawsuit details numerous abuses in Orange County Jail

(CNS) - A federal class-action lawsuit refiled today on behalf of Orange County jail inmates alleges a number of abuses, including the improper monitoring of inmate-attorney phone calls, the use of disciplinary isolation and claims that two pregnant women in labor were ignored and later lost their babies.

Cisneros joins Congressional delegation at Mexico border

SANTA ANA (CNS) - Rep. Gilbert Cisneros Jr., D-Fullerton, said after joining a delegation of nearly two dozen lawmakers visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, today that he is more committed than ever to "comprehensive immigration reform."