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Los Angeles

Man Bites Dog—With Motor Vehicle

HAWTHORNE, CA—Ay, Chihuahua! It was a doggone shame that a soured marriage ended in the death of a dog and the birth of a litter of bad puns. Michael David

Riverside

Jurupa Valley Gamecock Fight Broken Up, Chick Arrested

JURUPA VALLEY – Sheriff’s deputies broke up a large gamecock fighting ring in Riverside County, arresting the woman responsible for the operation. On Saturday night, deputies assigned to the Jurupa

Orange

Man Houses Hundreds of Pythons

Santa Ana – After hearing complaints of a foul odor emanating from a house on the 2900 block of N. Fernwood, Animal Services enlisted the support of police in serving

Lake

Deputies report drug induced revenge killing, dog for bird

A domestic situation between a couple of pet owners resulted in the death of a parakeet and a dog, and the arrest of a Clearlake Oaks man on multiple charges.

Kern

Man armed with machete arrested

BAKERSFIELD —Police arrested a 23-year-old man armed with a machete after he barricaded himself inside a southeast Bakersfield home on Tuesday morning. Augustin Patino was booked into the Kern County

Santa Barbara

Blood Sport for Birds Busted

Santa Barbara County – Cockfighting is hardly for chickens, nor is it legal north of the International Border.  And, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover,

Santa Barbara

Fistfight With Family Dog Escalates to 8-hour Standoff with Cops

Santa Barbara – In what must surely fall into the “one dumb thing leads to another” column, Nicola Zeno Mollo Jr., 39, began the day of January 8th by angrily punching

Fresno

Gang Members Attack Homeless Man and Kill Dog

FRESNO – An 18-year-old and 16-year-old were arrested after a homeless man was attacked and his dog killed earlier this week. The 45-year-old victim was walking through the parking lot

Orange

Area Man Arrested, Charged With 106 Animal Cruelty Crimes

Two men accused of causing severe abuse and neglect of nearly 20,000 animals in Lake Elsinore were arrested and charges filed against them, an official with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office

Los Angeles

Man Charged With Animal Cruelty and Driving Under the Influence

The man accused of abandoning a seriously injured dog on a Culver City sidewalk Friday morning has been charged with animal cruelty and driving under the influence of alcohol. Tommy Naylor, 62, was