Articles by Ana Beatriz Cholo

184 articles since 2000

Death Underscores Danger of Scooters

California | Local | By Ana Beatriz Cholo | August 17, 2001
The death of a 6-year-old San Juan Capistrano boy who apparently crashed while riding a motorized scooter is a tragic reminder that children may be ill-prepared to handle such devices, authorities said Thursday. Read more
 

Scooters Can Be Dangerous ‘Toys’

California | Local | By Ana Beatriz Cholo | August 17, 2001
The death of a 6-year-old San Juan Capistrano boy who apparently crashed while riding a motorized scooter is a tragic reminder that children may be ill-prepared to handle such devices, authorities said Thursday. Read more
 

Worker Dies in Fall Inside Santa Ana Office Building

California | Local | By Ana Beatriz Cholo | August 11, 2001
A worker installing lighting fixtures in a Santa Ana office was killed Friday when he slipped off some scaffolding and toppled headfirst onto a marble floor, officials said. Read more
 

Uncleared Brush May Have Stoked Fire

California | Local | By Christine Hanley and Ana Beatriz Cholo | August 3, 2001
A brush fire that burned five condominiums along a coastal canyon in San Clemente proved so destructive in part because some residents failed to clear vegetation around their homes, fire officials said Thursday. Read more
 

Excess Brush Fed Flames

California | Local | By Christine Hanley and Ana Beatriz Cholo | August 3, 2001
A brush fire that burned five condominiums along a coastal canyon proved so destructive in part because some residents failed to clear vegetation around their homes, fire officials said Thursday. Read more
 

Explosion in UC Irvine Science Lab Caused Less Damage Than Feared

California | Local | By Jeff Gottlieb and Ana Beatriz Cholo | July 25, 2001
A morning of anxiety turned to an afternoon of relief Tuesday as UC Irvine professors and graduate students learned that a dramatic laboratory explosion and fire the day before had not caused the devastation researchers had feared. Read more
 

UCI Fire Damage Less Than Feared

California | Local | By Jeff Gottlieb and Ana Beatriz Cholo | July 25, 2001
A morning of anxiety turned to an afternoon of relief Tuesday as UC Irvine professors and graduate students learned that a dramatic laboratory explosion and fire the day before had not caused the devastation researchers had feared. Read more
 

Bungee Jump Outfit’s Future Is Left Hanging

California | Local | By Ana Beatriz Cholo | July 21, 2001
Every weekend, dozens of people scramble for several miles along a boulder-strewn creek to the Bridge to Nowhere, a concrete span deep in the Angeles National Forest and the site of Southern California’s only commercial bungee jumping venue. Read more
 

Troubles Haunted Shooting Victim, 22

California | Local | By Dave Mckibben and Ana Beatriz Cholo | July 17, 2001
The 22-year-old man shot and killed over the weekend by La Habra police was deeply troubled and had a history of gang involvement, drug use and resisting arrest. Read more
 

O.C. Sued by Mother of Slain Baby Boy

California | Local | By Ana Beatriz Cholo | July 13, 2001
A Laguna Niguel woman who was acquitted of murder in the death of her son three years ago has filed a $25-million lawsuit in federal court, alleging that overzealous prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies violated her civil rights. Read more
 
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