[UPDATED with Sex Clash Motive:] Ricardo Rios, OC Homicide No. 61: Lost Fight at Home

UPDATE, DEC. 21, 11:30 A.M.: 22-year-old Edgar Salvador Luciozamudio and Ricardo Rios fought over a sexual act the 47-year-old initiated before the older man was murdered, prosecutors say. The disclosure is contained in an Orange County District Attorney's office statement on Luciozamudio's continued arraignment Thursday in Santa Ana, where he is being held in lieu …

[UPDATED With Agreement Ratified:] Disneyland and UNITE HERE Local 11 Near Bargaining Agreement, Higher Wages, Better Healthcare For Hotel Workers

UPDATE, DEC. 8, 10:41 A.M.: The ballots have been counted and the results announced. The fierce feud is over. An “overwhelming majority” of UNITE HERE Local 11 members who cast ballots yesterday voted in support of the new collective bargaining agreement with Disneyland Resort. The newly ratified agreeement comes after a years long debate over …

Justin Bieber Is Officially the Most Searched Musician Of 2011

Bing.com, Microsoft's search engine, recently compiled its 2011 search trends for musicians and came up with some interesting results. Their list of the top ten most searched musicians is entirely made up of femme powerhouses (Who run da world?), save for the top slot, which was nabbed by Justin Bieber (get it, girl). Biebs stole No. 1 …

Bullying of Youths is Down Online But Up Via Text, Says Locally Produced National Study

The good news: kids are not being bullied as much online. The bad news: bullying by text messages is on the rise. That's the takeaway from a study whose lead author is Michele Ybarra, president and research director of the nonprofit Internet Solutions for Kids in San Clemente. ] She found the frequency and intensity …

Bakulkumar Kantilal Patel, Foothill Ranch Doctor, Gets Five Years Of Probation From State Medical Board

A Foothill Ranch doctor with a history of insufficient record keeping is, again, facing reprimand by the state medical board. This time it's for doing an unsuccessful procedure and then not making a proper diagnosis. Although the board could have revoked Dr. Bakulkumar Kantilal Patel's license, they gave him five years of probation, which takes …

Happy National Unfriend Day! Jimmy Kimmel Hopes You Celebrate By Whittling Down Your Facebook Friends List

That Jimmy Kimmel, he's been on a roll lately.  For Halloween, he asked parents to tell their kids they ate all of their candy and then videotape their responses. The results? Way more tears than should ever be shed over high-fructose corn syrup and some really freaking cute kids. If you haven't watched the Youtube …

ACLU Raises Privacy Concerns Over Confiscated Student Cellphones

“H-E-L-L-O: Students have a right to privacy in their cell phones.” That's not just the lament of the empty-eyed Hot Dog on a Stick girl handing you your lunch at the mall. It's the title of a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union's Southern California office, which finds privacy rights are being trampled …

Newport Beach Hotel Company Dishes Out $132k for Firing of Front Desk Clerk with Autism

Comfort Suites and its parent company Tarsadia Hotels of Newport Beach have agreed to pay $132,500 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of an autistic front desk clerk who was fired. The companies must also change its employment practices and operations as a result of the …