Federal agents searched GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility after a methyl methacrylate tank overheated in May, forcing 50,000 residents to evacuate. The company says it is cooperating as federal and local criminal investigations proceed.
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Over 50,000 Southern California residents remain evacuated after a chemical tank at a Garden Grove aerospace facility neared explosion. Officials have stabilized the tank but warn risks persist as investigations continue.
A chemical tank containing toxic methyl methacrylate in Orange County, California, is dangerously close to exploding, prompting a state of emergency and evacuation of over 50,000 residents. Firefighters are working to cool the tanks and prevent a catastrophic blast.
Dino Rojas-Moreno, a 26-year-old bartender from Southern California, has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly beating 27-year-old Tatum Goodwin to death with a fire extinguisher in an alleyway near her place of work. Court documents suggest that Rojas-Moreno attacked Goodwin in a parking lot around 1 a.m. and dragged her to a secluded area behind a movie theater, where he beat her with the fire extinguisher. Rojas-Moreno is currently being held in Orange County Jail without bail and is scheduled to appear in court on October 21st.
California dermatologist Dr. Yue Yu has been indicted on four felony counts for allegedly poisoning her husband with liquid drain cleaner in an attempt to kill him. She is currently being held in Orange County Jail with a bail set at $1 million and faces up to nine years in prison if convicted.
The Orange County District Attorney's Office has dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, co-creator of the popular Cartoon Network show "Rick and Morty", due to a lack of sufficient evidence. Roiland's attorney stated that the district attorney's office conducted a thorough review of the facts, and Roiland expressed his relief at the dismissal of the charges. The case had been ongoing since October 2020, and the dismissal brings an end to the proceedings.