Police identify man found dead on beach...

Police identify man found dead on beach

A man found dead on Saturday on the beach near Pacific Coast

Highway and Goldenwest Street has been identified as William Randall

Frescas Jr., 31, of Rancho Cucamonga.

He had been reported missing in Long Beach on Jan. 5, police said.

The man was found by lifeguards near Lifeguard Tower 22 at 6:46

a.m. Saturday.

An autopsy was conducted on Sunday and as of yet, officials said

there is no preliminary cause of death. Police said the death is not

storm-related.

Police shoot, injure woman critically

A woman shot at police, who responded by shooting and critically

injuring her Sunday morning on Peace Street, police said.

Police responding to a disturbance of the peace were met with

gunfire when the woman began shooting at officers with a small

caliber revolver, police said.

Huntington Beach Police officers confronted the woman at 10:05

a.m. in the laundry room of a townhouse complex in the 5100 block of

Pearce Street when she started firing, said Orange County Sheriff’s

Department Spokesman Jim Amormino.

The woman fired first and for no apparent reason, Amormino said.

Officers shot at the woman, who was hit several times and

transported to a local hospital, Amormino said. She has undergone

several surgeries and is still listed in critical condition, Amormino

said.

Two Huntington Beach Police officers, a two-and-a-half-year

veteran and an 11-year veteran on the force, have been placed on

administrative leave, as is customary in any officer-involved

shooting, Amormino said.

Man robs liquor store, escapes on foot

A man escaped on foot after robbing a liquor store in the 19300

block of Beach Boulevard at 3:10 p.m. Monday. Wearing a bandana over

his face, the man entered Bill’s Liquor store and demanded money from

a clerk, police said.

“He tried to make them believe that he had a gun,” said Sgt. Mike

Kelly of the Huntington Beach Police Department.

The clerk surrendered an unknown amount of money and the man fled

the store on foot, police said.

Two killed in accident near Blythe

Two Huntington Beach residents were killed on Saturday when their

vehicle veered off the road near Blythe, police said.

California Highway Patrol said that Daniel Mahaffey, 56, of

Huntington Beach was driving on Interstate 10 at 10:45 p.m. when he

lost control and the vehicle went off the road, hit a tree and

rolled.

The only passenger, Alexandra Patino, 56, of Huntington Beach, was

ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, police said. Mahaffey

was taken by ambulance to Desert Regional Hospital, where he died,

police said. California Highway Patrol said that neither victim was

wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

Beach near Magnolia closed due to spill

The shoreline from Magnolia Street to 52nd Street in Newport Beach

is closed, following two sewage spills. The Orange County Health Care

Agency reported the closure of that stretch of beach to swimmers and

surfers.