Reporter

Nathaniel Percy

Nathaniel Percy has worked for the Southern California News Group since 2014 covering a wide range of topics including community sports and cities in Orange County, as well as crime and public safety in the South Bay and Long Beach. Prior to SCNG, Nathaniel spent five years covering community sports for the La Habra Journal, an independent bi-monthly community newspaper. Nathaniel also does freelance play-by-play broadcast work for high school football and baseball.

Location: Long Beach, California, USA

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Ex-CHP officer kills wife in Garden Grove, drives to Stockton and shoots man before turning gun on himself, authorities say

July 18, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Garden Grove police were called just after 8 a.m. Thursday to a home in the 11500 block of Morgan Lane, just south of Orangewood Avenue.

Los Angeles County Fire sets up their ladder trucks for a procession for the three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies killed following an explosion at the L.A. County Sheriff’s training facility in East Los Angeles on Friday, July 18, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

3 sheriff’s detectives killed in explosion at Biscailuz Center in East LA

July 18, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

The explosion occurred about 7:30 a.m. Friday. Sheriff Robert Luna said it was an 'isolated' occurence and the facility and the public are safe.

Three suspected burglars were killed and two others were injured after they led police on a pursuit that ended in a rollover crash on the 5 Freeway near Brookhurst Street in Anaheim Wednesday morning, July 16. (Photo by OC Hawk)

3 suspected burglars killed, 2 injured in crash in Anaheim while fleeing police

July 16, 2025 at 1:43 p.m.

The suspects were allegedly stripping a car for parts in an Anaheim neighborhood when officers arrived.

A man and a woman were found shot to death inside this Encino home during a welfare check on Monday, July 14, 2025. Officers made entry into the home in the 4700 block of White Oak Place about 2:30 p.m. and found both the man and woman with gunshots. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Man arrested for shooting deaths of ‘American Idol’ music supervisor, husband in their Encino home

July 15, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.

Police found the bodies after responding for a welfare check in the 4700 block of White Oak Place Monday afternoon.

This undated photo combination provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Mei Haskell, left, and her parents, YanXiang Wang and Gaoshan Li. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Department via AP)

Tarzana man accused of killing wife, in-laws in 2023 found dead in jail

July 15, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

Samuel Bond Haskell was due in court Monday for a hearing.

Shoreline Village in Long Beach, CA. (Staff file photo, SCNG)

Off-duty, armed Border Patrol agent charged with drunken attack on Long Beach officer

July 11, 2025 at 5:40 p.m.

Police responded to a call of a person with a gun and found Isaiah Anthony Hodgson in the parking lot, allegedly intoxicated and armed.

LAPD officers prepare to push back protesters along First Street during a ‘No Kings’ protest in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (File photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)

Judge orders LAPD not to use force on journalists covering protests

July 11, 2025 at 2:19 p.m.

The ruling comes nearly a month after the Los Angeles Press Club and Status Coup sued LAPD and Chief Jim McDonnell, alleging rights violations during the June protests.

Santa Ana police investigate along the Santa Ana riverbed trail near 17th Street after a man was found shot to death Friday morning, July 11. (Photo by OnScene TV)

Man found shot to death near riverbed in Santa Ana

July 11, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

Police were called to the riverbed near 17th Street, where the found the man with a single gunshot wound.

A Long Beach woman was arrested over the weekend in Merced County after 134 cats, 28 of them dead, were found in a U-Haul van in the parking lot of a Taco Bell. (Courtesy of Merced County Sheriff’s Office)

Long Beach woman arrested after 134 cats found in van in Central California

July 3, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Jeannie Maxon, 69, was arrested on suspicion of 93 counts of animal cruelty.

Masked federal agents staged outside a gate of Dodger Stadium on June 19, 2025. The Los Angeles Dodgers said in a statement that federal agents requested permission to access Dodger Stadium parking lots but were denied entry. On Tuesday, July 1, the LA County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles City Council both voted to pursue lawsuits against ICE to stop the raids or at least provide warrants and due process. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Masked immigration officers aren’t always telling local police about raids and some fear it’s creating ‘dangerous situations’

June 26, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

"It's unprecedented territory to be very honest," LA's police chief says.