{"id":284509,"date":"2026-04-24T22:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:49:07","slug":"governor-offers-50k-rewards-to-solve-cold-case-killings-in-orange-county-pasadena-and-la-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284509\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor offers $50K rewards to solve cold case killings in Orange County, Pasadena and LA \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The governor\u2019s office today offered $50,000 rewards for information that solves any of more than two dozen cold cases across the state, including two each in Los Angeles and Orange counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery family deserves answers and justice,\u201d Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. \u201cThese rewards send a message that every case matters, every victim matters, and that we are all working toward increased accountability. If you know something, it is your duty to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The local cases included in the rewards offers are:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Aug. 11, 1993, killing of Alan Schwalbe<\/a>, 61, who was stabbed in his home on the 300 block of 22nd Street in an unincorporated area near Costa Mesa. Anyone with information should contact the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department at 714-647-7046 or coldcase@ocsheriff.gov.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Aug. 30, 2019, fatal drive-by shooting of Victoria Barrios<\/a>, 18, in Santa Ana. Barrios was walking with two friends when she was shot just after midnight on the 500 block of East Pine Street. Authorities have said the shooting may have been gang-related, but Barrios was not the intended target. Anyone with information was asked to call the Santa Ana Police Department at 714-245-8390.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>A donation box is placed in front of the crosses during the community vigil for Iran Moreno-Balvaneda, 13, at Villa Park in Pasadena on Monday Nov. 22, 2021. Moreno-Balvaneda was killed by a stray bullet while playing video games in his bedroom on Saturday, Nov, 20, 2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Nov. 20, 2021, killing of 13-year-old Iran Moreno<\/a>, who was killed by a stray bullet that came through his bedroom window on the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. Anyone with information was asked to call Pasadena Police Department Lt. Keith Gomez at 626-744-4517.<\/p>\n

\"Tioni<\/a>Tioni Theus, 16, was the victim of a homicide on Jan. 8, 2022. Her case is spurring the LA City Council to look into how authorities handle the cases of Black female crime victims. (CHP Los Angeles\/Twitter)<\/p>\n

\u2014 The January 2022 fatal shooting of Tioni Theus<\/a>, 16, whose body was found along the 110 Freeway near Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles. Authorities said the teen told her family on Jan. 7 she was meeting a friend to go to a party. Her body was found two days later. Anyone with information was urged to contact the California Highway Patrol at 323-644-9550.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The governor\u2019s office today offered $50,000 rewards for information that solves any of more than two dozen cold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,3372,138,457,134,47,137,100,611,1977,5760,338,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-284509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-costa-mesa","13":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","14":"tag-gavin-newsom","15":"tag-homicide","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-county","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-orange-county","20":"tag-pasadena","21":"tag-san-gabriel-valley","22":"tag-santa-ana","23":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}