A Long Beach woman was arrested over the weekend in Merced County on suspicion of 93 counts of animal cruelty after 134 cats – 28 of them dead – were found in a U-Haul van in extreme heat without food or water in Santa Nella, a small central California city along the 5 Freeway, authorities said.

Alvin Marbra, 29-year-old transient man, was booked for rape, assault with intent to rape and assault with a deadly weapon.

A homeless man was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Long Beach. On July 1, the female victim was walking near Alamitos Avenue and 4th Street around 2:30 a.m. when she was