Require ethnic studies for California students. But first, rewrite the curriculum
What should Sacramento do with a recently created draft ethnic studies curriculum? That’s an easy answer: Tear the thing apart and substantially rewrite it.
Illegal cannabis farms still scarring public lands, two years after Prop. 64
Nearly two years after California voters approved Prop. 64, illegal marijuana grows are continuing in the state’s national forests, predominantly the work of Mexican drug traffickers.
Column: California’s fire insurance market reaches a crisis
The insurance industry says there’s no problem with the California fire insurance market, but tell that to the people whose policies have been dropped.
Many UC Berkeley buildings pose risk of death in a major earthquake, report says
UC Berkeley says a strong earthquake would pose a serious to severe risk to life in 62 campus buildings.
Two 18-year-olds charged with pimping underage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona
SANTA ANA — A pair of 18-year-olds are facing charges of pimping a teenage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Carlos Guadalupe Garcia and Leilani Celeste Parker were arrested Friday for allegedly pimping the 15-year-old victim, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. Related Articles CSUF professor wants to raise…
Killer of CHP officer fired at least 100 times, Riverside police say
The man who killed California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. during a traffic stop fired at least 100 rounds before being shot to death by other officers, a police official said Wednesday, Aug. 28. Aaron Luther’s rifle was capable of firing about 120 rounds, Riverside Deputy Chief Larry Gonzalez said as he provided details…
Aliso Viejo crash sends Orange County sheriff’s deputy to hospital
A collision involving an Orange County Sheriff’s Department motorcycle in Aliso Viejo sent one deputy to a hospital on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The crash happened at about 3:25 p.m. near the intersection of Pacific Park Drive and Woodfield, Orange County Sheriff’s officials said in a Twitter post. A deputy riding a department motorcycle was knocked…
Former Capistrano Unified School District Foundation fundraising director charged with embezzlement
The former director of the nonprofit once known as the Capistrano Unified School District Foundation has been charged with embezzling more than $42,000, prosecutors said. Michelle Hart, 44, of Fresno wrote checks to herself and made unauthorized purchases with the foundation’s bank card, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. On Aug. 20 she was…
Red-flag warning issued for Northern California and the Sierras
Critical fire weather is expected Wednesday morning through Thursday in most of Modoc County and Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County.
From the Archives: Aeromexico Flight 498 crashes in Cerritos
On Aug. 31, 1986, Aeromexico Flight 498, a Douglas DC-9, flying from Mexico City to Los Angeles International Airport, collided with a Piper PA-28 Archer over Cerritos.