Lake Forest will get 144 new townhomes with prices starting under $600,000. Silveroak is Landsea Homes’s latest addition to its 543-home IronRidge community in Portola Hills. The builder has begun pre-sales for the project, which offers three plans ranging in size from 1,311 to 1,693 square feet of space with up to three bedrooms, three…
LAGUNA HILLS — Maj. Joe Patterson stood by his custom-designed motorcycle dedicated to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines — the Darkhorse Battalion. The bike’s fender and gas tank are covered with the names of 25 Marines who died during the battalion’s 2010 deployment to the Sangin District, in the Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan. Patterson, a…
Laguna Niguel loves animals! Behind so many of our doors, awaits our beloved and loyal furry friends which are true members of our families. As your mayor and the proud human to two golden retrievers — Bear and Cooper — I truly value our community’s commitment to being pet-friendly. Your City Council is working to…
Visitors to Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens can experience life under the Pacific Ocean in new ways this summer by viewing “Casa Coastal: Levi Ponce,” a summer-long mural exhibition. The 360-degree mural experience inspires visitors with life-size illustrations of local, exotic and endangered ocean inhabitants. The exhibit is open daily through Sept. 8 (closed…
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 3:21 p.m. Pacific time, near Bakersfield, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred about nine miles from Arvin, Calif., about 12 miles from Lamont, Calif., about 19 miles from Tehachapi, Calif. and about 24 miles…
“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: Another Japanese automaker is taking its U.S. corporate headquarters out of Southern California, the third to do so this century. The trend Mitsubishi Motors North America announced last month it would move its corporate headquarters from Cypress to Tennessee, a…
Three and a half million Southern California residents are expected to travel over Independence Day — a travel record for the holiday for the third straight year, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Watchful eye Travel is expected to increase by 3.9% locally and statewide compared…
Jenny Arnold fretted about her family’s late June trip from their home in La Palma to Chicago. The traveling party included Arnold and her husband Anthony, their daughters Alexis and Aubrey, their son Jax, and an aunt. They planned to fly out of John Wayne Airport. The family had made long trips before but this…
The cascade that once gushed over the face of downtown’s Ft. Moore Hill, then went dry for decades, has been quietly test-run for a few weeks— its volume reduced to a film to conserve water. Now, after a $6-million restoration, the Pioneer Memorial and its waterfall will be formally rededicated…
When she began investigating the trail of the Golden State Killer last year, Times reporter Paige St. John quickly realized there was a thread that had nothing to do with the rapes and killings themselves. St. John interviewed women attacked and found a striking lapse in how authorities treated…
