From the Archives: 1929 Independence Day beach crowds set record
Los Angeles residents celebrated 1929’s Independence Day by swarming the beaches around Santa Monica.
L.A. charter schools’ plans: Take back mayor’s office, sue district, battle teachers union
In the wake of the Los Angeles teachers strike, a group of key charter school supporters, concerned about political backlash, worked on a plan to stem anti-charter sentiment and regain control of local education reforms. The strategy under discussion was to “take back” the Board of Education and…
Earthquake: 3.4 quake reported near Clearlake, Calif.
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 8:04 p.m. Pacific time, 11 miles from Clearlake, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 13 miles from Healdsburg, Calif., 18 miles from Windsor, Calif., 23 miles from Santa Rosa, Calif. and 26 miles from…
Orange County Sheriff’s Department to release records six months after initial request
A first round of internal Orange County Sheriff’s Department records will be made public Wednesday, July 3, six months after the Southern California News Group and other media requested their release under a new police transparency law, SB 1421. In a Facebook post Tuesday, Sheriff Don Barnes announced the plan to post documents on the…
Advocates say San Clemente homeless camp is dirty, unsafe
Attorneys representing homeless people want the judge in a south Orange County federal lawsuit to shut down a month-old outdoor shelter area in San Clemente that the city set up as a way to move people from other makeshift campsites in North Beach. In seeking a temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson,…
Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94
Lee A. Iacocca, an ambitious immigrant’s son and salesman extraordinaire whose blunt and swaggering persona dominated the automobile industry like nobody since Henry Ford, died Tuesday. He was 94. Iacocca, who spent his last years living in Los Angeles, died Tuesday morning at his Bel-Air home…
What’s open and closed on July 4th in Orange County
Across Orange County, residents will be at celebrating America’s independence with barbecues and block parties, playing at the beach or the local park and an evening of watching fireworks, either at home or at one of the many free community events planned. But if you are looking to knock some chores off your to-do list,…
New rules at OC jails aims to prevent delivery of meth-soaked greeting cards
Orange County sheriff’s officials will soon beef up restrictions on mail sent to jail inmates in a move meant to curb smuggled-in drugs. As of Aug. 1, all Orange County Jail facilities will no longer accept cardstock paper, greeting cards and colored paper sent to inmates. Only mail written on postcards, lined white paper or…
It was no Valley Forge, but U.S.-vs.-England World Cup semi-final game split allegiances across Southern California
The packed dining room of the White Harte Pub broke into near-universal exclamation Tuesday when Christen Press scored the first goal of the Women’s World Cup Semi-Finals. It was a moment not to be missed: England vs. U.S. St. George’s Cross and the Stars and Stripes. This was no Valley Forge, but just a couple…
2020 Census being printed without citizenship question
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. Trump administration attorneys notified parties in lawsuits challenging the question that the printing of the hundreds…