Congressional Democrats are chiding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for thwarting a House committee’s investigation into the agency’s actions during Hurricane Harvey. The investigation was spurred by a March 5 Los Angeles Times report revealing that officials from the EPA and Texas Commission…
George Tyndall, the gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct toward hundreds of USC students, was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than two dozen felonies at the campus clinic where he practiced for decades. The physician was taken into custody at 7:45 a.m. as he exited his…
“Fire in the hole!” yelled a bomb squad technician as he used surplus Sears mannequins to demonstrate the risks of illegal fireworks Wednesday, June 26, at the Orange County Fire Authority in Irvine. The result of the demonstrations presented to the media: One unfortunate mannequin lost a hand from an M-80 explosion; another lost its…
Dave Wilk was asked to help build a community garden in an under-served Anaheim neighborhood just east of Brookhurst Street and south of Crescent Avenue. Instead, Wilk, executive director of the activity-based program for disadvantaged youth called GOALS, is leading an effort to resurrect the neighborhood itself. GOALS Executive Director Dave Wilk stands on a…
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — Two Marines and two Navy SEALs took the stand Wednesday, June 26, as the defense team began presenting its case in the court-martial of Navy SEAL Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, who is accused of the premeditated murder of a 15-year-old ISIS fighter and other war crimes during a deployment to…
A Navy SEAL witness could face a perjury charge after testifying that he — and not Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher— had killed a young Islamic State prisoner in Iraq, according to an email sent to a lawyer for the witness. Officials are considering charging Special Operator 1st Class…
The Santa Monica Mountains have a new resident, a young female mountain lion that was caught wandering in a Pacific Palisades trailer park, officials said. Dubbed P-75 by scientists, the mountain lion is the latest addition to their study tracking 10 lions in the Santa Monica Mountains. P-75, which…
Demogorgons and other mythological beings are infesting Santa Monica Pier this weekend and visitors will be taken back in time to the 1980s for an eerie “Stranger Things” beach experience. Ahead of the premiere of the popular Netflix program’s third season, the Santa Monica Pier deck parking lot…
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to Huntington Beach on the Fourth of July, some lining Main Street early in the morning for the holiday parade, others showing up for the fireworks over the Pacific Ocean after the sun sets. If the past is any indication, the town will be jam-packed for…
I get a ton of requests for stories about people and places from when I was a surf gremmie growing up here on the beaches of Orange County. So, with that mission in mind, I thought I would talk a bit about one of my favorite places to hang out back in the early 1960s,…
