“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: Southern Californians rush to sell homes as price appreciation slows. The trends More choices for house hunters is translating to fewer buyers willing to pay up. Let’s start with supply. ReportsOnHousing has detailed the rush of sellers by tracking what’s…
An early morning fire in a Garden Grove apartment building on Tuesday sent two people to the hospital with smoke-inhalation and burn injuries. The fire was reported at the two-story structure just before 4:30 a.m. in the 13000 block of Cypress Street and took about 40 firefighters 45 minutes to get it under control, said…
Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 20.3% in what was Orange County slowest nine months of sales since 2012. For nine consecutive months through April, CoreLogic housing stats show countywide sales failing to top the year-ago period. We wanted to see how these lethargic sales trends played out at the neighborhood…
Southern California supermarkets ranked high in their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics, but they still aren’t doing nearly enough, according to a new report by Greenpeace. ALDI topped the list of 20 of the countries largest groceries surveyed, followed by Kroger — which owns Ralphs and Food 4 Less — Albertsons, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts and…
Summer has become the season of trolleys in much of south Orange County. Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and Newport Beach have already kicked off their seasons giving free rides to folks who ditch their cars to get around the coastal communities. In a couple weeks, Laguna Beach’s year-round trolley will add weekdays…
Good morning, and welcome to the first edition of the Play Next newsletter. We’re here to take you behind the scenes of The Times’ podcasts, share recommendations from the podcast world and hear from you. Launching Today: For decades, the Golden State Killer eluded police and terrorized California….
My sugar war began in January, when the third-grader arrived. Breakfast? Scrambled eggs are OK, but she would rather have one of those processed sugar-and-cinnamon confections masquerading as cereal. Or perhaps a waffle drowned in syrup. Lunch? How about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a chocolate…
SANTA ANA — A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a transient in Garden Grove two years ago. Daniel Robert Jones-Hoebel pleaded guilty on Friday to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies. Jones-Hoebel killed 20-year-old Genaro Diaz on June 9, 2017, according to evidence…
UCLA came under public scrutiny Monday over its handling of a former staff gynecologist who has been charged with sexual battery and exploitation during his treatment of two patients at a university facility. UCLA acknowledged first receiving a complaint against Dr. James Mason Heaps in 2017; he…
