Bill Buckner, a longtime major leaguer and batting champion whose error for the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series would go down as one of the most infamous plays in baseball history, died Monday. He was 69. “After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia Bill Buckner passed away early the…
Julia Macias was 12 when a gunman shot and killed 26 people, mostly children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The Los Angeles preteen heard the news of the 2012 attack and worried about her own family. “It made me wonder, ‘Well I have a sister who’s four years younger than me,…
It’s only been three years, but the line at Howlin’ Ray’s in Chinatown is already the stuff of legend, a spectacle of stoicism, the world championships of waiting. The Nashville-style hot chicken shop at Far East Plaza has become an essential pilgrimage for a certain kind of Los Angeles foodie….
SEAL BEACH — Firefighters knocked down a blaze inside an apartment building in Seal Beach on Sunday, May 26. The two-alarm fire at a four-story apartment building in the 12400 block of Montecito Road was reported at 1:54 p.m., said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Cameron Rossman. The OCFA and the Huntington Beach Fire Department…
It was a fitting tribute for a musician who had a love for surfing. Fans and friends showed up in Huntington Beach on Sunday, May 26, to remember “King of Surf Guitar” Dick Dale during a tribute held at the pier, with a group of surfers taking to the water for a “paddle-out,” the traditional…
Patches of rain over Southern California expected overnight will give way to mostly clear skies on Memorial Day, Monday May 27, in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, forecasters say. Light to moderate showers fell as the storm system heading south from Northern California passed through on Sunday, National Weather Service…
By TIM TALLEY and SUE OGROCKI EL RENO, Okla. — A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away, authorities said Sunday. The…
By ARNIE STAPLETON | AP Pro Football Writer Bart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America’s most popular sport. The quarterback’s graceful throws helped turn a run-heavy league into…
By ELANA SCHOR and JUANA SUMMERS WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have argued that impeaching President Donald Trump is a political mistake as the 2020 election nears. Most of the candidates running to succeed him seem to agree, for now. Fewer than one-third of the 23 Democrats vying for the nomination are issuing calls…
A homeless man was camping in a public space with an oceanview, despite a sign that warns that camping is not allowed. (Photo courtesy of Carson Grier) Carson Grier snapped a photo of the man’s tent, posted just feet from a sign warning there was no camping allowed along the beachfront bluff overlooking a popular…
