As Marcia and Gregory Abbott’s daughter prepared to take her SAT subject tests last August, she asked if the tall blond man who was “so sweet” when proctoring an earlier exam in West Hollywood would be there again. “She said, ‘Can’t I take my SAT subjects with him?’ ” Marcia Abbott told William…
Beverly Hills has long been anything but a smoker’s paradise. The city was the first in California to ban smoking inside restaurants and most public places, back in 1987, and added outdoor venues to the list in 2007. Now it is poised to enact what officials say is the most stringent tobacco ban…
A bike lies in the road at the scene of car and bicycle accident Wednesday, May 22, 2019 on the northbound Newport Boulevard at Cecil Place in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer) A Costa Mesa Police police officer investigates the scene of car and bicycle accident Wednesday, May 22, 2019 on the…
Yes kiddies, this is the first part of my annual tips columns on how to survive going to the beach this summer. As always, this is aimed at newbies and other non-beach-oriented people who might be a tad clueless when it comes to the hazards to your health of what would seem to be a…
Just 14 years after its $27 million construction, a Santiago Canyon College building in central Orange may be demolished this fall. The Rancho Santiago Community College District is ready to hire a demolition company now that school board members recently approved tearing the building down. They have yet to decide what, if anything, would replace…
Nine people were arrested on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at a business on La Palma Ave. in Buena Park after police served a warrant at a suspected illegal gambling operation. (OnScene.TV) Nine people were arrested on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at a business on La Palma Ave. in Buena Park after police served a warrant…
New federal charges were filed Tuesday against a man accused of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue, killing one person and wounding three others. A grand jury handed up a revised indictment against John T. Earnest, 19, that adds four counts of discharging a firearm during crimes of…
Poseidon Water started pumping drinking water from its Carlsbad desalination plant 3 1/2 years ago, but the location of that first desalination plant might have been in Huntington Beach instead. Plans for Poseidon operations at both locations were launched in 1998, but company officials prioritized the Carlsbad site in 2006, according to company Vice President…
For months, the two Los Angeles Police Department bloodhound handlers saw their supervisor harass their female colleague. Over and over, they saw him try to massage her shoulders, unsolicited, and heard him make suggestive comments about her body. The supervisor often showed up to her calls, something…
LONG BEACH — It blooms every seven to 15 years, lasts for about 24 hours and has an overwhelmingly awful stench. And now, the giant corpse lily is ready for its close up at Cal State Long Beach. The 4-foot cluster of flowers is expected to unfurl Wednesday or Thursday, with the bloom possibly continuing…
