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,…
By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON — It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill passed along party…
A man who police in San Jose say shot and killed four family members before turning the gun on himself had been upset that his wife was able to get visas for her relatives to travel from Vietnam to the United States, a relative of the man said. To Van Khuat told the Mercury News…
John Wayne Airport will get a new general aviation terminal with customs screening while keeping onsite storage space for smaller airplanes roughly as is, a unanimous Orange County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday. The planned upgrades to general aviation infrastructure at JWA offer new amenities…
The good news is that 97% of Orange County beaches scored an “A” or a “B” for summer water quality in Heal the Bay’s 2018-2019 Beaches Report Card released Wednesday, higher than the statewide “A” and “B” rate of 94%. Of the 33 California beaches making the environmental group’s Honor Roll with perfect grades, 10…
He’s rich. He’s famous. He wanted to build a colony of castles on a Malibu hillside, despite the years-long screams of conservationists. But David Evans, who strums a guitar for U2, has become an exception to the rule that with money and power, you can buy anything your heart desires. It’s been…
By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON — Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters. The back-to-back Democratic presidential debates beginning Wednesday are exercises in competitive sound bites featuring 20 candidates hoping to oust President Donald Trump in 2020. The hopefuls range widely in…
Michael Jackson was seemingly everywhere Tuesday at an event marking the 10th anniversary of his death at the mausoleum in Glendale where he is interred. The King of Pop’s face was emblazoned on T-shirts, backpacks, buttons and hats. Fans of all ages and ethnic backgrounds sported fedoras, military…
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday at 10:23 p.m. Pacific time two miles from La Esperanza, Panama, the U.S. Geological Survey said. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from Puerto Armuelles, 12 miles from La Concepcion, 24 miles from David and 24 miles from Pedregal. …
When Los Angeles County leaders voted unanimously in February to ban the use of pepper spray in its juvenile detention facilities, officials were tasked with phasing out the chemical agent by the end of the year. But on Tuesday, the head of the county’s Probation Department — which runs juvenile…
