Valencia’s Naya Fayette, right, hugs a fellow grad before ceremonies at Valencia High School’s graduation on Thursday June 13, 2019 at Bradford Stadium in Placentia. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer) Valencia’s Aina Manoj, left, reacts as Jenna Mccluskey, right, adjusts her cap before graduation on Thursday June 13, 2019 at Bradford Stadium in Placentia….
A graduate celebrates during the Marina High School graduation Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) A graduate celebrates as Principle, Dr. Jessie Marion looks on during the Marina High School graduation Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Graduates sing their alma…
An Edison High School graduate does a flip to celebrate after receiving his diploma during graduation ceremonies at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Noella Pacheco, left, celebrates receiving her diploma at the Edison High School graduation in Costa Mesa on Thursday, June 13,…
Q. Hello Honk. I’ve seen it all, but today I noticed the oddest thing. I was traveling in town and a construction crew was working in the street. A skip-loader had flashing red-and-blue lights up front. It was just scooting away dirt. It was not an emergency. Is it legal for such vehicles to have…
It’s past 8 p.m. on a school night and Eddie Tafolla Jr. wants his three children to take showers before going to bed. But first he has to corral them. His daughter, Nevaeh, 4, and his youngest boy, Nathaniel, 3, chase each other around the two rooms where they live with their dad and older…
A posh Northern California hotel was ordered to pay $1.6 million in penalties Thursday for failing to provide public access to its nearby beaches. All beaches in California are open to the public, with rare exceptions, but the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay did not make that clear and at times…
If you read enough about the Bohemian Grove, a private 2,700-acre swath of redwood-covered land on the Lower Russian River, you come to understand there’s nothing especially mystical about the secretive, testosterone-fueled revelry that goes on there every summer. It’s a bunch of normally uptight…
In Big Bear Lake, officials worry about an explosive wildfire roaring through the resort city, trapping tens of thousands of people. In the Santa Monica Mountains, authorities stage a mock evacuation in Mandeville Canyon, where police discover they are too slow to rescue residents from a wildfire…
The Dodgers’ Reggie Smith lands a punch on Cubs pitcher Rick Reuschel after Reuschel hit the Dodger outfielder in the ankle with a pitch.
Mourners spoke of community, unity and preventing violence as dozens gathered for a vigil Thursday evening, June 13, in front of the Alhambra Jack in the Box where days earlier a man fatally shot an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Deputy Joseph Gilbert Solano, 50, died of his injuries Wednesday at Los Angeles County…
