In Tustin, at least, summer officially begins this weekend. Going on 35 years, the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off is the city’s biggest event of the year – attracting some 35,000 folks. They come to sample a wide array of chili offerings, drink craft beer and try their feet at line dancing in the…
WASHINGTON — The Latest on special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation (all times local): 11:25 a.m. Special counsel Robert Mueller is not ruling out testifying before Congress but is serving notice that he does not intend to go beyond what has already been revealed in his report. Mueller said Wednesday he and the…
A pedestrian was hospitalized with moderate injuries from getting struck by a vehicle in Orange. Officers responded to Chapman Avenue and Haster Street at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the victim, who was taken to a hospital with moderate, non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Orange Police Department. Details of what led up to the…
By JULIE WRIGHT AND JOHN HANNA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage of severe weather that saw tornado warnings as far east as New York City. The…
From the street, it looked like an old-school drug raid. A half-dozen police and city vehicles sat near the entrance of the White Castle cannabis dispensary near the Los Angeles Harbor, where a sign bearing a giant green cross faced Pacific Coast Highway. But the cops didn’t seize any marijuana…
I went to school Tuesday morning. Saturn Street Elementary is a Mid-City L.A. Unified campus with about 350 students, 80 of them in special-ed classes. The nurse comes only twice a week; same for the school psychologist. As you might have heard, the nation’s second-largest school district’s got…
Walt Disney leads ceremonies opening It’s a Small World ride at Disneyland.
About 200 people huddled Tuesday afternoon around a dusty pair of red and white baseball cleats hanging on a post at the west side of campus at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove. Little was said at first, but weeping was heard among those gathered in memory of Coleton Mondy, 17, and Joshua Morales,…
Police will have a tougher time justifying the use of deadly force under a new bill expected to clear the state Assembly that represents a rare compromise between reformers and law enforcement groups. The proposed law, AB 392, would impose a stricter standard for using deadly force, but some say not as strict as originally…
SANTA MONICA — Amy Klobuchar is trying to grab Democrats’ attention with lots of funny lines and one seriously big infrastructure plan. The Minnesota senator smartly led with the jokes when she introduced herself to Southern California voters Monday afternoon in a “Meet the Candidate” event hosted by the Santa Monica, Malibu and Pacific Palisades…
