SILVERADO — A motorist was killed and his four passengers suffered critical injuries Saturday morning when he slammed his sedan into a tree along Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, authorities said. The crash in the area of Santiago Canyon and Haul roads occurred just before 2:25 a.m. and involved a car striking a tree, the…
William “Rick” Singer was well into orchestrating an elaborate bribery and cheating scheme to slip his clients’ children into elite colleges when he sat down for a deposition in Washington, D.C., in 2016. Asked why he should be considered an expert in the field of college admissions, Singer outlined…
The worst fire in California history took off at a spot notorious for its intense winds. The gusts — some topping 100 mph — blow down the Feather River Canyon each fall. They push into the town of Paradise with force, powered by high-pressure air parked over the Great Basin that moves through this…
Confidential records released this week show decades of warnings to the University of Southern California about Dr. George Tyndall, the longtime campus gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students. The documents span the entirety of Tyndall’s career at USC, including a handwritten…
The trash trucks arrived early Wednesday afternoon, and members of the cleanup team from the Los Angeles Sanitation division came with protective coveralls and white masks. A mountain of rotting, oozing, stinking trash awaited them, stretching a good 20 yards along a skid row alley. Rats popped…
The CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. Jeff Duensing of Esperanza High School competes in the Boys Varsity Discus Throw during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Libby…
John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. He was 94. Senate colleague Michael Padilla confirmed that Pinto died Friday in Gallup after years of suffering from various…
By DAISY NGUYEN SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, delivering what may prove a temporary setback on one of his highest priorities.U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr.’s order prevents work from…
SAN CLEMENTE — Steven Gustafson got up at 5 a.m. Friday, May 24 and packed his belongings to be ready to leave his camping spot in a North Beach parking lot and relocate to a city storage lot by noon. “I’m so glad they gave us that lot,” he said. “I was going to be…
The CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. Brayden Borquez, right, of Harvard Westlake along with Evertt Steward of Long Beach Poly competes in the 400 meter dash during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24,…
