It’s happening often enough now that there’s a new routine in San Bernardino when it comes to dealing with Central American asylum seekers dropped into the community by federal agents. First, two or three vans painted in the familiar colors of the U.S. Border Patrol, white with green striping, pull into the parking lot of…
Westminster High is transforming into an art gallery, one mural at a time. Over the past week, as more than 100 students took paint brushes to a wall along an outdoor corridor, the school’s fourth masterpiece came to life. Westminster High School senior Michelle Lee Vu paints mural based on an illustration of local artist…
After decades of complaints about a campus gynecologist, USC administrators hired a team of medical experts to evaluate him. The experts came back with a disturbing report saying there was evidence Dr. George Tyndall was preying on vulnerable Asian students and had signs of “psychopathy.” Still,…
Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from May 16 to May 24. Eight Korean BBQ, 6681 Beach Blvd., Suite C, Buena Park Closed: May 24 Reason: Insufficient hot water Reopened: May 24 Top One Buffet & Grill, 104 W. Orangethorpe Ave., Fullerton Closed: May 23 Reason: Rodent infestation Picante’s,…
An outside investigation team engaged by Chapman University after the school was subpoenaed as part of federal prosecutors’ investigation into a nationwide admissions scandal found no conduct on behalf of the university “that it considers to be illegal,” President Daniele Struppa said in a statement released to the campus. Chapman admitted a student who prosecutors…
In a city dominated by the car, the imposing streamlined elegance of the Pan Pacific Auditorium made the structure an instant Los Angeles icon. The venue for decades was a top draw for shows and entertainment (“going to the Pan” was once a saying around L.A.) before gradually falling into disrepair. …
California’s strange spring weather continues to stun the state, now setting a record for the snowiest May at Mammoth Mountain. The resort got a record 29 inches of snow this month, giving those in Southern California a chance to ditch the sandy beach for the powdery mountain this Memorial Day…
Genevieve Waite, the South African actress, singer and model who became a quintessential face and voice of the 1960s when, for a brief time, she seemed as omnipresent as Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol or the other fixtures of the era, has died in Los Angeles. She was 71. Married to John Phillips of the…
Three California parents pleaded guilty Friday to fraud conspiracy and admitted their roles in a test-fixing and bribery scheme, wrapping up an early string of guilty pleas for federal prosecutors in their investigation into college admissions cheating. Jane Buckingham, 50, a Los Angeles marketing…
A U.S. sailor has pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage and was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he took classified information about the Navy’s nuclear-powered warships and planned to give it to a journalist and then defect to Russia, officials said Friday. Navy Petty Officer…
