Philanthropist Eli Broad inserted himself into a pivotal Los Angeles school board race at the last second this week, making the largest individual donation to any candidate. Broad’s $100,000 didn’t go directly to a candidate for the open District 5 seat, but to a union running its own campaign…
While her identity remains a mystery, a makeshift memorial sprouted up Thursday on a popular equestrian trail to a young girl whose lifeless body was found stuffed into a black duffel bag in the light brush. “Rest in Heaven Princess” read one day-glo pink sign adorning the fence at the entrance…
Reports that the U.S. government kept a database on journalists, activists and immigration attorneys during an investigation into last year’s migrant caravan has stirred outrage among civil rights groups, drawn concern from lawmakers and prompted more people to come forward with additional allegations…
They found heaps of cash, $200,000 in all, concealed everywhere — in a green metal ammunition box hidden under a step, stuffed inside a paint can, in a shoe box, and in a Dodgers duffel bag crammed into a propane BBQ grill. During the Feb. 20 raid at the Pacific Palisades home of Stephanie Smith,…
Late one night last September, a party for Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies was winding down. New deputies working in East L.A. were celebrating having successfully completed a probation period and their status as full-fledged members of the Sheriff’s Department. But the gathering took an…
When it rained in Southern California this year, it poured. And when it poured, it was usually cold. A 135-year-old daily rainfall record in downtown Los Angeles was shattered Wednesday, March 6. Rainfall totals for the water year, which begins Oct.1 and ends Sept. 30, are more than 5 inches above average. And more rain…
Eva Schloss, stepsister and childhood friend of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, had already planned a trip to Orange County when it became a flashpoint in the debate about normalizing Nazism. Last weekend, students posed for photos at a party while giving Nazi salutes as they stood by cups arranged…
A former Corona church volunteer suspected of molesting five girls from Santa Ana, Placentia and Riverside, remained behind bars in California Thursday, March 7. He was arrested in February by U.S. Marshals in Nevada. In December, officers looked into reports claiming that three sisters had been sexually assaulted in Santa Ana when they were between…
Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon practices at Great Park Ice at the Great Park in Irvine, CA on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Fifteen and sixteen-year-olds play in the Pacific District Championship of USA Hockey at Great Park Ice at the Great Park in Irvine, CA on Thursday, March…
Nineteen percent of students attending California’s community college system have experienced homelessness in the last year, while 60 percent have experienced recent housing insecurity and 50 percent have struggled with food insecurity, according to a report released Thursday, March 7. The study, conducted by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University’s…
