From the Archives: Drivers pick up extra passengers to use freeway carpool lanes
Southern California drivers short of passengers to use freeway carpool lanes find a ready supply at nearby bus stops.
Adelanto to end immigrant detention contract with ICE, GEO Group
Officials in Adelanto, home to California’s largest immigrant detention center, have decided to end the city’s contract with the facility, making it the second Southern California community this week to pull out of the immigrant detention business. Adelanto plans to terminate its agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) and The GEO…
U.S. sues California over river flow standards
The federal government Thursday added to the pile of lawsuits challenging new state requirements to boost river flows in order to help struggling fish populations. The U.S. Department of the Interior, which manages California’s largest irrigation supply project, argues that the flow standards will…
Robots inspect nuclear waste canisters for damage at San Onofre
The robot that inspected spent fuel canisters at San Onofre (Courtesy Southern California Edison) The robot is lowered into a vault in the Holtec Hi-Storm UMAX dry storage system at San Onofre. (Courtesy Southern California Edison) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds A clunky robotic device resembling a tiny car — equipped with a 3-D…
Deputy reinstated by Sheriff Villanueva admitted to having tattoo linked to secret society
Investigators reviewing the case of Caren Carl Mandoyan, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy fired for misconduct only to be reinstated recently by Sheriff Alex Villanueva, learned that he was a member of a secret society of deputies known as the Reapers, according to documents reviewed by…
UCLA sued for not releasing records related to speech by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
A Pennsylvania-based educational rights group is suing UCLA over its failure to release public records related to a campus visit by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed its lawsuit Wednesday and has asked for a court order forcing the university to respond to the records request. Mnuchin gave…
Battle over ‘blood slave’ donor dogs in California pits veterinarians vs. veterinarians
Blood that has been run through a centrifuge to separate the plasma awaits processing by Ariell Benter, blood processing assistant at Hemopet in Garden Grove on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG) Greyhounds in their kennels at Hemopet, an animal blood bank, greyhound rescue and adoption in Garden Grove on…
Former Camp Pendleton leader nominated to become Marine’s highest-ranking officer
Corona Del Mar’s Laura Dietz stands with Lt. Gen. David Berger at the top of Mt. Suribachi, near the site of the famed Iwo Jima flag-raising photo by Jpe Rosenthal (Photo courtesy of Laura Dietz) Show Caption of Expand Lt. Gen David H. Berger, who from 2014 to 2016 headed up the 1st Marine Expeditionary…
405 Freeway segment in Fountain Valley will close periodically through mid-April for widening project
Perhaps you’ve never thought of Slater Avenue as a trailblazer. But the thoroughfare’s bridge in Fountain Valley has taken the lead in the overhaul of the 405 Freeway. Of the 18 Orange County bridges affected by the $1.9 billion freeway-widening project, Slater’s new span will debut first – likely within the next two years. That means…
Judge questions — but accepts — plea deal for ex-Yale coach in college admissions scheme
Rudy Meredith, the former Yale women’s soccer coach, admitted in federal court in Boston Thursday to pocketing bribes from parents and pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and conspiracy. Judge Mark L. Wolf accepted the guilty plea from Meredith, who has been cooperating with authorities in Massachusetts…