LOS ANGELES — Strong winds will blow across Southern California Friday and Saturday, forecasters said. North-to-northeast winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts of around 50 mph will blow through the San Gabriel Mountains, the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys, said the National Weather Service. Weaker…
USC, reeling from the exposure of a college admissions scheme with deep ties to the university, has announced a variety of measures aimed at addressing the scandal. In a letter to the campus community Thursday, USC interim President Wanda Austin said the university has launched its own investigation…
A key tip that led to what authorities describe as the largest college admissions cheating scandal ever came from a Los Angeles parent who was under investigation in an unrelated securities case, according to a law enforcement source. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, could not…
Technically, the marijuana shops in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa are on opposite sides of the law. Santa Ana allows cannabis retailing, so the city welcomes and collects tax money from some 18 licensed cannabis stores in the city’s boundaries. Costa Mesa doesn’t, and it would like to shut down the eight rogue shops in…
By NICK PERRY and MARK BAKER CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshipers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully…
It was morning and the campus was still quiet when Vanessa Miranda began to shout, trying her best to draw customers: “Esquiii-te! Come and get your esquiii-te!” She and some of her East Los Angeles College classmates were selling sliced corn with mayonnaise, butter and cheese at $3 a cup to raise…
Stanford was out of the question for me. My grades were borderline and my parents didn’t make enough money to bribe anyone. But even in my working-class family and at my less-than-stellar public high school, you had basically three choices: Enlist in the military, work at one of the local factories…
The college admissions cheating scandal is roiling some of Southern California’s most elite prep schools, leading to resignations and questions as federal prosecutors seek student records from the institutions. Douglas Hodge and Michelle Janavs, two of the parents charged in the wide-reaching probe…
By Mark Baker and Nick Perry CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand >> Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned…
A group of migrants who breached the U.S.-Mexico border fence by the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana was detained Thursday by Border Patrol agents in Border Field State Park on the U.S. side. But the whereabouts are not confirmed of at least five other migrants who crossed over on Wednesday,…
