Two people were arrested after California Highway Patrol officers found a possible drug lab inside a roving U-Haul box truck early Monday, Jan. 28, after a traffic stop. The CHP officers were driving on the 91 freeway at about 1:14 a.m. when they noticed that liquid was coming out of the moving vehicle, CHP Officer…

LAGUNA WOODS — Laguna Woods City Council has approved two resolutions that would amend job classification terms of city employment. City staff recommended transitioning the current, single-class senior accountant to a dual-class position — expanding hiring eligibility — while simultaneously widening the compensation range and providing promotional opportunities, according to a city staff report. “This…

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 28, 1969, an oil spill began off Santa Barbara that took 11 days to stop and leaked about 3 million gallons. The spill and cleanup of 35 miles of coastline resulted in the establishment of several environmental agencies. We look at the catastrophe and oil operations off the coast today….

With several differing and complex immigration proposals offered as a way to permanently end the government shutdown and help immigrants and asylum seekers, many members of those groups have a simple answer: No thanks. On Friday, Jan. 25, President Donald Trump announced the government would reopen for three weeks while negotiations continue on how to secure the…

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and PETER PRENGAMAN BRUMADINHO, Brazil — Firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies, four days after a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with iron ore waste. The confirmed death toll rose to 58, with up…

Alfredo and Claudia Valdez were an hour and a half into their drive from Bakersfield to a Los Angeles federal courtroom, brimming with expectation that a judge there would finally declare them legal United States residents. It was early January, nearly two weeks into the partial federal shutdown….

Luke Friedrichs and members of Los Alamitos High’s  2019 Spring Drumline perform Sunday night. Photo: Tom Bray, SCNG Members of Los Alamitos High’s  2019 Spring Drumline perform Sunday night. Photo: Tom Bray, SCNG Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Members of Los Alamitos High’s  2019 Spring Drumline perform Sunday night. Photo: Tom Bray, SCNG Max…

Occidental College President Jonathan Veitch, who weathered turbulent campus protests over sexual assault and racial inequity, will step down next year, the school’s board of trustees announced Sunday. Veitch, 59, said he is resigning voluntarily because he longs to return to teaching, research…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rescinded the invitation to President Donald Trump to give the State of the Union address at the House of Representatives until the government shutdown was ended. The president announced Friday the shutdown would end, and the date of the State of the Union has not been set. It’s unclear…

The Orange County firefighting community reeled at the sudden loss of Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz on Sunday, Jan. 27, just weeks after he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Fullerton firefighter Rebecca Duran-Brown (L) wipes tears from her eyes after taking part in a funeral procession for Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz,…