Thousands descended on the hills near Lake Elsinore on Sunday, March 3, to view the superbloom of California poppies in the Riverside County Wildlife Conservation Area along the 15 freeway. Riverside County Regional Park Rangers are asking the public to stay off hillsides and refrain from picking the delicate flowers. Thousands descended onto the hills…
The FBI searches the Long Beach home of Stephen Beal on Sunday, March 3, 2019 after taking him into custody in connection with a 2018 bombing at an Aliso Viejo beauty salon that killed his former girlfriend. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) This Feb. 24, 2018 photo released by Melanie Grunder shows Stephen…
A photo of a group of smiling students flashing a Nazi salute while surrounding a swastika formed by red plastic cups posted on social media shocked the Newport Beach community, Jewish leaders and others on Sunday morning. Newport-Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Fred Navarro sent an alert about the photo to district administrators and board…
Nathaniel Taylor, the actor best known as Rollo Lawson, the street-smart best friend of the son on the 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” has died. Taylor died Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a heart attack, his son Kaedi Taylor told the Associated Press on…
The California bullet train project will probably run out of money before it can fulfill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s modest plan to build a high-speed operating segment between Bakersfield and Merced, according to a Times analysis of the state rail authority’s financial records. The governor declared his…
Southern California’s weekend rain storm will move out Sunday, but expect another storm to hit Tuesday evening and last through Thursday morning. That means another week of rain in what has already been the wettest winter in Southern California in years. Here is what to expect: Sunday • Another…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near the Northern California town of Clearlake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:04 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile from the unincorporated…
The death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez in 2013 was a notorious failure of Los Angeles County’s safety net to protect abused and neglected children. The case prompted criminal charges against four child protective services caseworkers and a deep examination of systemic breakdowns. Now, the recent…
The California bullet train project will probably run out of money before it can fulfill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s modest plan to build a high-speed operating segment between Bakersfield and Merced, according to a Times analysis of the state rail authority’s financial records. The governor declared his…
Rodney King was beaten during a traffic stop. Police acquittal in the beating touched off rioting. In 2012, Jay L. Clendenin spent a couple days with King.
