The storms that doused Orange County earlier this month caused an estimated $13 million worth of damage to public property, according to local communities. On Tuesday, those reports prompted the county’s Board of Supervisors to declare a local emergency, the second in two years due to winter storms. The declaration will allow local cities and…

CAMP PENDLETON — Wounded Warrior athletes representing military branches worldwide were welcomed Tuesday, Feb. 26, to the start of the ninth annual Marine Corps Trials at Semper Fi Paige Field House. In all, 165 wounded, ill or injured Marines, veterans and international competitors marched into the field house to the sound of the 1st Marine…

Laguna Woods Third Mutual Board appointed two new members, former Village Management Services director Reza Karimi and community volunteer Annie McCary, to its ranks during a special, open meeting on Friday, Feb. 22. Two other candidates, Craig Wayne and Jim Tao, were also considered for seats. Karimi’s one-year term as Third’s representative on the VMS…

An atmospheric river rainstorm pounded Northern California on Tuesday, and officials are saying the Russian River will hit flood stage. The National Weather Service said the new storm produced more than a foot of rain in the hills above Healdsburg in Sonoma County. Sonoma County officials have…

While Long Beach is the latest suitor to court the Angels, the baseball team began early stage negotiations in January to remain in Anaheim, its home since 1966. The team has a loyal fan base and sells more than 3 million tickets annually, but city and team officials have struggled in recent years to find…

Say goodbye to your neighborhood polling place. Orange County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul its voting system by eliminating precincts polls, replacing them with vote centers, and automatically sending every registered voter a mail ballot beginning in 2020. The move to join a small but growing number of counties with polling centers — which are…

In the latest round of a 25-year battle to save the California desert, House lawmakers approved a sweeping conservation bill Tuesday that designates more terrain for wildlife and off-roaders alike and sets the stage for a final signature by President Trump. The California Desert Protection and…

Jeraldine Saunders, whose book on romance and adventure aboard a cruise ship inspired the long-running prime time comedy-drama “The Love Boat,” has died at her home in Glendale. She was 96. Saunders died Monday due to complications from kidney stone surgery she underwent in December, her spokesman…

The only person who turned my head on the red carpet the other night was Billy Porter, the Broadway star whose black velvet tuxedo gown was as beautiful as it was transgressive. When I saw Porter, with that voluminous ball gown skirt trailing behind him, I felt as if I were seeing the contemporary…

Singer-songwriter Mark Hollis, the reclusive frontman of the British art-rock band Talk Talk, has died. He was 64. On Tuesday his former manager, Keith Aspden, confirmed Hollis’ death after a short illness. Author and academic Anthony Costello broke the news Monday on Twitter. “RIP Mark Hollis….