District Attorney Todd Spitzer compares his new job, leading and repairing Orange County’s troubled justice system, to shaking up an Etch A Sketch. The plan, he says, is to wind up with a clean slate. When he gets that, he says he’ll re-draw the DA’s office to de-emphasize what critics describe as the “win-at-all-costs” mentality…
An Inglewood driver has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors related to a three-hour police pursuit in which a scooter rider was hit and injured, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced. Karl Flores, 34, was scheduled to appear in the Airport Courthouse Monday, Jan. 14, on felony counts of fleeing a pursuing…
Negotiations have ended for the day between the teachers union and the Los Angeles Unified School District without a deal. All signs point to a Monday strike. L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner brought a revised offer to the union Friday, on the expectation of new money from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s …
On California’s freeways, in biker bars and during not-infrequent clashes with other outlaw motorcycle clubs, members of the Mongols are easily identified. They are the ones in the leather vests and jackets adorned on the back with the distinctive image of a Genghis Khan figure in sunglasses riding…
A shallow magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon in Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:07 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile from Venice and four miles…
Los Angeles County is considering what amounts to a voluntary ban on electric scooters as it develops regulations for companies to operate them safely in unincorporated areas. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a plan that would, for now, halt their operations in neighborhoods…
A planned Buena Park butterfly sanctuary that was expected to be one of the world’s largest – and whose developer has already sunk at least $15 million into it – appears to be in jeopardy. Construction of the Butterfly Palladium began in 2016 and it was supposed to wrap up by October. But with the building less…
Two Newport Beach watermen want something more substantial, even majestic, than the utilitarian pole-mounted light boxes that currently loom at the ends of the jetties to guide boaters into Newport Harbor. Keith Yonkers suggests a small but traditional-looking lighthouse at the end of the western…
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Friday two miles from Yorba Linda, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:19 p.m. PST at a depth of 9.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from Placentia and six miles from Brea. In the last…
By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM BAGHDAD — After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday that the withdrawal process has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements. Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led…
