From the Archives: Hollywood Bowl Muse of Music, Dance, Drama
Statue at Hollywood Bowl titled Muse of Music, Dance, Drama.
Man gets 25 years to life for sexually assaulting girls at the Anaheim daycare he worked at
SANTA ANA — A 20-year-old Buena Park man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls, ages 6 and 7, at the Anaheim daycare center where he worked. Daniel Antonio Martinez pleaded guilty in August to three counts of lewd acts on a child 14 and younger and…
Todd Spitzer sworn in as Orange County district attorney, Don Barnes as sheriff, in law enforcement leadership shakeup
Outgoing Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, left, swears in Don Barnes, with his wife Marilyn, during a ceremony at the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy in Tustin on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) District Attorney-Elect Todd Spitzer, left, is joined by his daughter Lauren, center, as former Associate Justice of…
Man shot on Christmas Eve in Anaheim alleyway dies in hospital
A man who was shot in Anaheim on Christmas Eve died in a hospital on Monday, Jan. 7. The victim had been hospitalized after he was struck by gunfire in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street on Monday, Dec. 24. He succumbed to his injuries two weeks later on Monday morning, according…
Report: O.C. Sheriff and some police agencies work too closely with immigration authorities
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department and some local police agencies continue to turn over unauthorized immigrants to federal immigration agents – including some whose crimes are minor — despite state laws aimed at limiting that practice, according to a new report released Monday by the UC Irvine Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic and two immigrant…
Santa Ana Veterans Village will provide affordable housing and other services for homeless military veterans
A long-empty asphalt lot that last housed a service station will be transformed into Orange County’s largest complex dedicated to providing a home to those who served their country in the military. With 75 permanent supportive housing units exclusively for ex-service members, Santa Ana Veterans Village on west First Street near Harbor Boulevard was hailed…
No agreement to avert L.A. teachers’ strike after a long day of bargaining
A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers’ strike fell short Monday, although the two sides have agreed to meet again on Wednesday morning, the day before a strike is scheduled to begin. Whether the strike begins on schedule on Thursday could depend on legal maneuvers that…
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will be on a base lockdown Tuesday
MIRAMAR — All gates at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will be on temporary lockdown Tuesday, Jan. 8, as part of a base security drill. The drill is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and includes rehearsal of procedures in the event an actual base closure is needed. “The exercise is an opportunity for Miramar…
Will shakeup in race to lead California’s GOP push party closer to Trump?
A big tent candidate’s withdrawal from the race to be chairman of the California Republican Party is widely seen as a lift for rivals who would try to rebuild the state GOP in the image of President Trump. It might not work out that way, exactly. But David Hadley’s decision to quit his campaign to…
Marines ‘invade’ Catalina Island to fix crumbling airstrip at Airport in the Sky
The sky was a gloomy gunmetal gray Monday as dozens of U.S. Marines swarmed the notoriously tricky airstrip high atop Santa Catalina Island. By days end, the Airport in the Sky resembled a war zone full of heavy machinery, trucks, troops in camouflage and green military tents. The squadron was…