The pilot of a Cessna that crashed into a Yorba Linda neighborhood, killing him and four people in a home, was carrying what investigators now suspect to have been false law enforcement credentials identifying him as a retired Chicago police officer, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday. Relying on what was described as…
Newly elected Rancho Santa Margarita Councilwoman Anne Figueroa has lived in the city since before it was, well, a city. She moved to the community in 1994 with her then 2-year-old daughter and raised all her kids here. Rancho Santa Margarita Councilwoman Anne Figueroa. (Courtesy of Anne Figueroa) “It really was the best place to…
Antonio Pastini, the pilot killed on Sunday when his small plane plunged into a Yorba Linda home, was first identified by California authorities as a retired Chicago police officer. But a spokeswoman for the Chicago police said Pastini, 75, was never employed by the department and was carrying…
Kindergartners in the Tustin Unified School District will be getting a little more time to learn their lessons. The district is adding about an hour and a half to the school day for the young students starting with the next school year, joining a trend toward offering full-day kindergarten. South Orange County school districts announced…
California rebounded from the Great Recession, yet Imperial County struggles. Some see salvation in new industries such as hemp and renewable energy.
By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof as flames engulfed their apartment building before dawn. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested as police opened an investigation…
The Libertarian Party’s reputation for attracting exotics is infamous in political circles. There’s the candidate in San Francisco who has run for multiple local offices under the name Starchild. The 2016 presidential hopeful who wanted marijuana taxes to fund “galactic expansion for generations.”…
The Cessna plane had flown about 10 miles, reaching an altitude as high as 7,800 feet, when witnesses saw it coming through the clouds in one piece, authorities said. Moments later, its tail came off. Then its wings. The plane plummeted rapidly into a Yorba Linda home Sunday afternoon, setting…
Two potent racial symbols — MAGA hats and blackface — have been in the news. They may not appear related at first blush, but they belong on a political continuum that ranges from racial provocation to outright racism. They share DNA. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat is not necessarily an…
This image of the Vadanta Hollywood Temple was number 23 in the Los Angeles Times 1955-56, Know Your City photography series.
