From the Archives: LSD sickens 27 at Marina del Rey party
LSD laced potato and corn chips send sickens 27 at 1970 Marina del Rey party.
Man shot, injured in Costa Mesa alley
Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of Wallace Ave. The victim was transported to a local hospital. (OnScene.TV) Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of…
NAMM 2019: 100,000 people and thousands of cool gadgets and hot instruments headed for Anaheim Convention Center
Audio engineers, sound experts, music teachers and a bevy of other professionals will flood the Anaheim Convention Center and nearby venues through the weekend for an event that aims to deliver on all things music: The National Association of Music Merchants Show. Musician Lauren Lusardi, known as Plasmic, plays Yamaha’s new Sonogenic SHS-500, a musical…
Orange County Republican to advise Trump on Asian-American issues, even as Vietnamese Americans protest deportation plan
President Donald Trump has picked a Republican Orange County supervisor to help lead a panel that advises him on issues affecting Asian Americans – an assignment that comes as Southern California’s Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese populations increasingly are vocal in opposition to the administration’s immigration policies. Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel, a South Korean immigrant,…
O.C. deputies union announces settlement agreement in lawsuit over jail conditions
The union that represents Orange County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday announced an agreement with the department to address concerns raised in a lawsuit alleging that unsafe jail conditions and staff reductions led to the high-profile escape of three inmates in 2016. The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs and department leaders have agreed to meet…
Parents, students celebrate return to routine as L.A. teachers end strike, head back to class
Los Angeles teachers and union staff returned to school Wednesday morning, hours after voting on a contract agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District that put an end to a strike that spanned six school days. The tentative agreement, announced early Tuesday, followed an all-night negotiating…
‘Deadly, toxic business’: New Mexico will reject nation’s nuclear waste, activists vow
This Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to the shoreline at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Image courtesy of Google Earth) The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (File Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds The Holtec Hi-Storm…
Part of Westminster strip mall burns
Crews tackled a two-alarm fire in a strip mall in Westminster on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 23. Westminster- 70 Firefighters on scene; no injuries reported so far. Fire extended into attic space on roof. Main body of fire knocked down. Lateral spread stopped. pic.twitter.com/0GxI68DFzq — OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) January 24, 2019 The fire at 9241 Bishop…
Some early numbers from the Orange County homeless census, which continues tonight and Thursday
In the space of four hours that started before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 23, volunteers armed with paper maps and data-collection apps downloaded on their cellphones or tablets managed to survey more than 1,500 homeless people sleeping outdoors or in vehicles around Orange County. That was only the beginning of the street census for the…
Oliver Mtukudzi, one of Africa’s most iconic musicians, dies at 66
Oliver Mtukudzi, one of Africa’s most iconic musicians whose decades of rollicking, captivating performances won him devoted fans worldwide, has died at a hospital in Zimbabwe. “It is difficult to accept. I have no words,” said musician and poet Albert Nyathi, who joined several other mourners…