Got plans early Sunday morning, Dec. 30? If they involve the 405 Freeway, be aware that a section is scheduled to be closed for nine hours beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29. Both directions of the freeway between Warner Avenue and Beach Boulevard are expected to shut down until 8 a.m. Sunday for demolition…
NEW YORK — Electric utility Con Edison is working to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City. The event Thursday night filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that even the…
Orange County’s population growth has been halved as more folks move elsewhere and foreign immigration grows slowly. In the year ended July 1, Orange County’s population rose 10,962 — 0.34 percent — to 3.22 million, No. 3 among California’s counties. But these fresh state demographic statistics show that yearly growth of residents is down 55 percent…
Police at UCI are looking for the man seen in this image from a surveillance video after on-campus apartments were burglarized in November oand December. (Screenshot courtesy of UCI Police Department) Police at UC Irvine asked for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with burglaries at an on-campus apartment…
It all began with a book, a branch and burning curiosity. As a young girl growing up in Rancho Bernardo, CeCe Moore would often steal away to her favorite reading spot, a leafy tree outside her parents’ bedroom window, to devour Nancy Drew mystery novels. Moore, 49, became enthralled by Drew’s uncanny ability to crack…
I’ve never understood why so many women subject themselves to scalpels and skin peels, toxic injections and sutures, all in the vain attempt to look younger. Why can’t we embrace the lines on our skin as testaments to experience and our bodies as beautiful vessels that have carried and nursed life, toted toddlers and toiled?…
It’s been a big year for coastal access in California. What changed? A massive public backlash that coastal officials have called a humbling reality check – and a growing awareness across the nation of the need for social justice in environmental issues.
The Maywood City Council chamber was nearing capacity, with generations of residents making their way inside for the officials’ swearing-in. Scattered throughout were leaders present and past, as well as council members from other Southeast Los Angeles County cities. In a region dogged by political…
Some of the students who live in apartments at Cal State Los Angeles don’t go home for the holidays. They have jobs near the El Sereno campus and families who live far away. They would have to scrounge to find a bed or couch surf if they went elsewhere for the five-week break. Danielle Mayen,…
Photo gallery of the Tournament of Roses Parades in the 1930s and 1940s.
