It’ll be a snowy Christmas Day for some, a wet one for others and a cold one for all of Southern California. Snow is coming to the region’s mountains, forecasters say, and the valleys in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will see showers. There is a 30 percent chance of showers in…

Seeing Santa Claus is exciting. But it doesn’t compare to winning that Disneyland Storytellers Café Chip ‘N Dale Critter Breakfast badge. At least for 9-year-old Leo Barrera, that is. He had won 10 of the badges by bowling over tiny Christmas trees, as he and his family strolled through the 10th annual holiday brunch hosted…

Thoughtfully join together a set of uniquely different notes and you can create a wonderful melody — and so it is with the seven young ladies of the 2019 Royal Court. Each uniquely accomplished in their own lives, together they bring smiles everywhere they go, and their actions and words inspire young and old alike….

The moniker “Orange County power couple” is typically reserved for pairs with a role in politics or big business, with a recognizable family name or billion-dollar fortune. But Michael and Nicole Suydam have earned that title by working behind the scenes to help make life better for the area’s least powerful residents. “It feels strange,…

By David W. Hart, Ph.D.  Contributing writer How to age successfully? It’s the million dollar question. Baby Boomers around the country are searching for age-defying remedies that prolong life and add to overall health and well-being. Successful aging is not exactly a new idea. The hope that later life could be a period of vitality…

By NINIEK KARMINI TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia — Efforts to collect hundreds of bodies and save the injured were stepped up in Indonesia on Monday following the country’s latest tsunami, as scientists collected evidence on how a volcanic eruption triggered the weekend tragedy. Casualty figures from Saturday night’s disaster continued to rise, with at least 373…

Rain was falling as evacuees returned to their beloved town in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Traffic slowed as drivers beheld the devastation. Five weeks earlier, an inferno swept through these wooded neighborhoods, exacting a terrible toll. Of the 86 people killed in the Camp fire, most lived here….

Standing from a sidewalk, watching as cars streamed into a DUI checkpoint at the intersection of Holt Avenue and Union Avenue, Lt. Eddie Vazquez of the Pomona Police Department recalled previous checkpoints where drunken drivers would barrel through cones like bowling pins, at times slamming into other vehicles, or launching right past officers, prompting a…

WHITTIER — A newborn baby was found abandoned in the Whittier area and a female was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment, authorities said Sunday. A good Samaritan called police after finding the baby at 6 p.m. Saturday in the 11600 block of Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Ann Devane of…

Meteorologists say rain might accompany holiday festivities in parts of Southern California on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A buildup of clouds will bring a 30 percent possibility of showers throughout Southern California after 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service. The chance for rainfall should remain constant…