Legendary magician Ricky Jay, who has appeared in films including “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia,” has died, according to Variety. He was 72. The famed sleight-of-hand artist died of natural causes on Saturday in Los Angeles, the entertainment outlet has reported. Jay’s career in acting spanned…
LOS ANGELES — In the wake of California’s wildfires, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants will be allowed to buy hot foods with their benefits through Dec. 17 in 14 counties, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week. “Thousands of California residents are trying to piece their lives back together even as these wildfires continue blazing,” said…
By Barbara Kingsley-Wilson Contributing Writer Longtime Long Beach resident Vicki Lawrence is best known as an ensemble player in the iconic “Carol Burnett Show” and later as the star of “Mama’s Family,” which ran from 1983 to 1990. Now Lawrence, 69, finds herself starring in a TV show for the first time in 30 years….
Around Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima, many homeless children live indoors rather than outside. And for one family, motel hopping is no temporary setback. It’s life.
When I began trying to learn more about child poverty in Los Angeles earlier this year, I knew that at some point the story would take me to school. If you measure poverty by the number of students whose family income is low enough for them to qualify for meals at school, eight out of…
FULLERTON — A man was killed Saturday when he was struck by two vehicles on a busy Fullerton street he was trying to cross, authorities said. The incident was reported about 5:15 p.m. at Orangethorpe Avenue near Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton police Sgt. Carin Wright said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Wright said….
One of three suspects in an attempted Buena Park heist early Saturday was listed in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on the 5 Freeway in Norwalk while allegedly running from police. Officers interrupted a burglary in progress at a strip mall on the 7600 block of Knott Avenue at about 4 a.m.,…
A body found near a trail on Friday was that of a 59-year old Laguna Niguel resident and his son was arrested on suspicion of killing him, authorities said Saturday, Nov. 24. Just before 4 p.m. Friday, Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the 29000 block of Highlands Avenue in Laguna Niguel after a…
Two weeks after California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire sent thousands of evacuees fleeing the town of Paradise, “No Vacancy” signs have become a feature of the landscape here. A second disaster is unfolding. Across Butte County — a primarily agricultural area known for its walnut,…
Bigger, more dangerous wildfires. Coastlines threatened by rising sea levels. Less water. More heat-related illnesses. These are some of the ways climate change is rapidly changing California and the West, with conditions only expected to worsen, according to a landmark federal report, the first…
