More than five months after his racist and xenophobic rants on social media triggered a national uproar, a lead San Bernardino County gang prosecutor remains on paid leave while an administrative investigation winds toward a conclusion. Michael Selyem, who has worked for the District Attorney’s Office for 12 years, generated ire with civil rights groups in…
A labor agreement is not the only thing dividing the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers. One missing element crucial to coming together on a contract deal — and averting a strike — is trust. On Wednesday, the union representing Los Angeles teachers announced that its 31,000 members…
Pope Francis’ decision to accept the resignation of an auxiliary Los Angeles bishop amid accusations of misconduct with a minor does little to erase decades of cover-up by the Vatican, some Southern California victims of sex abuse by Catholic priests said Wednesday. One victim, Lee Bashforth, said Monsignor Alexander Salazar’s resignation, many years after his alleged…
TUSTIN — The Tustin City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night, Dec. 18, to relocate a yet-to-open temporary homeless shelter from its proposed site near an elementary school. In a low-key meeting – especially juxtaposed to those in which parents passionately decried the original location – council members chose the former U.S. Army Reserve site at 2345…
By Mary Jo Hazard Contributing writer Alisa Schulman-Janiger has logged so many volunteer hours at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center’s bluff side patio in Rancho Palos Verdes, that she might as well claim it as her primary residence. “I dream about killer whales; they’re my passion” said the independent researcher and marine biologist, her blond hair…
The ingredients in Chipotle Mexican Grill’s first float in the Rose Parade will be much like the ingredients it uses in its restaurants, the Newport Beach-based chain has announced. The float, “Cultivate a Better World,” will be trimmed with 200 pounds of chili flakes and 100 pounds of lemons, plus corn, onions, rice, garlic, thyme,…
A Los Angeles police commander who was charged with public intoxication after an altercation with Glendale police in April should lose her job, a disciplinary board decided Tuesday. The ruling on the dismissal of Nicole Mehringer, made by a three-person LAPD Board of Rights panel, must be approved…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says U.S. troops do not need to remain in Syria. Trump tweeted Wednesday: “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.” His tweet followed a series of news reports that the U.S. is preparing to withdraw its troops from Syria. The news…
Linda Huff is a grieving grandmother and unemployed child-care worker who sleeps on a sofa, for $150 a month, in the living room of a shared backyard unit in Lynwood. Former nurse Gayle Coyle-Ikemoto is a health insurance executive who lives comfortably in a two-story house in Torrance with her…
By RAPHAEL SATTER LONDON — Hackers have spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday, an operation disrupted only after researchers discovered hundreds of intercepted documents lying around on the internet. The documents were discovered a few months ago after a malicious email was caught by…
