By David W. Hart, Ph.D. Contributing writer The children’s poet, Shel Silverstein, wondered in prose about the existence of happy endings. He opined: “There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part. So just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.” Silverstein’s poem mirrors many of the observations made by my…
Orange County would give San Juan Capistrano $6 million to continue filling the Prima Deshecha Landfill with trash for at least a few more decades under a proposed agreement that could be finalized Tuesday, Oct. 30. The city would also receive at least $800,000 annually for 10 years to continue hosting the landfill, with an option…
The Riverside County Coroner’s Officer confirmed that the body pulled from Lake Elsinore on Thursday, Oct. 25, is that of missing kayaker Samuel Selay, 34, of French Valley. His wife, Brittney Selay, announced her husband’s apparent death in a Facebook post on Thursday. They have four children, ages 17, 10, 7 and 3. Selay was believed to have…
On a bright Sunday morning, Don Han was in South Orange County staring at a garage door covered in swastikas. Same for the Buick, parked in front of the house. The family that lived there was Jewish. The grandmother was a survivor of the Holocaust, when more than six million Jews were killed by the…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — The Southland will bask in above-normal temperatures again Friday as a result of a strengthening ridge of high pressure and weak offshore winds, the National Weather Service said. Combined with humidity levels only in the teens, the conditions are creating an elevated fire danger but nothing critical,…
A man died after getting struck by a car in Santa Ana on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 25. At least one vehicle was speeding near the 1800 block of South Cedar Street when it collided with the pedestrian at about 7:30 p.m., said Santa Ana Cmdr. Richard Weber. The driver of a BMW sedan…
Prior to the Hobie Cat, invented by well-known surfboard maker Hobie Alter, sailing was for the elite. It was a sport reserved for members of yacht clubs who had the mega bucks it took to buy a big boat. But Alter’s design — the Hobie Cat 14, a small catamaran sailboat that became known as…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG The FBI released this poster on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, asking for the public’s assistance in finding the people responsible for sending suspicious packages to multiple locations across the United States. The targets of the packages were some of the figures most frequently criticized by President Donald…
San Francisco in November will become the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens the chance to vote in a local election, making the city once again a flashpoint in the debate about immigration. Noncitizens, including those without legal status, will be allowed to vote only in a school…
As the sun set on a landscape of scruffy mountains and sweeping plains, 20 wild burros watched Mark Meyers with ears erect. They had reason to be quizzical: Meyers and his hired hands were building traps around their muddy watering hole. Amid the clatter of hammers and occasional heehaws and snorts…
