Mohamed Zahangir Sayem, in a drunken haze, was struggling to give Orange County sheriff’s deputies a straight answer when asked for his driver’s license. Sayem’s confusion grew when a deputy allegedly pulled the 5-foot-11 man out of his vehicle — where he had been sleeping — and punched him until he collapsed. “Are you going…
UCLA police on Thursday sought public help to identify a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault at an off-campus fraternity party. A UCLA student, whose age was not disclosed, told campus police that she was assaulted shortly before 12:30 a.m. last Friday…
All you need is $2 and a willing suspension of disbelief. If you are one of the gazillion people buying a California Lottery Mega Millions ticket before Friday, Oct. 19 at 7:45 p.m., you have a 1 in 303 million chance of winning the $970 million jackpot … or about the same odds as the…
Marijuana will once again be a hot topic on Election Day, with the future of local, state and federal cannabis policies in the hands of voters Nov. 6. But this time, voters in states that typically lean Republican will be the ones weighing legalization measures at the ballot box. A number of red communities in…
Chula Vista is rising — literally. To account for potential sea level rise, the Port of San Diego is elevating a portion of the city’s bayfront by as much as 8 feet in preparation for a $1-billion hotel and convention center. The soil also will improve drainage and prepare the area for roads, utilities…
Chapman University’s Survey of American Fears was released Wednesday, Oct. 17. The 2018 edition of the study, conducted in June and July, shows that each of the top 10 fears are held by more than half of the population. The top fear, corrupt government officials, has increased in Americans by 13 percent since 2016. The…
A veteran teacher who was pulled from the classroom after she described the childhood oddities of Trump aide Stephen Miller has returned to her classroom at Franklin Elementary in Santa Monica. Nikki Fiske, 72, had been placed on “home assignment” while school district officials determined whether…
California will reconsider life sentences for up to 4,000 nonviolent third-strike criminals by allowing them to seek parole under a ballot measure approved by voters two years ago, according to court documents obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday. The state will craft new regulations by…
Southern California’s economy is growing at its slowest pace in more than seven years, according to an index from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. To create regional indexes that track a region’s business output, Fed researchers reviewed a dozen economic benchmarks — from jobs and salaries to construction permits to bank profits and…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — The threat of wildfire will return to the Southland Friday because of strong winds and very dry vegetation but with less severity than on Monday and Tuesday, said the National Weather Service. “Offshore winds will increase on Friday and continue through Saturday. These winds will not be…
