The framework that holds a 405 Freeway sign has to come down, so the southbound lanes below will be closed overnight for two days this week for safety. The lanes will be closed between Seal Beach Boulevard and the connector to the eastbound 22 freeway from 11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, to 5 a.m. Thursday,…
More than 3,700 customers were without power because of two outages that hit Orange County Monday morning, Oct. 15, during heavy Santa Ana winds. Southern California Edison reported that 2,146 customers in Aliso Viejo and 1,601 in North Tustin were without power at around 6 a.m. Crews were trying to determine what caused the Aliso…
Angry residents face off with representatives of the nonprofit group PATH Ventures that is proposing to build an affordable apartment complex for the formerly homeless in Carson, during a community meeting in the Normandale Recreation Center in Torrance on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Members of the Los Angeles Center…
By FAY ABUELGASIM, SUZAN FRASER and JON GAMBRELL ISTANBUL— Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to conduct a joint “inspection” on Monday of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, nearly two weeks after the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish authorities said. The announcement from an official at Turkey’s Foreign Ministry comes as international…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — Strong Santa Ana winds, very dry air and low humidity will combine Monday to confront Southern California with a high risk of wildfires, according to the National Weather Service. Most of L.A. County is at risk. Red flag warnings denoting a high risk of wildfires will be…
By David W. Hart, Ph.D. Contributing writer My mother Carrie and I cared for my grandmother Janice, who was diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s disease when I was 15 years old. For nearly eight years, the disease ravaged her brain and eventually her body. Over that course of time, my family found there were physical and…
Heeeeeeeee’s back! Just in time for Halloween, guaranteed to frighten any Democrat, it’s Hologram Reagan! Thanks to 3D technology, America’s 40th president has climbed out of his crypt and is ready to quip again! The Great Communicator has been digitally remastered and ready to master the great issues of our day. “Mr. Mexico, build that…
Christ Cathedral sparkles with light during the blessing of the quatrefoils event Saturday. Quatrefoils are a unique interior lighting design element. The cathedral has thousands of these steel powder-coated reflectors. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) Bishop Kevin Vann takes a tour of the interior of Christ Cathedral before the first lighting and blessing of…
Orange County health officials barred ocean water-contact sports in Sunset Aquatic Marina and Portofino Cove in Huntington Beach due to a 1,000-gallon sewage spill on Sunday, Oct. 14. The contaminants originated from a sewer line blockage in Anaheim, according to a news release from the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division. It said…
Fall was in the air Sunday as Central Park in Huntington Beach turned shades of gold — about 500 shades of golden retriever. “This is like heaven!” exclaimed Laurie Zerbonia, owner of Henry, a 3-year-old golden. They drove from San Diego to be at the second annual Goldie Palooza gathering. She told her son he…
