The grand opening of Sean Adler’s Simi Valley coffeehouse, Rivalry Roasters, had taken place less than three weeks earlier. Tucked into a strip mall, the small shop was a dream of Adler’s, one he worked tirelessly to pursue after a heart attack kept him from a future as a sheriff’s deputy. But on Thursday, bouquets…
School district officials took the unusual step Wednesday night of offering an unqualified apology to an angry audience of parents. The administrators told more than 200 parents at Reed Middle School that they had erred in failing to notify them and staff that a man had reportedly approached girls…
In Thousand Oaks, the victims were being identified at the horrific crime scene, where the shooter was said to be a 28-year-old Marine who had exhibited signs of possible PTSD. In Los Angeles, Steve Peck, himself a Marine, was preparing for what would be a busy day. The annual fundraiser for U.S….
Authorities said 28-year-old Ian David Long appeared to kill himself shortly after opening fire on a country bar in Thousand Oaks and killing 12 people including a Ventura County sheriff’s sergeant. There are reports that Long had post-traumatic stress disorder. The Newbury Park resident was a United States Marine Corps veteran and legally bought the Glock .45-caliber…
The most consequential midterm in recent American history (or, if you prefer less hype, yet another big national vote in an age of unrelenting political crankiness) just taught the world a bit about Southern California. First, we like voting. A lot. Sure, the whole country was in a voting mood Tuesday – national turnout reportedly was…
A witness said early Thursday that the gunman in the Thousand Oaks shooting was dressed in black when he entered the Borderline Bar & Grill around 11:20 p.m. Holden Harrah, 21, was among the hundreds inside listening to music Wednesday night as a part of a college night event. He said he looked…
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — Eighty-five-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the Supreme Court and is in the hospital, the court said Thursday. The court’s oldest justice fell Wednesday evening, the court said. She went to George Washington University Hospital in Washington early Thursday after experiencing…
Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country bar in Thousand Oaks. The dead include 11 people inside the Borderline Bar & Grill, the gunman and a Ventura County sheriff’s sergeant, according to officials. Here’s what some are saying about the deadly shooting on Twitter: What we know…
