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…
On Wednesday, under faultless skies, a sea breeze lightly kissed my face as I stood on the fabled Huntington Beach Pier, watching young surfers below carving waves and doing flips. They were practicing for next week’s World Junior Surfing Championship. I was trying to figure out why President Trump…
Six crewmen die and more than 50 people were injured when the Sansinena blows up on Los Angeles Harbor.
A man was fatally shot Thursday in an Anaheim park that nearby residents say has become a magnet for suspicious activity. Reports of gunfire at about 3:05 p.m. drew police to Chaparral Park at 1770 West Broadway, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. Responding officers found one man who appeared to be in his…
