In a state with a goal of 5 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2030, the idea of “strange” is being redefined in the expanding field of electric transportation with a funny-looking, three-wheeled, single-passenger car. Game changer? Not exactly. Some experts describe Electra Meccanica’s new “Solo” as a niche car that won’t change the paradigm…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a bomb that was addressed to Hillary Clinton and also discovered a possible explosive that was sent to former President Barack Obama. Also Wednesday, a police bomb squad was sent to CNN’s offices in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a…
At one of more than two dozen stations in a dimly lit Boyle Heights call center, Wendy Morales clicked her mouse to place a call to an L.A. County resident named Dulce. Morales, 20, is young and Latino, like Dulce and the many others she’s been working to reach. She’s part of a big push…
In a six-photo sequence, Norm Van Brocklin passes to Eagle teammate Bobby Walston, 84, who outjumps the Colts’ Andy Nelson, 43, to make the catch.
LOS ANGELES — A former teacher from Orange County who was previously convicted in state court of sexually assaulting a teenage boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge for traveling to China to have sex with a 16-year-old youth. Ezequiel Christopher Barragan, previously a Spanish teacher at Dana Hills High School and a youth…
SANTA ANA — Former mixed martial arts fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller was facing a newly filed felony vandalism charge Tuesday, leaving him vulnerable to a state prison term for violating probation if he’s convicted. Miller, 37, was arrested Friday and was being held without bail, according to jail records. Michele Van Der Linden of the…
ORANGE — A hit-and-run driver struck and fatally injured a pedestrian Tuesday in Orange. The 58-year-old victim was in a crosswalk at Glassell Street and Katella Avenue when she was struck by a white pickup truck about 6:30 a.m., said Sgt. Rob Thorsen of the Orange Police Department. Officers are on scene, investigating a hit-and-run…
By Claudia S. Alaniz Louise Deser Siskel, a San Marino resident and a senior at Sequoyah High in Pasadena, is the 2019 Rose Queen. Princess Louise Deser Siskel is crowned by Tournament president Gerald Freeny during the announcement and Coronation of the 101st Rose Queen at the Pasadena Playhouse on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Pasadena,…
Firefighters, civic leaders and residents in Garden Grove celebrated the completion of a new community center and fire station with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The new facility at 12232 West St. replaces the original Fire Station No. 6 at 12111 Chapman Ave., which was constructed in 1971. The newer 7,680-square-foot building…
An immigrant arrested by immigration authorities – possibly on an anonymous tip from a revengeful relative accused of molesting the man’s daughter – called his wife Tuesday and told her he is being deported. Anaheim resident Marcos Villanueva expects to arrive in Honduras Wednesday afternoon, his wife, Jenie Villalvir, said tearfully. Villanueva was transferred from an…
