Southern California’s housing market may be suffering from a case of “be careful what you wish for.” It wasn’t too long ago real estate pros said a lack of inventory was frustrating home seekers rushing to buy from limited options. In late 2018, there may be too many choices. House sellers are finding it takes…
Some 15,000 patient care technical workers at the University of California will begin a three-day strike Tuesday, Oct. 23 to protest the university’s practice of outsourcing jobs to contract companies. Workers represented by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3299 say the pay for contract workers is less with fewer or no benefits. The action…
LAGUNA BEACH — A man driving a Bentley was stopped by police Friday, Oct. 19, after a resident called law enforcement to report the theft of “No on P” election signs. The incident was reported at 10:31 a.m. Friday, after a resident observed a man he described as being in his 30s to 40s, wearing…
Federal officials are seeing a steep increase in families and unaccompanied minors seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, and shelters in Tijuana report they are housing record numbers of migrants waiting their turn. The number of people who are part of a family unit seeking legal…
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Willa grew into a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm and swept toward Mexico’s Pacific coast with winds of 160 mph (260 kph) Monday, threatening a stretch of high-rise resort hotels, surfing beaches and fishing villages. The hurricane was expected to pass over or near the Islas Marias — a set of…
With the Pacific Ocean in the background, drivers head up Thalia Street in Laguna Beach Thursday. Overhead power lines here and elsewhere in the city have long been a safety and aesthetic concern for city residents and officials. Downed power lines may have been a cause of the recent brush fire in South Laguna. (File…
By MARK STEVENSON TAPACHULA, Mexico — Thousands of Honduran migrants hoping to reach the U.S. stretched out on rain-soaked sidewalks, benches and public plazas in the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, worn down by another day’s march under a blazing sun. Keeping together for strength and safety in numbers, some huddled under a metal roof…
Before O.J. Simpson, before Erik and Lyle Menendez, there was Joe Hunt. Handsome and charismatic with a boyish charm, Hunt led the Billionaire Boys Club, a social and investment fraternity. Club members, clad in Armani suits and driving high-end BMWs, dined at Spago and partied with supermodels….
Cal State Fullerton Police detained two suspects wanted in the robbery of an Anaheim Walmart on Sunday, Oct. 21. Two people robbed the Walmart Supercenter at 88 E. Orangethorpe Avenue, said Anaheim Police Sgt. K. Voorhis. A countywide alert to law enforcement helped Cal State Fullerton Police locate two suspects in a suspected getaway vehicle near the…
Antwan Toney, a police officer working in the Atlanta area, was on patrol Saturday afternoon when he got a call from his older sister. The 30-year-old moved to Georgia in 2015 to join the Gwinnett County Police Department, his first job in law enforcement after a lifetime of dreaming of becoming a cop. “He wanted…
