Chapman University’s Survey of American Fears was released Wednesday, Oct. 17. The 2018 edition of the study, conducted in June and July, shows that each of the top 10 fears are held by more than half of the population. The top fear, corrupt government officials, has increased in Americans by 13 percent since 2016. The…
A veteran teacher who was pulled from the classroom after she described the childhood oddities of Trump aide Stephen Miller has returned to her classroom at Franklin Elementary in Santa Monica. Nikki Fiske, 72, had been placed on “home assignment” while school district officials determined whether…
California will reconsider life sentences for up to 4,000 nonviolent third-strike criminals by allowing them to seek parole under a ballot measure approved by voters two years ago, according to court documents obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday. The state will craft new regulations by…
Southern California’s economy is growing at its slowest pace in more than seven years, according to an index from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. To create regional indexes that track a region’s business output, Fed researchers reviewed a dozen economic benchmarks — from jobs and salaries to construction permits to bank profits and…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — The threat of wildfire will return to the Southland Friday because of strong winds and very dry vegetation but with less severity than on Monday and Tuesday, said the National Weather Service. “Offshore winds will increase on Friday and continue through Saturday. These winds will not be…
Joe Strummer of the Clash appearing at the music festival at the Monterey Fairgrounds.
Former USA Gymnastics chief executive Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday night on a felony evidence tampering charge related to his alleged role in his and the organization’s cover-up of U.S. Olympic and national team physician Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of hundreds of gymnasts. Penny’s arrest in a resort town in Tennessee’s Great Smokey Mountains follows…
Escalating his criticism of California’s fire management strategy, President Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold unspecified funding from the state. The comments at a Cabinet meeting were vague on details — but they nonetheless sent federal forest managers across the state scrambling to figure…
As the Trump administration considers a new way to impose a family separation program at the border, immigrant-rights advocates said Wednesday more children were taken from parents or guardians earlier this year than previously reported. Data provided by the government appears to have under-counted the number of families separated from April through June, when the Trump…
LAGUNA BEACH — More than 400 players on 55 teams competed in the ninth annual community-wide dodgeball tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 17. The popular event — which included students from the four local schools, Laguna Beach lifeguards, local business people, and parent and teacher groups — is held by SchoolPower, a parent volunteer-based, nonprofit education…
