The California bullet train project can continue to draw on a bond approved by voters in 2008 after a Superior Court judge on Thursday rejected a civil suit that sought to block the use of those funds. The decision was crucial for the project. Though only 12% of the project’s cost estimate, the…
Rep. Steve Knight’s campaign on Thursday took down an advertisement featuring a local veteran who regularly posts racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic comments on social media, a day after the congressman’s camp said it would not remove the political spot. The ad was no longer displayed on the…
From the time President Trump stepped onto the campaign trail more than two years ago he’s pointed to three high-profile California slaying cases to highlight the dangers of what he contends is the country’s broken immigration system. Like his invocation of the gang MS-13 and focus on the migrant…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE PITTSBURGH — The anti-Semitic truck driver accused of gunning down 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that could put him on death row. Robert Bowers, 46, was arraigned one day after a grand jury issued a 44-count indictment that charges him with murder, hate…
The city hopes to have a new eagle statue at Yorba Linda Veterans Memorial Park take flight by Veterans Day. An eucalyptus tree branch fell in the park in December, bending the statue and damaging a granite bench. The Yorba Linda City Council in August approved allocating more than $120,000 to repair the damage. Most…
A bipartisan group of elected officials gathered in Diamond Bar Wednesday to argue for continuation of gas tax and vehicle license fee hikes imposed by state lawmakers last year, saying the monies from SB 1 are earmarked for key freeway and light-rail extension projects that would be left undone without the extra dollars. If voters…
Fullerton police were investigating a shooting that happened early Thursday, Nov. 1 after a man was found wounded on the sidewalk. Officers saw the man with a gunshot wound near Pearl Drive and Cameo Lane shortly after getting a call reporting shots fired, according to the Fullerton Police Department. He was taken to a hospital…
More than 75 percent of registered voters in Southern California already have cast a mail-in ballot or plan to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, a level of enthusiasm that could translate into record turnout for the upcoming midterm. What’s more, clear majorities of voters who register as Republicans or Democrats describe themselves as “strongly” connected…
By ZEKE MILLER and ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans for a mission whose dimensions are shifting daily. The Pentagon says “more than 7,000” troops were being sent to…
State officials on Wednesday removed the elected board and general manager of a water district that for years has been accused of serving brown, smelly water to its customers in Compton. With a 22-page decree, the State Water Resources Control Board abolished Sativa Los Angeles County Water District’s…
