SAN CLEMENTE — In response to complaints about riders speeding along the city’s popular beach trail on electric bikes, San Clemente officials are planning to step up enforcement — citing those riding at excessive speeds or otherwise operating their bicycles recklessly. The City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 21, voted 4-0 in favor of an ordinance…
Two-year-old Santiago Gomez has a tricked-out, new ride courtesy of Santa Margarita Catholic High School’s robotic team and the Go Baby Go program. The robotic team presented Santiago, who has cerebral palsy and is unable to sit up on his own, with the retrofitted electric mini car, which has been outfitted with Velcro straps to keep…
Downtown Fullerton visitors will soon have to pay for public parking on weekend nights, a move the area’s business owners fear will drive away patrons. A 90-day pilot program charging $5 to park from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in public lots on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays was approved 3-2 by the City Council this…
In late June, a man in love with the sea sent me a tale of discovery, and he delivered it with a tone of urgency. “I hope that you are as excited as we are by our new find,” Tim Rudnick, a 75-year-old beach-loving Los Angeles original, said in an email. He identified himself as…
By Jacqueline Marquis Contributing columnist Going into my fourth year at Cal State Fullerton, I decided I wanted to spend the summer in Southern California instead of going home up north. Making that decision meant I needed to find a summer job. I’d heard about the Titan Youth Sports Camp from a friend who worked…
On June 27, 1966, Lockheed unveiled a full-scale mockup of its proposed supersonic transport aircraft.
By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE, and DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Facing a growing threat to his presidency, President Donald Trump lashed at his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, a day after the onetime “fixer” implicated Trump in a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of women who said they had sexual relationships…
In theaters showing the new movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” audiences have been cheering at a shoutout to Cal State Fullerton, according to posts on social media. When actor Ken Jeong’s character meets his daughter’s friend, he pretends to have limited ability to speak English. After stammering a few words, he admits to just kidding. Then,…
The man came into the emergency room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on a busy evening, in the throes of a full-blown panic attack. He was delirious and suicidal. Homeless at 60, he had a long history of Parkinson’s disease. But his main issue was the state of his mental health. He was fortunate…
By MEAD GRUVER The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — President Donald Trump tried his best to appeal to coal country but, amid a truckload of bad political news, the top coal-producing state didn’t love him back. Instead, Wyoming voters chose Secretary of State Mark Gordon, a rancher who grew up at the foot of the…
