The law appears to have finally caught up with Marion “Suge” Knight. The rap producer and mogul had danced with law enforcement for much of his storied career, including stints behind bars. But on Thursday, he pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the 2015 hit-and-run…
Charles Rappleye, a resolute Los Angeles investigative reporter and editor who wrote critically acclaimed books about historical figures, has died at 62. Rappleye, who battled cancer for six years, had been working on a book about little-remembered President Zachary Taylor when he died at home…
Architect Robert Venturi, who rejected austere modern design and instead ushered in postmodern complexity with the dictum “less is a bore,” has died. He was 93. His family released a statement on his firm’s website saying Venturi died Tuesday at home in Philadelphia after a brief illness, surrounded…
The number of independent voters in San Diego County has surpassed the number of registered Republicans, government data show, representing a dramatic shift from several decades of GOP dominance. As of the end of August, there were 509,359 voters who registered as “no party preference” compared…
After news broke over the weekend that a woman had accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, AP Government teacher Brandon Cabezas didn’t have to ask himself whether he should talk to his students about it. His students brought it up. “This was definitely a robust discussion,” Cabezas said….
Sen. Dianne Feinstein was fighting for her political life in 1994, facing a tight election that was swinging on the issue of immigration. Proposition 187, which would cut many public services to those in California illegally, was leading in the polls and her Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate,…
Phillip Cesena transferred to San Franciscquito Canyon in February 1928 to work as a ranch hand, mucking out stalls and exercising ranch animals. Phillip Cesena, 15, showing off his trick riding he learned while working on a ranch in San Francisquito Canyon in early March 1928. (historical photo courtesy of Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel) The 15-year-old had…
ABERDEEN, Md. — Multiple victims were shot Thursday at the Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Md., Harford County officials confirmed. Three people were killed in the shooting, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said the shooting occurred at Spesutia and Perryman roads in Perryman outside of Aberdeen — the location of Enterprise Business Park. The deputies…
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALAN SUDERMAN | Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. — Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby Cape Fear River overtopped an earthen dike at the facility and inundated a large lake. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said Thursday that the…
The Southern Pacific Lark passenger train crashes into a truck stuck on a railroad crossing in Glendale.
