The road to UC Santa Cruz winds past old lime kilns, assorted barns and storage sheds. Then a vast meadow opens. Its wild prairie grasses, baked golden on toasty summer days, add a vivid layer of color to the vista of redwood forests beyond and bright blue sky above. The open space is still. The…
Q. My wife’s license expires in early October. On July 20, she felt it was time to make a Department of Motor Vehicles appointment, because she must take the eye test and the written exam. The earliest appointment available at San Clemente and Costa Mesa was Oct. 15 – after her license expired! Now she will have…
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Firefighters continued to make significant progress against the Holy fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest near Lake Elsinore, raising the fire’s containment to 36% on Saturday, officials said. The blaze has been burning along inaccessible ridges and mountains in Orange and Riverside counties…
V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he was “a giant in all that he achieved and…
GARDEN GROVE – A 34-year-old man from Lake Forest was arrested Saturday on suspicion of robbing a bank in Garden Grove, a police spokesman said. **Bank Robbery Arrest** Yesterday a bank robbery happened at HSBC Bank located at 9622 GG Blvd. Early this morning @OCSDLakeForest detained Miguel “Mike” Casillas after social media tipsters identified him….
Breed: Labrador retriever mix Age: 1 year Gender: Male Lasso’s story: Fun-loving Lasso is anxiously waiting at the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center for a home of his own. Lasso is a bundle of energy who would thrive in a home where he could get plenty of exercise and some basic training. His joy for…
ARCADIA — An East Coast transplant, rock climber Michelle Wong, 32, often tackled the New River Gorge in West Virginia. She’d happily make the 6-hour ride from her home in Baltimore for a chance at dangling from a rock – with no net – looking up at only azure skies. On Saturday, the new Los Angeles…
