Facing mounting criticism for allowing Hollister Ranch landowners to keep 8.5 miles of Santa Barbara coastline largely closed to the beachgoing public, state officials indicated Thursday some regret about the controversial deal they quietly agreed to earlier this year. In an announcement met with…
Yoshio Nakamura knows what it’s like to lose a home. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. government forced his family and 120,000 others of Japanese descent from their West Coast residences into desolate camps. The Rosemead native joined the U.S. Army and survived Nazi artillery…
For years, James Peterson’s secrets were safe in the courtrooms of Los Angeles. The L.A. County sheriff’s deputy, who trawled a stretch of the 5 Freeway for drug traffickers, often testified in the state court system about his arrests. No one knew to ask about his troubled past. Then one of Peterson’s…
Related Articles 18,100-acre Holy fire burns close to Lake Elsinore homes; blaze moves out of Orange County Holy fire smoke — and rain? — fill Southern California skies Thursday Holy fire community meeting planned in Lake Elsinore Thursday night As Holy fire continues to burn, air quality degrades Holy fire suspect refuses to leave jail…
The Holy fire started in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County on Monday, Aug. 6, it has since charred more than 18,000 acres and continues to grow. At least 12 cabins in the Holy Jim Canyon area have been destroyed by the blaze before it crested mountain peaks of the Cleveland National Forest. It has led to…
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Four people, including two police officers, were shot to death in an apartment complex in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton on Friday, and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. It was a rare instance of gun violence in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Fredericton police said they…
Old Pacific Electric trolleys are loaded aboard Moore-McCormack Lines’ SS Mormacland at Berth 232 of Terminal Island for shipment to Argentina.
Headed to the fair today? Here are some things to know. Hours: Noon to midnight Admission: $12 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger Deals: Military members and veterans get free admission daily. Free admission for active duty and professional staff of local public safety departments. Seniors…
Chalk art is really too timid a description for what will be happening this weekend at Cerritos Towne Center. Chalk art on steroids is more like it. Or maybe even masterpiece theater. Using the pavement as their canvas, 10 Southern California chalk art wizards will work their magic, conjuring giant anamorphic snow cones you can…
Firefighters worked through the night and into Friday morning, wrestling with the fast-charging Holy fire – which swelled to an estimated 18,137 charred acres overnight, up from 10,236 acres the night before. Fire personnel continued to push back on the flames that tried to reach homes in the Lake Elsinore area. The glow of the orange…
