The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously Thursday to order a Laguna Beach couple to pay $1 million in fines and tear down a sea wall that officials say protects a single mansion from erosion at the expense of the public beach in front. The decision prioritizes the rights of beachgoers…
More sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, as well as allegations against actors Steven Seagal and Anthony Anderson, have landed on Los Angeles prosecutors’ desks. The L.A. County district attorney’s office said Thursday that the Beverly Hills Police Department presented…
A 15-year old boy whose arm was reattached after it was crushed by a boulder at Emerald Bay in Laguna Beach is going home after spending three weeks recovering at UCI Medical Center in Anaheim. Doctors discharged the patient on Thursday, Aug. 9 following seven hours of initial surgery, a total of seven operations and…
Southern California has been having some off character humidity this summer, unlike the usually dry heat it gets around this time this year. It got so humid on Thursday evening that water started falling from the sky. Yes, it rained. And yes, of course, people freaked out. Sign up for our breaking news email newsletter:…
Deidre Pujols’ husband has hit 632 home runs, more than all but five players in baseball history, but she is the force of power in their mission to end what they term modern slavery. Their Strike Out Slavery effort debuted in 2017 at an Angels game where education and awareness about human trafficking were combined…
Environmentalists are celebrating a precedent-setting vote Thursday by the California Coastal Commission to tear down a seawall protecting an oceanfront home in Laguna Beach. After the previous owner received retroactive approval for the previously unpermitted seawall, Jeffrey and Tracy Katz bought the home on Victoria Beach. They performed an extensive remodel, which was completed in…
A disheveled Henry T. Nicholas III, an Orange County tech billionaire, crime victims advocate and noted philanthropist, was arrested this week in Las Vegas on suspicion of drug trafficking. Nicholas, co-founder of the chipmaker Broadcom, was arrested Tuesday, Aug.7 at the Encore hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on suspicion of trafficking heroin, cocaine, meth and ecstasy,…
A local rescue group is calling for an investigation into animal cruelty after coming to the aid of a dying female pit bull dumped in a South Los Angeles neighborhood. Members of Ghetto Rescue – a nonprofit animal rescue group based in Anaheim Hills – were alerted Monday evening, Aug. 6, by a resident in…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from the devastating storm. The government, relying on updated statistics it first reported in June, said…
With the state legislature back in session, Orange County is poised to see the approval of a bill that could dramatically change the landscape for housing its homeless population. Assembly Bill 448 would create the Orange County Housing Trust, a regional joint powers authority that would allow the county and its 34 cities to collectively…
