Southern California’s home sellers are witnessing the slowest market for existing home sales in 20 months as competition for buyers is up and demand falls, a new report shows. ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); year-to-date increase in supply; demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market…
By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK — Americans were commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims Tuesday, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation’s biggest city. Margie Miller was among the 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others who gathered on a…
In the 1980s, with politics swirling in the country and in newsrooms, John Foley maintained a pristine image as an exceptional newsman at the Los Angeles Times. He was deputy managing editor of the newspaper, but he cared much less about titles than about guiding reporters to tell deep, thoughtful…
Los Angeles police on Monday released a video of a gang member shooting a female officer at point-blank range during a July traffic stop in the San Fernando Valley and her partner subsequently fatally wounding the gunman. Recordings from inside a police cruiser and the officers’ body cameras captured…
In a sweeping effort to reduce the wildfire risk from electric power lines, Southern California Edison said Monday that it wants to spend $582 million for a series of improvements to its grid that likely would mean higher bills for ratepayers. The utility giant’s actions underscore power companies’…
By John K. Davis Contributing columnist In our Living Textbook feature, the Register invites university faculty to share their knowledge and expertise with readers. Life extension — using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally — may one day be possible. John K. Davis is a…
The Rebel Challenge proved a little too challenging for Cal State Fullerton’s volleyball team over the weekend. The team, which had sustained a six-match winning streak, fell to Eastern Kentucky, Fordham and UNLV during the weekend tournament in Las Vegas. The Cal State Fullerton volleyball team battled in every set, but lost to tournament host…
It was supposed to be just a football game between Aliso Niguel and Santa Ana high schools, but turned controversial with allegations of racism and politicizing a sporting event. Tensions erupted on campus and spread to social media over the weekend after Santa Ana High School’s principal Jeff Bishop said he and his students —…
Hauntingly beautiful. Those were my first thoughts as I looked over the large photos on the wall at Santa Ana College’s SantoraSpace205 gallery in downtown Santa Ana. Glowing hillsides and fiery landscapes artfully composed and captured, often with a majestic night sky as a background, almost make the observer forget the destruction they represent. The serenity…
Even the most ardent marijuana lovers can’t deny it: The plant, at least to some noses, stinks. Marijuana odors have triggered lawsuits against cannabis companies. They’ve led residents to try to block commercial operations from coming to California and the other eight states where recreational cannabis is legal and, increasingly, big business. Odor even has…
