Like many shop owners around Idyllwild, Bryan Tallent and John Stonitsch closed their unusual store that features dozens of varieties of jerky, jam and hot sauce while the Cranston fire raged recently near the artsy, rustic hamlet in the San Jacinto Mountains. After reopening a few days later, foot traffic at Coyote Red’s remained uncharacteristically…
Josie Borges sat facing a wall as she nervously ran through scales to warm up her voice ahead of performing in the Mariachi Nationals competition. The 14-year-old from Las Vegas had just wrapped up a week of workshops at South El Monte High School, studying under one of the genre’s best. José Hernández…
The lawman said he was taken to a local tattoo parlor as a reward for his integrity. Other officers watched as his left ankle was etched with a symbol of a skull wearing a cowboy hat. The group drank and celebrated the inking of a fresh recruit. He was now part of the club. Los…
Los Angeles County ocean lifeguards participate in annual competition.
If and when California builds a Hall of Fame for the state’s heroes of coastal protection and beach access, Mark Massara will be one of the first inductees. Massara — surfer, attorney, fighter — is a blond, sun-dipped California original with a voice like sandpaper on a surfboard. His list of crusades…
TAOS, N.M. — A northern New Mexico sheriff says 11 children ranging in age from 1 to 15 were removed from a rural compound after being found in filthy conditions during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Saturday that two men were arrested Friday during a search…
An improvised jam session breaks out in a sponsor booth on the beach at the Vans US Open of Surfing on Saturday, August 4, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer) Surf fans and beachgoers mix together on the south side of the pier at the Vans US Open of Surfing on Saturday, August 4,…
Rams fan, Alex Luna, 8, watches the Rams training camp for the second time on Saturday, August 4, 2018 in Irvine. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Ram fans, Ciara Blackwell, 7, and her brother, Prince, 3 right, of Long Beach play around the houses Rams-branded playhouses that were built by Rams staffers and Habitat…
Rams fan, Alex Luna, 8, watches the Rams training camp for the second time on Saturday, August 4, 2018 in Irvine. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Ram fans, Ciara Blackwell, 7, and her brother, Prince, 3 right, of Long Beach play around the houses Rams-branded playhouses that were built by Rams staffers and Habitat…
Two pairs of threatened Western snowy plovers have nested and successfully fledged four chicks in the 12.4-acre protected area at Huntington State Beach, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. State park biologists found a pair of adult plovers with two chicks in May during routine monitoring…
