From 1956: Los Angeles Times paperboy Jim Fitzgerald, 14, rides his horse Quelty on his route through Sleepy Hollow in Carbon Canyon.

On the same day Donald Trump was elected the 45th president, voters in Los Angeles County approved a half-cent sales tax that establishes a permanent revenue source for boots-on-the-ground strategies that will reduce smog and global warming emissions by getting motorists out of their cars and into electric-powered light-rail trains, subways and buses. Today, as…

Three people were killed and one was seriously injured Thursday in a fiery wrong-way crash that halted traffic on northbound Interstate 805 near Sorrento Valley in San Diego County, authorities said. The accident was reported about 4:35 p.m. near La Jolla Village Drive and Miramar Road, and all…

For the last year, construction on the corner of Avenue R and 40th Street East in Palmdale hummed along as a massive school campus took shape. On its Facebook page, Guidance Charter School posted photos of students holding shovels adorned with yellow ribbons and contractors pouring the foundation…

By Karen Robes Meeks Contributing writer About 100 people from Southern California will compete in a fishing tournament to benefit fire explorers across the country. Participants will depart from Boathouse on the Bay in Long Beach Sept. 7 for a day of fishing in Catalina as part of the Fifth Annual Kevin Woyjeck Fishing Tournament….

For the students of Cadence Park School, the end of summer was still a reason to celebrate … they were heading to a brand new campus. The playground for kindergarten students is visible behind a wall on first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The…

A second Marine recruit who became ill last year after exposure to E. coli at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, has filed a federal lawsuit against a food service provider claiming its negligent food handling cost him a job in the Marine Corps and led to long-term health issues. The lawsuit against Maryland-based Sodexo Inc….

Back to school can involve some serious logistics beyond choosing the right backpack and coolest pencil holder. When you are talking college, it can mean fitting too much stuff in too little space and finding ways to sneak in a few comforts of home. California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their…

A Banning school administrator who pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to lure a minor to have sex is on “inactive leave” as a Roman Catholic priest, the Los Angeles Archdiocese said Thursday. Charles Patrick Mayer, 55, of Menifee, is “not in ministry and living privately, since September of 2000 due to a…

Brea students head back to classes on Aug. 27, and this school year is beginning with exciting new learning adventures at William M. Fanning Elementary School, 650 N. Apricot Ave., which is now a Computer Science Immersion Magnet School. What does that mean? Basically that the entire student body, from transitional kindergarten through sixth grade…