Orange County sheriff’s deputies who managed jailhouse informants as part of the department’s “snitch scandal” are again embroiled in controversy, this time over the use of improperly recorded attorney-client telephone calls from the jail. Investigator William Beeman, who maintained recording devices in jail cells during the scandal that unfolded in 2014, also accessed some of…
A healthy lifestyle should include regular exercise, but you may be missing out if all your favorite exercises are of the aerobic variety. Strength training can provide a host of benefits that other exercises might not. Video: Easy fitness tips Experts agree that the key to a better quality of life is daily exercise, especially…
Surf music originated in California, spearheaded by Jan and Dean, Dick Dale and The Beach Boys. It’s where the modern surfboard was invented. And it’s home to the original, courtroom-validated Surf City – Huntington Beach. So Gov. Jerry Brown made it official on Monday, declaring surfing the official state sport. Hawaii is where surfing began, some…
Inspired by the new school year or the prospect of cooler weather to get out and exercise? That’s a great way to get and stay healthy, but not if it leads to injury, notes a leading Cal State Fullerton researcher in the field. Pablo Costa, associate professor of kinesiology, says sprains and strains account for…
Natalie Pembleton, 13, of Yorba Linda, has epilepsy and takes the drug, Epidiolex, to control her seizures. It is the first FDA-approved drug that contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy. Natalie sits in Parque De Los Vaqueros in Placentia on Thursday, August 16, 2018.(Photo by Mark…
By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. Francis begged forgiveness for the…
A motorcyclist was killed late Sunday in a collision with an SUV on an onramp to the 91 freeway in Anaheim, authorities said Monday. The collision was reported at 11:47 p.m. on the Lakeview Avenue onramp to the westbound 91, the California Highway Patrol said. The motorcycle hit the back of the GMC Yukon, the…
A baby gray whale playfully swimming just a few feet from shore drew hundreds of spectators to the shoreline at Seal Beach on Sunday, Aug. 19. Beachgoers and lifeguards first spotted the 16-foot whale south of the Seal Beach Pier between lifeguard towers 4 and 8 sometime after 2 p.m. The founder of the nonprofit…
A sheriff’s department commander said Sunday that the mysterious shooting death of an Irvine father at Malibu Creek State Park in June was not believed to be gang-related, and that the killing remained under investigation. At a community meeting attended by dozens of local residents on state park land near the campground where 35-year-old Tristan Beaudette was…
