For this series, Southern California News Group analyzed air-pollution data collected by South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, San Pedro and Long Beach. The project focused on fine particulates, which include diesel emissions, released from 2010 to 2017. The data comprised hourly readings from five sites around…
For this series, Southern California News Group analyzed air-pollution data collected by South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, San Pedro and Long Beach. The project focused on fine particulates, which include diesel emissions, released from 2010 to 2017. The data comprised hourly readings from five sites around…
For this series, Southern California News Group analyzed air-pollution data collected by South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, San Pedro and Long Beach. The project focused on fine particulates, which include diesel emissions, released from 2010 to 2017. The data comprised hourly readings from five sites around…
By ALAN FRAM | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Be careful what you wish for. That’s the history lesson for Republicans eagerly anticipating Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court, which could cement conservative control of the court for a generation. The GOP may ultimately pay a political price. When and how steep? That depends on…
Hundreds of firefighters are continuing to battle the Holy fire, which has scorched 4,000 acres of brush in Orange County and Riverside counties. Crews will have to contend with triple-digit heat Tuesday, Aug. 7. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for the area until 8 p.m. As of Monday night, there was…
A fast-moving fire broke out Monday in the Cleveland National Forest, burning more than 4,000 acres in less than three hours and forcing evacuations in two Orange County canyons. The fire was moving rapidly into the forest, which straddles Orange and Riverside counties. One structure was destroyed,…
A former student sued the elite Brentwood School on Monday in the wake of a female teacher being charged with repeatedly having sex with the minor, alleging that other faculty members encouraged the unlawful behavior and failed to report it to authorities. The lawsuit accuses the private school,…
After the mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, Los Angeles school officials reassured parents that much had been done to keep local schools safe. California had tougher gun laws, after all, and the school district paid close attention to students’ mental…
Dramatic drone images released Monday offered a grim record of the devastation in Shasta County, where the Carr fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes. The images showed swaths of homes leveled by the flames in suburban subdivisions and more rural areas. The eerie images, taken after fire crews had…
Zoot Velasco participated in the Arts in Corrections program at Wasco State Prison in Kern County. (Photo courtesy of Zoot Velasco) Zoot Velasco found work as a mime, seen here in 1988. (Photo courtesy of Zoot Velasco) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Zoot Velasco has worked as a live mannequin, seen here in 1988….
