A special year ahead for football at Bellflower’s St. John Bosco High? Even for a school that’s won a national title and is accustomed to a lot of attention, that might be an understatement. St. John Bosco celebrates their first game in their new stadium 42-0 at halftime. @lbpt_sports pic.twitter.com/ssu0tQlGaN — Scott Varley (@VarleyPhoto) August…
Two Orange County GOP political hopefuls who recently failed to make the general election for a coastal Assembly seat want Orange County prosecutors to investigate whether a rival placed a decoy candidate in the contest to shape the results to his advantage. Greg Haskin and Long Pham, the third and fourth place finishers in the…
Some civil rights advocates called Friday for an independent criminal investigation into the improper recording of 1,079 telephone calls between Orange County jail inmates and their attorneys during the past three years. The recordings — dozens of which were accessed by law enforcement — appeared to be a felony violation of the attorney-client privilege under…
Before landing at the Coral Motel in Buena Park on June 1, Barbara Pincheira and Christopher Ramos sold drugs so they could take drugs, feeding a ferocious heroin habit that kept them living at the Santa Ana Civic Center for half a decade. They became friends and then a couple after meeting in the Plaza…
Ali Selva, 8, on the beach in Orange County. Ali stayed at a group home for the better part of a week after authorities learned her parents were treating her epilepsy with a cannabis-based oil. (Courtesy of Maria Selva) Maria and Joseph Selva hold a cellphone picture of their 8-year-old daughter Ali who was taken…
Ali Selva, 8, on the beach in Orange County. Ali stayed at a group home for the better part of a week after authorities learned her parents were treating her epilepsy with a cannabis-based oil. (Courtesy of Maria Selva) Maria and Joseph Selva hold a cellphone picture of their 8-year-old daughter Ali who was taken…
Where did the data come from? To report the story about California’s inheritance tax break, The Times obtained property inheritance transfers from Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Solano and Sonoma counties. …
California suffered through its hottest July on record, while August has pushed sea-surface temperatures off the San Diego coast to all-time highs. Are these punishing summer heat waves the consequences of global warming or the result of familiar weather patterns? The answer, scientists say, is…
A fuel-like smell that some have likened to turpentine or lighter fluid wafted over Orange County on Thursday evening, August 16. Police departments, many in the beach cities, received several calls from residents asking where the aroma was coming from but so far the answer is unknown. Patrick Chandler, a representative for the South Coast…
A 15-foot great white is displayed in San Pedro.
