SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — A construction worker was injured when an Amtrak train slammed into a forklift stuck on the tracks in San Juan Capistrano Thursday, Aug. 15. The northbound train collided with the forklift between Route 73 and Hidden Creek Road about 1:15 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Jon Muir said. The train…
Beginning Friday, Aug. 16, residents of Garden Grove will see a slight difference in the fire vehicles roaming their city – with the emblems reading “Orange County Fire Authority” instead of “Garden Grove Fire Department.” This is the first day the quasi-county agency will provide emergency and medical services instead of the city’s Fire Department,…
A UCI student and another man were killed, with a third wounded, in a drive-by shooting near the border of South Los Angeles and the unincorporated Florence area Wednesday night. Authorities were seeking two suspects. Deputies responded to the 1100 block of East 68th Street, near Central Avenue, at about 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and found…
The death of a man during a taco-eating competition prompts officials to cancel the World Taco Eating Championship, which draws competitive eaters from across the globe.
PHILADELPHIA — An hourslong standoff where a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home somehow ended with no fatalities. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who spent hours Wednesday negotiating with the gunman through the phone, said the situation that unfolded “could have been far worse.” “This…
Data from seismic sensors in buildings across Southern California show how the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake produced surprisingly long periods of shaking in some areas.
Ian Recchio runs the ‘Frog Shack” at the L.A. Zoo, where biologists are racing against time to breed and reintroduce endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs.
Purdue Pharma discussed diverting online readers away from L.A. Times stories about its marketing of OxyContin and the opiois crisis, court records show.
Voters will likely consider a proposal in 2020 to limit Proposition 13’s tax limits to homeowners, boosting assessments on commercial properties and using much of the money on K-12 schools.
There’s no official celebration planned for Nipsey Hussle’s birthday, but fans are still expected to flock to his store, the Marathon Clothing, in South Los Angeles.
