SANTA ANA — City maintenance workers found a woman bound and gagged in a vacant home in Santa Ana on Tuesday afternoon. City workers went to the home, which is property of the city, at about 1:30 p.m. at 315 E. Warner Ave., where they found the woman, Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said….
A former Stanford University student whose parents paid $6.5 million to secure her admission to the prestigious school has not been charged with a crime in the college admissions scandal. But Yusi Zhao became a key figure in the scandal after The Times revealed last week that her wealthy parents…
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered board members of Pacific Gas & Electric to tour the Northern California town of Paradise, which was leveled by a wildfire that may have been caused by the utility’s equipment. The judge ordered the tour as part of the utility’s punishment for violating its felony…
A former wrestling coach at a Sun Valley high school who also worked with a boys and girls club has been convicted of dozens of counts of child molestation and sexual abuse with nine boys and girls he mentored. It took less than a day for jurors to convict Terry Terrell Gillard of 47 felony…
I always have mixed feelings at the approach of Mother’s Day – a little sad for not having experienced motherhood myself when I see all its joys and pleasures; and a little glad when I see all its trials and tribulations. I didn’t plan to not be a mother, it just turned out that way….
LAGUNA WOODS — Dora Zipper tears up as she talks about the 18 months she spent as a child with her parents and two siblings, holed up in a crawl space under a barn, hiding from the Nazis. “We came up for fresh air at night, if it was safe to do so,” said the…
Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 27.2% percent in what was Orange County homebuying’s slowest start to a year since 2009. Not only did CoreLogic stats show the lowest countywide sales count for any first three months of a year since the Great Recession, it was the third-slowest-selling first quarter in…
SANTA ANA — Attorney Michael Avenatti is scheduled to appear in a Santa Ana federal courtroom Tuesday to discuss his legal representation in his Orange County criminal case. Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a federal judge to appoint a lawyer for Avenatti after he signaled he may change legal representation. He is facing charges of…
So, young Padawan, you want to see fighter jets zoom through “Star Wars Canyon” (officially known as Rainbow Canyon) in Death Valley National Park? Here’s how to get there — plus a few tips on how to make your trip a pleasant one. The best time to visit is between October and May. In the…
For years, buoyed by social media, a plane spotting area in the western edge of Death Valley National Park has lured people from across the U.S., England, France, Netherlands and around the world.
