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.
Some stories land on your lap the way a paper plane makes a graceful landing on the ground. That was the case with “Star Wars Canyon.” My colleague Irfan Khan, a photojournalist at The Times, pitched the story — about a place in Death Valley National Park where the fighter-jet-obsessed gather in…
A small Cessna soared high above the Mojave Desert recently, its engine growling in the choppy morning air. As the aircraft skirted the mountains on the edge of Death Valley National Park, a clutch of passengers and environmentalists peered intently at a broiling salt flat thousands of feet below. …
Los Angeles City Councilman Tom Bradley and Mayor Sam Yorty met in a face-to-face debate at the Tarzana Chamber of Commerce.
Veterans Administration officials failed to notify physicians in 2017 about Legionella bacteria found at the VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, posing a public health danger and possibly causing at least one doctor to contract potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease, according to a federal report obtained by the Southern California News Group. The 26-page VA report…
Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, high-fives Olivia Miranda, 5, at the Santa Ana store on Monday, May 6, 2019. Eddie Blancas, assistant store manager looks on during National Goodwill Industries Week. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, gives rings…
Riverside leaders Monday condemned racist comments by a candidate for Riverside City Council that include a call to kill Muslims and 6 million people in the United States. John Dave Denilofs has said the comments, mostly made in Facebook videos leading up to the November 2016 election, don’t reflect his actual opinions. But he has…
