ALISO VIEJO — More than 6,000 people flocked to the 130-acre campus at Soka University on Saturday, May 4, for the 18th annual International Festival. Guests meandered through dozens of exhibits, indulging in such dishes as Indonesian satay, Thai meatballs and Indian dosa while taking in the sights and sounds of some 500 musicians and…
Orange County leaders are finalizing plans to upgrade John Wayne Airport’s facilities for general aviation – hobby planes, corporate jets and the like – but with limits on the number of turbojets to be based there. County supervisors on Tuesday, May 7, heard from several dozen speakers who feared increased noise and air pollution from…
LONG BEACH — State Senate candidates Lena Gonzalez and Jack Guerrero took advantage of their only scheduled debate to show off sharp disagreements about how to lift up their south Los Angeles County district. Gonzalez, a Democrat and a Long Beach city councilwoman, and Guerrero, a Republican and Cudahy councilman, are campaigning for a June…
Artist Barbara Marsh shows one of the roses at her home that she made a painting of during the Garden Tour held at Laguna Woods Village on May 5, 2019. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer) A view of Barbara Lake from the backyard garden of Penny Little during the Garden Tour held at…
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…
