The adrenaline was flowing through Maria Korcsmaros’ body as she tread water Friday afternoon, May 3, taking a break during a swim near the second buoy bobbing off the Corona del Mar coast. It was at this exact spot three years ago on May 29 that an estimated 10-foot great white shark sunk its teeth…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning in the remote Trinity Mountains in Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor occurred at 4:24 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 18.0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 10 miles west of Junction City…
Death row inmate Brett Pensinger, 56, who murdered 5-month-old Michelle Melander in San Bernardino County in 1981, died of natural causes Thursday, May 2, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Pensinger, who at the time of the crime was a 19-year-old Orange County resident, abducted Michelle and her brother after drinking with their…
By Esmeralda Fabián Romero || LA School Report NAACP branches in three Southern California counties that have some of the state’s largest populations of black students are calling to end the charter school moratorium adopted by their national board in 2016. The San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino branches have submitted separate resolutions to NAACP’s…
CATALINA ISLAND — A 1947 DC-3 — originally owned by Philip K. Wrigley — majestically soared over the newly completed 3,000-foot runway at ACE Clearwater Airfield at the Airport in the Sky. The silver plane, a World War II-era replica, was the first aircraft to touch down Friday, May 3, marking the opening of the…
Federal prosecutors have sent a letter to a former Stanford student whose parents paid $6.5 million to the mastermind of the college admissions scheme informing her she is a possible target of their investigation, a person familiar with the investigation said. Yusi Zhao and two other people whose…
A dispute is roiling over a change to the ballot language of Measure EE, which would raise an estimated $500 million a year for Los Angeles public schools if approved by voters next month. The funding infusion would provide major relief to the financially challenged L.A. Unified School District,…
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers perform on the High Tide stage the BeachLife Festival at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach on Friday, May 3, 2019. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers perform on the High Tide stage the BeachLife Festival at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach on Friday, May 3,…
Breed: German shepherd Gender: Male Bravo’s story: This handsome boy was picked up by animal control as a stray and found himself in a high-kill shelter. Safe with German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County, he might have been something of a ladies’ man, as he knows the girl dogs think he’s quite cute. He seems to…
May 10 marks the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony that celebrated the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The great era of locomotives long has passed, but rail is still No. 1 in a few freight categories. Then to now 1827: The first railroad in North America — the Baltimore & Ohio — is…
