The California bullet train authority, despite spiraling cost increases, schedule delays and technical snafus over the last five years, told the Legislature on Wednesday it has a solid plan to build an operating segment in the Central Valley that would economically transform the region. The report…
Police arrested a 24-year-old Anaheim man who allegedly fled after an attempted traffic stop in Costa Mesa and fought with a police K-9 early Wednesday. Police said an officer conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation around 2 a.m. Arthur Barajas Jr. allegedly refused to stop and tried to evade Costa Mesa officers…
The owners of Santa Anita racetrack are investing $500,000 in a new technology capable of scanning for hard-to-detect injuries while a horse is standing. The device, called a Longmile Positron Emission Tomography, or MILE-PET, eliminates the need for anesthesia and can detect damage at a microscopic level, according to Dionne Benson, the newly appointed chief…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who was told by her high school counselor that she wasn’t Ivy League material but went on to Princeton and Harvard anyway, urged thousands of students to follow her lead on Wednesday during a high-energy appearance at UCLA. It marked the first time that Obama chose…
The family of a Chinese student admitted to Stanford paid $6.5 million to the man at the heart of the college admissions scandal, whom they met through a Morgan Stanley financial advisor, sources familiar with the case told The Times. Yusi Zhao, who also goes by Molly, was admitted to Stanford…
The back-and-forth legal drama over an Impressionist masterpiece that hangs in a Spanish museum has seemingly come to the end of the road for a San Diego family, which is left with nothing to show for their decade-long battle to reclaim the artwork they say was seized from them by Nazis 80 years…
He was rugged, rangy and relentless in his pursuit of quarterbacks. For 13 years during their heyday, the Baltimore Colts were defined by a slab of a man known simply as Gino. Few NFL players epitomized a club — or a city — better than Gino Marchetti, the Hall of Fame defensive end who died…
A Northern California couple who secured their daughters’ spots at UCLA and USC with bribes and rigged tests pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud and money laundering offenses, the first parents to admit their guilt before a judge in an investigation that has sent shivers through circles of Silicon…
The Queen Mary became a musical hot spot last year when concert giant Goldenvoice hopped on board to bring mini music festivals to the ship. And it’s been smooth sailing ever since with yet another sold out festival coming this weekend. The alternative and indie rock-filled Just Like Heaven festival will bring Phoenix, the Yeah,…
An analysis of more than 200 cases of domestic violence at eight military installations, including Camp Pendleton, has determined that commanders and law enforcement personnel are not following their own rules when investigating and handling these cases and their victims. The report, released April 19, reviewed military law enforcement practices when responding to domestic violence…
