From the Archives: 1932 Electrical Parade in the Coliseum
Hollywood studios organize 1932 Electrical Parade charity event in the Memorial Coliseum.
Two ‘persons of interest’ in 2009 disappearance of Placentia millionaire arrested, later released
Investigators citing an ongoing homicide investigation withheld the identities of two Placentia residents who were arrested and later released in connection to the 2009 disappearance of a local millionaire, officials said Tuesday, April 30. The arrests were made sometime in April, after a decade of investigation into the presumed homicide of Robert “Bob” Harrod, said…
Man seriously burned after fire and explosion at Garden Grove mobile home
A fire and explosion destroyed a mobile home in Garden Grove, leaving a man critically injured on Tuesday, April 30. The incident was reported near the 13000 block of Fairview Street at 6:20 p.m., said Garden Grove Fire Department Capt. Thanh Nguyen. Firefighters found a man in his 50s suffering from life-threatening burns who was…
L.A. City Council approves expanded civilian role in LAPD misconduct cases
The Los Angeles City Council approved a measure Tuesday that gives civilians a greater role in how police police officers are disciplined for serious misconduct. Officers facing discipline will soon have the option of having their cases heard by an all-civilian panel, one of the most significant…
Ontario firefighters battle recycling center fire
Ontario firefighters worked Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a blaze at a recycling plant west of Ontario International Airport. Smoke from the fire on East State Street produced a sizable black plume about two miles south of the 10 Freeway but didn’t affect airport operations. By 6 p.m., firefighters…
Riverside Unified faces new lawsuit from 3 more alleged victims in sex abuse case
Attorneys have filed a second lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District on behalf of three girls who allege they were sexually abused by Liberty Elementary School technology aide Fernando Figueroa over more than two years. In addition to Figueroa and the district, the suit filed last week names as defendants former Liberty Elementary Principal…
L.A. terror suspect was ousted from U.S. Army for violent offenses, source says
The U.S. Army veteran charged with planning a terrorist attack in Southern California was kicked out of the service several years ago following a clash in Afghanistan, sources told The Times on Tuesday. Mark Steven Domingo, a 26-year-old Reseda man who the FBI said Monday was plotting to detonate…
2 Leisure World units still unsold after two county auctions
County officials received 14 bids for two of the condos in a property auction on behalf of deceased homeowners, but two Leisure World co-op units remain unsold after two auctions, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. Details of the bid amounts are being withheld to give officials time to notify high…
USA Gymnastics’ new medical director out after just one day
The missteps at scandal-plagued USA Gymnastics continued Tuesday after the national governing body announced Dr. Edward Nyman, Jr. is out as the organization’s director of sports medicine and science after just one day. USA Gymnastics did not go into details about the departure of Nyman which came just hours after new chief executive officer and…
Warm and fuzzy therapy is good medicine for cancer patients
Patients were treated with an unconventional medicine, Tuesday, April 30, at St. Joseph Hospital’s Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Orange. The result? They reported feeling happy and upbeat, and they smiled a lot. They even said they looked forward to another dose. Six sweet-tempered dogs got into the center’s elevator and rode up…