John Diepersloot squinted under a bright Central Valley sun, pointing to the damage to his fruit orchard that came with the California bullet train. He lost 70 acres of prime land. Rail contractors left mounds of rubble along his neat rows. Irrigation hoses are askew. A sophisticated canopy system…
When Los Angeles teachers went on strike in January, a major issue was charter schools: Union leaders talked about halting the growth of these privately operated campuses and exerting more local control over where and how these schools operate. California took a step in that direction last week…
The first time that Bob Hung had to handcuff his sister, in 2010, he was afraid. He was just two years into his career as a patrol officer for the Monterey Park Police Department when his father called and told him that his older sister, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had run away from home. He…
PLACENTIA — A police officer responding to a house fire call Sunday ended up in a collision with another vehicle at a Placentia intersection, a sergeant said. It happened about 11:45 a.m. in the intersection of La Jolla Street and Melrose Avenue, Placentia police Sgt. Chris Anderson said. The officer was heading east on La…
A pedestrian died early Sunday, June 9 in a collision involving at least one vehicle in Westminster. Units were dispatched at 4:20 a.m. to the scene of a collision near the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Washington Avenue, Westminster Police Department officials said in a news release. There, officers found an injured man who died…
It was a healthy day at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, June 9, as hundreds of bananas, carrots, strawberries and other produce mixed in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.” They needed 889 but only had 817 participants, said Andrea Ramirez, “produce-er” of the…
The sweltering heat that roasted most of Southern California over the weekend will peak well past 100 degrees in some places by Tuesday, June 11, raising concerns about the risk of wildfires in the coming months. Hot and dry winds driven by a ridge of high pressure traveling north from Mexico caused temperatures Sunday to…
A fast-moving brush fire broke out Sunday afternoon near Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, spurring evacuation of the amusement park and an adjacent water park as clouds of smoke and ash covered a large swath of the area, officials said. The fire erupted at noon and was burning near Interstate…
Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park was evacuated Sunday afternoon as a brush fire burned nearby in Santa Clarita, sending smoke into the park, officials said. • Continue reading: Six Flags Magic Mountain evacuated because of Santa Clarita brush fire
A fire at a home in San Juan Capistrano sent two people to the hospital on Sunday, June 9. Flames and black smoke leapt from the second story window of a house on the 27000 block of Horseshoe Bend in photos posted to Twitter by the Orange County Fire Authority at about 1:11 p.m. Two…
