From the Archives: Fire kills 24 at Hope Development School
A fire at the Hope Development School in Playa del Rey on May 31, 1924, left 24 people dead. The victims were mostly mentally disabled girls and young women.
Robert Bernstein, publisher and champion of dissidents around the world, dies at 96
Robert L. Bernstein, a publishing executive and human rights activist who presided over a generation of dynamic growth at Random House and advocated for dissidents around the world, from the Soviet Union to Argentina, has died after a brief illness. He was 96. The tall, sandy-haired Bernstein,…
It’s one hot event: Tustin Chili Cook-off returns this weekend
In Tustin, at least, summer officially begins this weekend. Going on 35 years, the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off is the city’s biggest event of the year – attracting some 35,000 folks. They come to sample a wide array of chili offerings, drink craft beer and try their feet at line dancing in the…
Mueller says Russia report ‘speaks for itself’, charging Trump with crime ‘not an option’
WASHINGTON — The Latest on special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation (all times local): 11:25 a.m. Special counsel Robert Mueller is not ruling out testifying before Congress but is serving notice that he does not intend to go beyond what has already been revealed in his report. Mueller said Wednesday he and the…
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Orange is hospitalized
A pedestrian was hospitalized with moderate injuries from getting struck by a vehicle in Orange. Officers responded to Chapman Avenue and Haster Street at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the victim, who was taken to a hospital with moderate, non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Orange Police Department. Details of what led up to the…
Tornado rips through Kansas City suburbs as storm moves east
By JULIE WRIGHT AND JOHN HANNA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage of severe weather that saw tornado warnings as far east as New York City. The…
Black market cannabis shops thrive in L.A. even as city cracks down
From the street, it looked like an old-school drug raid. A half-dozen police and city vehicles sat near the entrance of the White Castle cannabis dispensary near the Los Angeles Harbor, where a sign bearing a giant green cross faced Pacific Coast Highway. But the cops didn’t seize any marijuana…
Measure EE will cost you a few bucks. Its failure could cost you more
I went to school Tuesday morning. Saturn Street Elementary is a Mid-City L.A. Unified campus with about 350 students, 80 of them in special-ed classes. The nurse comes only twice a week; same for the school psychologist. As you might have heard, the nation’s second-largest school district’s got…
From the Archives: It’s a Small World opens at Disneyland
Walt Disney leads ceremonies opening It’s a Small World ride at Disneyland.
Hundreds at Bolsa Grande High School mourn two teens killed in Silverado crash
About 200 people huddled Tuesday afternoon around a dusty pair of red and white baseball cleats hanging on a post at the west side of campus at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove. Little was said at first, but weeping was heard among those gathered in memory of Coleton Mondy, 17, and Joshua Morales,…