From the Archives: Sparkling night on Broadway in L.A.
Following a rain shower, staff photographer Jack Carrick took this image of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
Powerful quake hits Philippines one day after deadly temblor
A powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after a 6.1 quake rattled the country’s north and killed at least 11 people. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s quake at 6.3, while the local seismology agency said it was a 6.2. The quake was centered near…
2 killed in Santa Ana crash identified; police suspect street racing was involved
SANTA ANA — Authorities Monday released the names of two victims killed during what investigators suspect was a vehicle race in Santa Ana. Jerman Marquez, 39, and Richard Inda, 29, were both killed in the Saturday night crash near Bear Street and Alton Avenue, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office. Inda was the…
Ex-con arrested on suspicion of attempting two burglaries in Irvine
IRVINE — A 44-year-old ex-con was arrested Monday, April 22, on suspicion of a series of attempted burglaries in Irvine, including one in which he allegedly fired a bullet into a residence when spotted by a resident. Jamon Rayon Buggs of Huntington Beach was booked on suspicion of attempted burglary, shooting into an inhabited dwelling,…
Earthquake: 3.8 quake strikes near Citrus View, Calif.
A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Monday evening four miles from Citrus View, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:24 p.m. at a depth of 9.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from Brawley, Calif., five miles from Imperial,…
LAPD records drop in shootings by officers
The use of deadly force by Los Angeles police and the number of suspects killed in violent encounters dropped in 2018, officials reported Tuesday. Los Angeles police officers fired their weapons 33 times last year compared with 44 shootings the previous year — a 25% decrease, according to the report…
Man claiming to be sheriff’s official phoned threat to county counsel, sparking probe
Los Angeles County officials said Monday they are investigating a call made by a man claiming to be a Sheriff’s Department official who threatened to arrest the county’s chief attorney. The threat came in the form of a call Saturday to the personal cellphone of the county counsel, Mary Wickham,…
Tennis exec Justin Gimelstob pleads no contest in Halloween attack
Tennis broadcaster Justin Gimelstob was convicted Monday of battery with serious bodily injury to the victim in what a judge called a “violent, unprovoked attack in public in front of children” on Halloween. Gimelstob agreed Monday to plead no contest to a felony battery charge and a judge used…
UCI professor shows how plastics have become a killing machine for coral reefs
With her bare hands, UCI Professor Joleah Lamb on Monday fished out pieces of plastic waste she had collected that morning from Newport Beach: a sports drink bottle, a trash bag, child’s sand toy, crumpled foam cup and some straws. “Oh, wait,” she said, letting go of a particularly grimy piece. “I am going to…
4 are arrested after protesters scale Universal Studios globe in Earth Day demonstration
Two people scaled the iconic globe outside Universal Studios on Monday as part of an Earth Day demonstration. The members of the Los Angeles chapter of Extinction Rebellion — a group of climate change activists — waved green flags that read “climate emergency,” while they sat atop the structure,…