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 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…
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…
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,…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon 56 miles from Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:20 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 2.5 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 68 miles from Fortuna, 71 miles from Eureka…
Love VW buses? Get an eyeful Saturday, April 27, in Huntington Beach at the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show. A colorful array of 60 vintages buses will line the pier – all the way from Duke’s to Ruby’s restaurants. And another 50 classics will welcome visitors on the pier’s plaza. ***If you…
A federal mediator could increase the number of negotiation sessions between Southern California’s three major supermarkets and the union that represents their workers, a union leader said. Leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers‘ seven locals met with executives from Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons on Thursday and Friday. The two sides are still not…
There aren’t many businesses that claim growth of 250 percent in two years, but Green Solar Technologies can. The North Hollywood company accomplished it largely by going where other solar companies have failed to tread — or have treaded lightly. Edward Harner, Green Solar’s chief operating officer, explains it this way: Where opportunity exists “Our…
Crews remove dead brush on Thursday, April 18, 2019 after an illegal trail was cut in the Buck Gully Reserve in Newport Beach, CA. The trail was discovered Sunday, April 14, 2019. The trail in the photo is the illegal trail. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A tree stump is all that’s left…
At least one person died in a crash on the Ortega Highway Monday morning, causing traffic backup on the major thoroughfare between Orange and Riverside counties. The crash between two vehicles was reported at 5:39 a.m. on the highway near Caspers Wilderness Park, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details about what led to the…
