DANA POINT — Every day for the first 14 years of her life, Ali Aga would lie down to sleep to the sound of her heart pounding. Only recently has the now-15-year-old Dana Hills High School freshman gotten used to the sound and feeling of just hearing her breath. “Now that I’m totally fixed, I…
Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of domestic battery in the parking lot of the Beverly Center, Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday. Urías, a 22-year-old left-hander, was booked for misdemeanor battery, LAPD officials said. He paid his $20,000 bail amount and was released Tuesday morning. Police were called to the…
If you’re a fan of In-N-Out Burger who visits the Santa Ana location on North Bristol Street, here’s the good news: the quintessentially California chain plans to enlarge the kitchen, outdoor dining patio and drive-thru lanes there in coming months. The bad news? The restaurant would close for construction, which could take four or five…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” a person familiar with the issue told The Associated Press on Monday. Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in…
By RACHEL D’ORO and MARK THIESSEN ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision between two sightseeing planes. Four people were killed after the floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town…
Miguel Sandoval remembers his mother telling him to hide in a bedroom in 2000, when U.S. Census takers came knocking on their door. Sandoval was a child then. He isn’t hiding any more. The Perris resident and U.S. citizen, 31, showed up on a recent Sunday for a training session about how to help people…
A 1958 photographic portrait of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy by Times staff photographer Bill Murphy is selected for a postage stamp in 1964 in tribute to the fallen president.
Why is there an election? Tuesday’s vote is a special election to fill a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education. It’s been vacant since July 2018 when board member Ref Rodriguez pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes and resigned. Ten candidates were on the ballot…
SACRAMENTO — Two former Cambodian refugees facing deportation for crimes committed as young adults were among seven people granted clemency Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his first pardons since taking office in January. Newsom pardoned Kang Hen, of San Jose, who pleaded guilty to being the getaway driver during an attempted armed robbery…
A man was being held Monday in connection with the death of a woman who was bludgeoned with an electric Bird scooter, Long Beach police said. The woman was assaulted as she walked down the sidewalk in the 6400 block of North Obispo Avenue. When a bystander tried to intervene, the suspect picked…
