High school and college graduation times for Orange County
The 2019 high school graduation season is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know about each graduation ceremony in Orange County.
Husband and father of homeless woman killed by Caltrans machine have filed separate suits
The widower of a homeless woman who died in August after being struck by California Department of Transportation machinery along a highway in Modesto has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the state and the driver. Shannon Marie Bigley had been sleeping in a cardboard box in a grassy field…
West Coast utilities to figure out how to charge electric big rigs from Mexico to Canada
Thirty-three utilities from three West Coast states have launched a study to assess what it would take to install electric charging stations along the 5 Freeway for long-haul trucks traveling between the Mexican and Canadian borders, they announced Thursday. Although battery-powered medium- and heavy-duty trucks have barely begun on-road service in a few states, many…
Corky Carroll: Remembering artist Rick Griffin — from Hendrix’s ‘Flying Eyeball’ to the ‘Murphy’ cartoons for Surfer magazine
I woke up on a recent morning looking straight at the wall on the right side of my bed. Being a side sleeper and in the habit of lying on my left side, I wake up facing that same wall each morning. On that wall is my copy of Rick Griffin’s famous “Flying Eyeball” poster…
Man wounded in Nipsey Hussle shooting to be released from jail
One of two other men shot next to Nipsey Hussle on March 31 outside the rapper’s clothing shop is expected to be released from detention, his attorney said Thursday. Kerry Lathan, 56, was taken to Men’s Central Jail on a parole violation last week. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman could not say…
UCLA needs 103 days to turn over emails between soccer coaches and those indicted in college scandal
Turning over all of the emails exchanged between three UCLA coaches and five people indicted by federal prosecutors for conspiring to defraud top-ranked universities will take 103 days, UCLA record-keepers say. A week after the U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts charged 50 people in an alleged…
Imperial County government website has been down for 5 days, prompting investigation
The Imperial County government website system has been down for five days. And, according to a document obtained by The Times, it may have been hacked. A Ryuk ransomware note that appeared online following the incident warned that the system network had been penetrated and demanded payment in bitcoin. …
College admissions probe widens as prosecutors ask about additional students and parents
Federal prosecutors from Boston have interviewed people in Los Angeles this week, asking about additional students whose parents have not been charged in the college admissions scandal, people familiar with the matter told The Times. The prosecutors, led by Assistant U.S. Atty. Eric Rosen, are…
Monkey Punch, creator of Japanese megahit comic Lupin III, dies at 81
Cartoonist Monkey Punch, best known as the creator of the Japanese megahit comic series Lupin III, has died of pneumonia. He was 81. His office, MP Pictures, said Wednesday that Monkey Punch, whose real name is Kazuhiko Kato, died April 11. The story of master thief Lupin’s adventures with his…
These parents could help expose UCLA, USC roles in college admissions scandal
No one was looking at Bruce Isackson. Seated in a Boston courtroom recently among a dozen other parents implicated in a scheme to defraud half a dozen top universities, Isackson — a real estate investor from Northern California — was overshadowed by his more famous co-defendants. A few rows ahead…