Technically, the marijuana shops in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa are on opposite sides of the law. Santa Ana allows cannabis retailing, so the city welcomes and collects tax money from some 18 licensed cannabis stores in the city’s boundaries. Costa Mesa doesn’t, and it would like to shut down the eight rogue shops in…
By NICK PERRY and MARK BAKER CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshipers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully…
It was morning and the campus was still quiet when Vanessa Miranda began to shout, trying her best to draw customers: “Esquiii-te! Come and get your esquiii-te!” She and some of her East Los Angeles College classmates were selling sliced corn with mayonnaise, butter and cheese at $3 a cup to raise…
Stanford was out of the question for me. My grades were borderline and my parents didn’t make enough money to bribe anyone. But even in my working-class family and at my less-than-stellar public high school, you had basically three choices: Enlist in the military, work at one of the local factories…
The college admissions cheating scandal is roiling some of Southern California’s most elite prep schools, leading to resignations and questions as federal prosecutors seek student records from the institutions. Douglas Hodge and Michelle Janavs, two of the parents charged in the wide-reaching probe…
By Mark Baker and Nick Perry CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand >> Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned…
A group of migrants who breached the U.S.-Mexico border fence by the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana was detained Thursday by Border Patrol agents in Border Field State Park on the U.S. side. But the whereabouts are not confirmed of at least five other migrants who crossed over on Wednesday,…
Police sought a Costa Mesa man considered armed and dangerous and suspected of shooting his former girlfriend with a shotgun in Orange on Wednesday, March 13. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex at 700 E. Lake Dr. at about 6:45 a.m., according to a new release from the Orange Police…
The mother of 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, whose body was found in a duffel bag along a trail in Hacienda Heights, was extradited Thursday morning from Texas to California and is the second person of interest in the homicide investigation, authorities said. When Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released Jones’ identity Sunday, the department had…
CORONA DEL MAR — Karina Grover wore a lime green T-shirt with the pi symbol, as she sat perched at a table covered in pi swag at the Mathnasium. There was a pi coloring sheet, pi trivia, lime-green pi water bottles and boxes full of mini key lime pies — all meant to lure students…
