ACLU report gives damning review of Orange County homeless shelters: ‘Jail is better’
The ACLU has issued a scathing report on three Orange County temporary homeless shelters, documenting widespread allegations of sordid conditions and abuse.
ACLU report alleges abuse, unsanitary conditions common at Orange County homeless shelters
Homeless people residing in three county-funded shelter programs are subjected to dangerous squalor, sexual and physical abuse by shelter workers, and fear of retaliation if they complain, the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California contends in a just-released investigative report. The ACLU spent nearly a year compiling a litany…
Officials to tout 2.25-mile LAX Automated People Mover at groundbreaking
LOS ANGELES — A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday for the 2.25-mile Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport, which aims to cut down on auto traffic traveling in and out of the facility, officials said. The project has a targeted opening date of 2023. The groundbreaking ceremony will include Mayor Eric Garcetti,…
Colorado’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm barrels toward Midwest
By DAN ELLIOTT and BOB MOEN LONGMONT, Colo.— National Guard troops used specialized vehicles with tank-like treads to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado in the wake of a massive late-winter storm that unleashed heavy rain and snow on parts of the Midwest plains early Thursday. South Dakota’s governor closed all state offices Thursday as the…
Bank heist takes writer from stories to ‘Crime Beat’ podcast and now the movie ‘Finding Steve McQueen’
Sixteen years. It feels like forever. I had reddish hair then. Today, it’s almost totally gray. My twins were 7 years old then, still wrestling with their dad and fretting over wiggly teeth. Today, Alison and Dylan just turned 23, and we wrestle with income tax forms. My other son, Trey, hadn’t yet been born….
ACLU report provides damning review of Orange County temporary shelters: ‘Jail is better than this shelter’
A year-long investigation found three of Orange County’s emergency homeless shelters riddled with problems including reports of physical and sexual abuse, neglect of residents with disabilities and mental illnesses, and filthy conditions, according to a report released Thursday by the American…
Armed man robs Santa Ana hotel, attempts to rob Irvine 7-Eleven, could be connected to more robberies
SANTA ANA — A man wearing a ski mask and using a gun robbed a hotel in Santa Ana, then attempted to rob a convenience store in Irvine, and authorities said Thursday morning that he may be connected to other robberies carried out in Orange County this week. About 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, the man walked…
High winds buffet LA and Orange County areas
LOS ANGELES — High winds buffeted the Los Angeles area Thursday and will do so until Saturday afternoon, forecasters said. A wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service will be in force until 1 p.m. Saturday in several areas of L.A. County, the NWS said from its forecast office in Oxnard. Winds of 20…
A lingering question in the college admissions scandal: Why?
A college admissions scandal caught actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, a fashion designer, lawyers, CEOs and other wealthy families in an elaborate scheme to pay top dollar to ensure their kids got into elite universities. William “Rick” Singer, who ran a for-profit college admissions…
A historic oil platform off Santa Barbara turns into a rusty ghost ship
The morning swell off the Santa Barbara coast is running high as the crew boat churns away from the pier west of Haskell’s Beach toward Platform Holly. Nearly a dozen lawyers and engineers, dressed in fire-retardant coveralls, hard hats and fat, orange life jackets, crowd the aft deck. Almost two…