A man was found with gunshot wounds in a Fullerton alley Wednesday night, May 8, and later died. At about 11:40 p.m. officers went to the 3000 block of Topaz Lane after getting reports of shots fired, according to the Fullerton Police Department. When they arrived they found a 28-year-old wounded man down in the…
LOS ALAMITOS — A naked man believed to be under the influence of a narcotic frightened a family in the unincorporated Rossmoor area of Orange County near Los Alamitos, then ran off and tried to hide from sheriff’s deputies on top of an elementary school before surrendering peacefully, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies went to…
The Philharmonic Society of Orange County will open its 26th Philharmonic House of Design to the public on Tuesday, May 14. Perched high atop a bluff in Laguna Niguel, the 7,200-square-foot, Hamptons-style house offers panoramic vistas of Three Arch Bay, Catalina Island and beyond. The house will be open for public tours through Sunday, June…
Laguna Niguel American Legion Post 281, along with the Sons of the Legion, American Legion Riders and the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, will host a fundraiser to honor the Legion’s 100th birthday, on Sunday, May 19, at Salt Creek Wine Company in Laguna Niguel. Wine and food, a silent auction and a raffle will be…
By KIM TONG-HYUNG, HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons…
Nearly two years ago, David Salazar arrived at the Los Angeles Community College District, ready to oversee a massive $3.3-billion construction bond program that voters had approved for the largest two-year college system in the nation. The new chief facilities executive was equipped with two master’s…
The plan was to deliver middle-class amenities — Target, a Ralphs supermarket, sit-down restaurants like Chili’s — to a section of Los Angeles that had long suffered from under-investment. The proposed shopping center known as District Square would be a great catalyst in the center of the city,…
As a former student of Latin and briefly Middle English, I learned from an early age that language is a time machine, capable of carrying the imagination into the past. Arma virumque cano — I sing of arms and the man — writes Virgil as he opens the door upon his tale of ancient Rome….
TOVAANGAR “The world.” From the top of Signal Hill, Los Angeles disappears in the haze. Gauzy light smudges details, so that only the mountains, the sea and the land in between remain. No freeways; no homes, high-rises or palms. Off the coast lies the broad silhouette of Catalina. To the west…
Members of the Hollywood Young Republicans clean Mildred Younger billboard following attack by vandals.
