A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon about 125 miles west of Eureka, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:09 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was about 113 miles from Capetown, Calif.,…
Echo Park resident Jackie Goldberg, a grandmother, great aunt and candidate for school board, says if she had school-age children, she would not send them to a charter school. Not even the one in her neighborhood that has been called one of the best in California. I might be a little biased here…
They were doing the line dance when what sounded like firecrackers split the air. Because the sound was to be expected at a Chinese lantern festival, no one immediately noticed the demise of a fig tree that for 144 years had watched skyscrapers built around it and a freeway carved out beside it;…
An immigration detention facility in Bakersfield that was expected to close later this month will remain open for another year, according to a federal contract made public this week. On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement cited “unusual and compelling urgency” in a notice explaining its…
By David W. Hart, Ph.D. Contributing writer One of the questions that I receive most frequently goes something like this: why are there so many more people being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias today compared to two or three generations ago? The simple answer is that more of us are living longer…
Q. Honk: I bought a used car from a dealership. The dealer put those new temporary paper plates on, having removed the existing permanent plates and throwing them away. I asked the salesman about it, and he said they take all plates off of all used vehicles. Not efficient. Hopefully I’ll receive new plates from…
By Dennis Hwang, MD Contributing writer March 10, 2019 is Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time normally signals the incoming spring season, extra sunshine in the evenings for those late walks, but for some, like parents with young children, you’re dreading the hour of sleep we are all going to lose on Sunday – and…
Daylight saving time began at 2 a.m. today, so let’s take a minute to talk about time. Assembly Bill 7 After a failed attempt to end daylight saving time in California in 2016, Proposition 7 passed with 59.75 percent in favor of ending daylight saving time in 2018. It’s going to take time before daylight…
The death of the girl whose body was found near a horse and hiking trail in Hacienda Heights was ruled a homicide, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday, March 8. The case was previously considered a suspicious death investigation. The girl’s identity remains unknown. The Sheriff’s Information Bureau received a call at about…
COSTA MESA – A suspect robbed a bank Friday in Costa Mesa. Officers responded about 2:40 p.m. to a report of a robbery at a Citibank branch at 234 E. 17th St., authorities said. “While en route to the call, it was determined that a man had entered the bank and fled the scene with…
