A former director of food services for the Los Angeles Unified School District has pleaded guilty to illegally approving contracts and forging a signature on a district application. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said David Glenn Binkle pleaded Tuesday to three felony counts…
An explosion at a Buena Park motel room early Wednesday, March 6, prompted evacuations and an investigation into a possible drug lab. The blast was reported shortly after midnight at the Motel 6, at 7051 Valley View St., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The hazardous-materials team responded, and Buena Park police kicked off…
A storm bloated by tropical moisture packed in an atmospheric river out of Hawaii unleashed rain in Southern California for a second day Wednesday, March 6, raising fears of flash flooding below several areas denuded by wildfires in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The city of Malibu announced via Twitter that a rockslide…
Justin and Jenni Brunenkant haven’t had a decent taco in more than a year, they have to wait three months for a new pair of shoes and, for fun, Jenni suits up in scuba gear and plunges into the murky, polluted waters to clean barnacles off a ship’s hull. But the Anaheim couple and their…
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is restoring facilities at a long-range rocket launch site that it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul’s spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last…
Pop quiz: Which one has more sugar, a 16-ounce Monster Energy Drink or a cola of the same size? The Monster has 55 grams of sugar; the cola has 48. Which has more calories, a 30-oz. 7-Eleven Big Gulp cola or a 10-ounce bag of Lay’s potato chips? The Big Gulp has about 350 calories…
Theresa Knowles pulls her U.S. Postal Service truck up to a quaint beige ranch home on Gate Lane and honks. Colleen Bottini opens the front door. “I have a package for you,” Knowles calls as Bottini makes her way through the yard. “How’ve you been holding up?” “We’re hanging in there,” Bottini…
A review panel created by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva concluded that a deputy fired for allegedly harassing a woman had acted irrationally and unprofessionally and brought “discredit to himself and the department,” and yet should be rehired, according to a report obtained by The…
Inglewood officials adopted an emergency ordinance Tuesday to limit rent increases and halt evictions temporarily while the city tries to find a permanent solution to address rapidly rising rents spurred in part by construction of a $2.6-billion football stadium and entertainment complex. The measure,…
Jackie Goldberg, who served two terms on the Los Angeles school board decades ago, was making a strong bid Tuesday to return to that role in a pivotal special election. With all precincts reporting at 11:20 p.m., Goldberg, 74, was the leading vote-getter with over 48% of all votes cast — far ahead…
