My examination of hundreds of Orange County coroner records finds an alarming spike in fentanyl deaths. But for the first time ever, it also shows a dip in overall accidental opioid overdoses. Consider that 194 souls died last year of accidental opioid overdoses in Orange County, a drop of 17 deaths compared to two years…
LOS ANGELES — Fans headed to opening day at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, March 28, 2019, are being warned by the Los Angeles Police Department about temporary tow away and no-parking restrictions. Strict enforcement will be in effect. No parking signs will be at the following locations between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.: — Avenue…
A fiery crash involving a tractor trailer and a second vehicle early Thursday morning shut down several lanes of the 91 Freeway near McKinley Street in Corona for nearly five hours. All lanes of the freeway had been reopened by 5:15 a.m., according to a Caltrans Twitter post, but significant slowing was expected to persist…
Vintage Volkswagen Buses have become hot collectors’ items, fetching record prices. But some California fans fear the cars may lose their free-spirit mystique.
The superintendent’s plan was born of necessity. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, as tax revenue plummeted, small school districts across California quickly felt the pain. Many were already lean, where administrators did the work of two or three, and students were counted in tens, not thousands….
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday night two miles from Mercuryville, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:34 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from Healdsburg, Calif., 14 miles…
When my future wife told me about a decade ago that I should buy a VW Bus, I laughed. I had grown up enamored of classic cars: “boats” (long, sleek models like the Impalas and Cadillacs of the 1960s) and “bombs” (gigantic big band-era Chevy Fleetlines and Lincoln Continentals) and late-’70s Ford…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and environmentalists are at war over the agency’s latest plan to strip gray wolves of their federal protections and turn management of the often-reviled predators over to states and tribes. “If the agency’s proposal gets finalized, we will see them in court,”…
President Trump pledged in his State of the Union speech to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.” San Francisco may beat that timeline. It’s on track to be the first city to eliminate new HIV infections – or at least come close.
The deputy crouched down in front of the woman’s sliding glass door, wedging a metal tool in its frame to pop it loose. He stopped after glancing up, startled to see the woman recording video of him from inside her apartment. In another instance, the deputy is seen wielding a broomstick on the…
