Los Angeles City Hall is backlit by nuclear weapon test in Yucca Flat, Nev., 2 miles away.

By Joshua Rosen, contributing reporter “I couldn’t ask my parents for food,” said Yetta Kane, 87, to a crowd of more than 250 people during Sunday’s Holocaust Remembrance at Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach. “I knew they didn’t have any.” Kane — surrounded by friends, family and the descendants of other Long Beach…

Police searched for a suspect who allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle and then ran into an industrial area of Brea on Sunday, May 5. Officers in Brea spotted a vehicle at 3:42 p.m. that had been involved in a carjacking in La Habra and attempted to pull it over, Brea Police Lt. Adam Hawley said….

Firefighters doused a pair of small brush fires that erupted in Carbon Canyon near the border of Orange and San Bernardino counties on Sunday afternoon, officials said. Both sides of Carbon Canyon Road were closed by about 5 p.m. following the fires, according to officials from the city of Brea and the Chino Valley Fire…

Runners in the 15th annual OC Marathon and OC Half Marathon raced through four cities Sunday, May 5,  finishing at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. At the finish line, physical and mental strength collided with stories of perseverance. Fermin “Determined” Camarena, 65, of San Juan Capistrano, one of about 11,000 participants, placed…

Cinco de Mayo? Americans love Mexican food all year long. In 2017, Mexican overtook pizza as the second most common restaurant menu lineup. Restaurant popularity According to CHD Expert, a business data company, as of April 2017 there were 59,800 Mexican restaurants in the U.S. and 59,300 pizza restaurants.Google News Lab and design studio Polygraph…

A rare Guadalupe fur seal is spotted off Dana Point. The endangered seal is typically not seen near coastal waters. (Photo courtesy by Michelle Velasco for danawharf.com) A rare Guadalupe fur seal is spotted off Dana Point. The endangered seal is typically not seen near coastal waters. (Photo courtesy by Michelle Velasco for danawharf.com) Sound…

GARDEN GROVE – One person was killed and another injured in a high-speed, two-car crash late Saturday. The collision occurred at the intersection at Euclid Street and Westminster Avenue at shortly after 11:30 p.m. Garden Grove Police Sgt. Royce Wimmer said. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The other person was transported to…

Anaheim celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a four-day festival that lasted through the holiday on Sunday, May 5. Leah Martinez, 8 months, laughs at her dad, Hugo Martinez, during the annual Cinco de Mayo festival at La Palma Park on Saturday, May 4, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) The Baja California Dance Company…

The city of Orange on Saturday, May 4, paraded like it was 1991. After a 28-year hiatus, the Orange Chamber of Commerce brought back the Orange May Parade, with marching bands, Miss Orange pageant winners and a dozen floats traveling down Chapman Avenue and around the Old Towne Plaza. The parade ended at Almond Avenue…