Local dancers heading for major competition Dancers from South Coast Freestyle dance studio showed off all the right moves at the recent JAMZ dance competition in Las Vegas. Three of the all-star dance teams got a bid to the Dance Worlds in Orlando and the junior hip hop team beat out last year’s national champions….
Prosecutors said Friday, March 29 that a man who acted aggressively as Santa Ana police officers tried to restrain him in July 2018 died as a result of drug intoxication. Two officers responded to a fight between two males at an apartment in the 3400 block of South Plaza Drive in Santa Ana. One of…
Both members of a Liverpool band and their manager were killed early Wednesday in a crash en route to a show that night at The Observatory in Santa Ana. The duo’s label, Heist or Hit, confirmed the news in a Facebook post, saying band members Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading and tour manager Trevor Engelbrektson…
Looking to recapture the vintage vibes from Laguna Beach’s past? Old School Laguna Day will do just that, with special sales, giveaways and live music celebrating the days of classic rock, turntables and surfboards. Organized by merchants in The Hip District — on South Coast Highway between Thalia Street and Bluebird Canyon Drive — the…
If you travel often, you’ve likely noticed most U.S. airports have a few things in common: McDonald’s, Starbucks, Hudson News and other seemingly ubiquitous chains. At John Wayne Airport, those familiar brands won’t necessarily go away, but airport officials plan to give passengers new and different choices in where to eat, drink and shop in…
By Ben Christopher, CALmatters This Tuesday, voters in Long Beach turned out to elect a new state senator. Odds are that’s news to you—even if you happen to live in Long Beach. A preliminary tally indicates that less than a measly 7 percent of the district’s registered voters cast a ballot. Even by the subdued…
California is home to about one out of every five charter schools in the United States, but state oversight of them is far from a national model. Since the Charter Schools Act of 1992 was passed more than a quarter-century ago, a political standoff in Sacramento has made it almost impossible to…
You may not have heard of the irrepressible Corky Hale, but you almost certainly have heard her play. A vocalist, jazz pianist and harpist — the jazz harpist, some say — Hale has accompanied, well, just about everybody: Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Liberace, Anita…
Southern California drivers short of passengers to use freeway carpool lanes find a ready supply at nearby bus stops.
Officials in Adelanto, home to California’s largest immigrant detention center, have decided to end the city’s contract with the facility, making it the second Southern California community this week to pull out of the immigrant detention business. Adelanto plans to terminate its agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) and The GEO…
