ANAHEIM — The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported Wednesday that someone phoned in a bomb threat to its Anaheim headquarters. A woman, who did not identify herself, called the CAIR-LA office about 3 p.m. Tuesday and asked for the name of the organization. When told she had contacted…
By David E. Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun WASHINGTON — North Korea said Thursday it test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” in what appeared to be a warning from Kim Jong Un to President Donald Trump that unless once-promising negotiations with Washington resume, the two countries could again be on a collision course. The North’s official Korean…
Public health officials in Silicon Valley said an adult who contracted measles spent time at Google’s Mountain View campus last week. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department said at a news conference that there are no signs of other cases in the area. Officials did not say how the person…
Arrests and the number of people illegally using handicapped parking placards on the first weekend of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was down from last year, according to the Indio Police Department. Starting with the arrival of campers on Thursday, April 11, 99 people were arrested during the three-day event, a decrease…
By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner WASHINGTON — Not all of Robert Mueller’s findings will be news to President Donald Trump when they are released Thursday morning. Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of…
DOWNEY – After touring a county hospital in Downey, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that Los Angeles County will partner with the state to combine their market strength in hopes of negotiating lower prescription drug costs from pharmaceutical companies. Newsom has been pushing efforts to lower drug costs since taking office 100 days ago. One of…
Errors are a big part of baseball, and they don’t just occur on the field. This year marks the Golden Anniversary of a gum card goof involving a hometown boy. Leonard Garcia at Sloan Park near his home in Mesa, Ariz., with an enlarged photo of his baseball card that was photoshopped with his name…
Anne Goldfarb answered the door of her Mar Vista home, her dog Coco at her side, and promptly delivered an announcement. “The Angels just homered,” she said with the same all-in grin I’ll bet she wore as a child in Studio City, playing baseball in the street with neighborhood boys. Goldfarb led…
Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who spent 60 days in space aboard the United States’ first space station and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at 88. Garriott died Monday at his home in Huntsville, Ala., NASA announced. “Dad had a great 88 orbits around the sun!” tweeted his son Richard…
Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli, are vowing to fight charges accusing them of participating in an elaborate fraud to get their children into college. Their attorneys have not revealed much about their legal strategy. But as more parents file court papers, one…
