SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night while running across the San Diego (5) Freeway in San Juan Capistrano. The crash was reported about 8:45 p.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway at the Junipero Serra Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses told the…
The salty marine air was coming off the bay as we crossed the grounds of San Quentin State Prison just before midnight and entered the building that houses the death chamber. It was December 2005, and I was about to witness an execution. Stanley “Tookie” Williams, one of the early leaders of L.A.’s…
GARDEN GROVE – Two men were arrested early Saturday in the burglary of a beauty salon and another business. Officers were sent to the Bebe beauty salon at 14098 Brookhurst St. at 1:50 a.m. after a call from the owner saying a man broke in and was still inside, Garden Grove police Sgt. Erik Leyva…
Q. I have noticed that most government vehicles have front and back license plates. Even cops! Even ambulances! But not so with fire trucks. I don’t see a legal carve-out for this omission, and they sure look good without one up front. But what gives? I don’t see cops pulling over Engine 51 on the…
The college admissions bribery case has left people fuming. Stories of wealthy, well-connected parents allegedly paying large bribes to buy their kids seats in top-tier universities or high scores on college admission exams have stoked disgust and angry calls for the accused to be punished. But…
Millions of disaster victims — including thousands of those hit by California wildfires — had personally identifiable information put in jeopardy when they applied for housing relief with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, authorities said Friday. The federal Office of Inspector General said…
Heather Repenning officially won the right Friday to face front-runner Jackie Goldberg in a May runoff for a pivotal seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education. Repenning made it on the ballot after finishing 31 votes over Graciela Ortiz, county officials announced. Ortiz has the right to challenge…
California Colonized Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. The Russians are coming Spain had laid claim to territory in what would become California, Arizona and New Mexico more than 150 years before…
Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report on the Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr on Friday. What’s next? Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham expects that he and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, will be briefed “in the coming days” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The Associated Press reported that…
Legenary Mt. San Antonio College baseball coach Art Mazmanian, who won an NCAA title as a player at USC and coached many years in the minor leagues and also was part of the coaching staff for Team USA during the 1984 Olympics, died on Friday in San Dimas. He was 91. During his playing days…
