By KATHLEEN RONAYNE SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Friday to bypass environmental regulations to prepare for the next wildfire season, a move he said was necessary to prevent further loss of life even as it frustrated activists in a state viewed as a national environmental leader. “The increasing wildfire risks we face…
More than a dozen north Orange County cities are expected to contribute a combined $1.2 million toward building two homeless shelters in Buena Park and Placentia. Leaders of three cities – Fullerton, La Palma and Yorba Linda – this week approved the agreement that would fund the two 100-bed shelters. City councils in Los Alamitos,…
Poseidon officials, who’ve spent 21 years working toward approval of a controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach, had a figurative bounce in their step as they emerged from yet another permitting agency meeting Friday. The Regional Water Quality Control Board remains months away from voting on one of the final two permits needed by Poseidon….
It was one of the biggest scandals ever to hit Hollywood: a private investigator using wiretaps to secretly gather the secrets of celebrities and entertainment titans. The case of Anthony Pellicano, “private eye to the stars,” captivated Hollywood for years and brought down some big names. Now…
The public is invited to join LOCA Arts Education on Sunday, March 24, at the Neighborhood Congregational Church for a fundraiser celebrating LOCA’s 26 years in Laguna Beach. There will be festive food and wines, interactive art activities, art auctions and the opportunity to purchase works by local artists. Tickets are $50 per person or…
Kidnapping suspects led authorities on a chase from Los Angeles to Orange counties that ended early Friday on a freeway in Irvine. No injuries were reported. The suspects, in a red Toyota Venza, fled at high speeds from authorities after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies received a call of a woman being kidnapped just before…
A shallow magnitude-3.1 earthquake was reported Friday morning four miles from Littlerock, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:15 a.m. PDT at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was seven miles from Sun Village and 10 miles from Palmdale. …
He once held what seemed like the fate of the world in his hands. Now Jack ReVelle, a former Air Force hero who helped avert nuclear disaster during the Cold War, is merely trying to hang on as long as he can. ReVelle, 83, was discharged from a skilled nursing center this week and sent…
Several Southern California police departments regularly feed information into a massive database used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help with deportations, potentially violating state law, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. In the report released earlier this month, the ACLU of Northern California identified the police departments of Bell, Downey, La Habra…
The next move in the college admissions scandal will unfold in a Boston federal courtroom April 3, when Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and other defendants are set to appear in court. Federal prosecutors announced that the actresses as well as Loughlin’s husband, fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli,…
