By Bruce Horovitz Contributing writer, Kaiser Health News It takes moxie to flip an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one — particularly for folks over 60. Most baby boomers approach retirement age unwilling to follow basic healthy lifestyle goals established by the American Heart Association, said Dr. Dana King, professor and chairman of the department…
On March 27, 1970, Laguna’s offical greeter Eiler Larsen turned 80 years old.
INDIO — A suspect who was shot by federal agents during an attempted robbery at an Indio hotel, along with another man arrested at the scene, were being investigated in relation to a series of armed robberies in Orange County, authorities said Tuesday. Manuel Luna, 20, of Corona, was shot by agents with the U.S….
It’s about to get harder to find a place to vape and smoke cannabis in Los Angeles County. The Board of Supervisors updated the county’s legal definition of “smoke” and “smoking” on Tuesday, expanding an existing ban on using tobacco products at beaches, parks and government buildings to include…
Orange County is moving to add another 24-hour crisis stabilization unit to help the mentally ill, another vital piece to a mental health care system it hopes to build over the next few years. Supervisors on Tuesday authorized a three-year, $13.3 million contract with College Hospital to develop and operate at its Costa Mesa campus…
Residents in Santa Ana’s Ward 4 must wait until this fall to be represented on the City Council, after its six current members couldn’t agree on an appointment to the empty seat and instead called for a special election. Roman Reyna won the seat in November, but he agreed to quit March 1 to settle…
A federal grand jury has indicted a Palo Alto couple on charges they hired William “Rick” Singer, the confessed ringleader of a college admissions cheating scam, to rig their son’s college entrance exam, according to court records filed Tuesday. The indictments against Amy and Gregory Colburn are…
A former FBI agent hired by USA Swimming to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Olympic and national team coach Sean Hutchison in 2011 said top officials and attorneys for the organization falsely characterized the findings and extent of the investigation, and shut down the probe before she could interview several key witnesses, according to…
A cemetery Orange County officials want to build using sprawling land on Anaheim’s eastern end could be history making, with space included for those who fought alongside American forces in Vietnam and Korea. The soldiers who supported the U.S. military were struggling for freedom and democracy, and they should be afforded respect, said Supervisor Andrew…
Andrew the pug was back in owner Melissa Cortez’s arms Tuesday, March 26, after a cable television employee entered her Jurupa Valley neighborhood without suspicion and then apparently stole her beloved dog. A fact she said she still finds disturbing. Andrew, a recent gift from Cortez’s mother for her 21st birthday, lives with Cortez, her…
