A photo of a group of smiling students flashing a Nazi salute while surrounding a swastika formed by red plastic cups posted on social media shocked the Newport Beach community, Jewish leaders and others on Sunday morning. Newport-Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Fred Navarro sent an alert about the photo to district administrators and board…
Nathaniel Taylor, the actor best known as Rollo Lawson, the street-smart best friend of the son on the 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” has died. Taylor died Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a heart attack, his son Kaedi Taylor told the Associated Press on…
The California bullet train project will probably run out of money before it can fulfill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s modest plan to build a high-speed operating segment between Bakersfield and Merced, according to a Times analysis of the state rail authority’s financial records. The governor declared his…
Southern California’s weekend rain storm will move out Sunday, but expect another storm to hit Tuesday evening and last through Thursday morning. That means another week of rain in what has already been the wettest winter in Southern California in years. Here is what to expect: Sunday • Another…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near the Northern California town of Clearlake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:04 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile from the unincorporated…
The death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez in 2013 was a notorious failure of Los Angeles County’s safety net to protect abused and neglected children. The case prompted criminal charges against four child protective services caseworkers and a deep examination of systemic breakdowns. Now, the recent…
The California bullet train project will probably run out of money before it can fulfill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s modest plan to build a high-speed operating segment between Bakersfield and Merced, according to a Times analysis of the state rail authority’s financial records. The governor declared his…
Rodney King was beaten during a traffic stop. Police acquittal in the beating touched off rioting. In 2012, Jay L. Clendenin spent a couple days with King.
FULLERTON — A 26-year-old Chino Hills man pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to four years in prison for an alcohol-fueled, deadly crash on the Riverside (91) Freeway in Orange County. Julian Bautista pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and admitted sentencing enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury on two additional victims,…
NEWPORT BEACH — An Orange County woman, who made appeals on the “Dr. Phil” show and social media sites that netted around $6,000 in cash and goods that she claimed would go to crews battling the massive Holy Fire, pleaded guilty Friday to nearly three dozen criminal charges stemming from the donation scam. A photo…
