When Bahareh Hedayat wanted to find immersion classes in Persian language and culture for her young children, she couldn’t find any close to home. So the Irvine resident created her own language immersion and cultural center. The non-profit, Bahar Kids, now is gearing to host its second annual Persian Children’s Book Festival on Feb. 24….
A parking structure for Metrolink riders and visitors to Old Towne Orange will open by the end of February, which city officials hope will relieve the area’s chronic parking problem. More than 100 parking spots in the $29.5 million, 608-space structure will be reserved daily for the public to use free with three-hour limitations. During…
A day off from school was put to productive use by more than two dozen Irvine middle schoolers, who cleaned up a stretch of San Diego Creek near the Lakeview Senior Center on Monday, Feb. 11. The date was significant, and the event brought out some special guests: five Marines from the Camp Pendleton-based 2nd…
In a major victory for coastal advocates, a Santa Barbara judge refused to approve a controversial deal that would have allowed access to Hollister Ranch’s coastline only to landowners, their guests, visitors with guides, and those who could boat or paddle in from two miles away. The settlement…
Walter B. Jones Jr., a North Carolina congressman who so enthusiastically supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq that he argued for the French fries and French toast served in House cafeterias to be called “freedom fries” and “freedom toast” — a jab at France for its opposition to the war — but who…
LOS ANGELES — Freezing weather and strong winds struck the Southland Monday morning, with high temperatures expected to be below 60 degrees in almost all areas once the day gets underway in Los Angeles and Orange counties. A wind advisory heralding gusts of 35 miles per hour was in force until 4 a.m. in the…
A shallow magnitude-3.3 earthquake was reported Monday morning one miles from Turk, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:07 a.m. PST time at a depth of 10.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was seven miles from Coalinga, 14 miles from Avenal, and…
Life inside Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention centers can be menacing for the hundreds of young people locked up there — and for the guards who oversee them, too. Overwhelmed and fearful detention officers use profanity and taunts in an effort to maintain control. The detainees endure threats…
It’s not just that Brown, a Democrat, has moved to an area populated by Republican ranchers. Or even that he is a lawyer and politician now residing where most people make a living off the land. It’s that he’s a newcomer.
Police investigate following a 6-car collision that left one person dead and six other hurt at the intersection of West Lambert Road and South Idaho Street in La Habra on Sunday, February 10, 2019. (OCHAWK) Police investigate following a 6-car collision that left one person dead and six other hurt at the intersection of West…
