By David W. Hart, Ph.D. Contributing writer Let’s experiment for a moment. Imagine society is divided between two types of people: those who painstakingly build mountains out of molehills and others who graciously transform lemons into lemonade. Obviously, these poles are extremes and most of us would fall somewhere in the middle. But who do…
Legal experts say the National Enquirer has undoubtedly pushed the envelope far when comes to its dealings with Jeff Bezos and his team, but proving a crime of extortion might prove difficult. What is Bezos alleging? Bezos, the Amazon.com chief executive who also owns the Washington Post, took…
Prosecutors in New York are looking into whether the National Enquirer’s parent company violated a cooperation agreement with the government in its dealings with Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, sources told The Times on Friday. The move comes a day after Bezos publicly accused the Enquirer of…
A 5-ton crane that fell onto the 101 Freeway on Friday morning has been removed and all lanes are open, the California Highway Patrol said. Crews used other heavy equipment to remove the crane, which fell from a construction vehicle, blocking several lanes on the southbound side of the 101 near…
A 10-year-old boy riding in his mother’s vehicle through the Cajon Pass was seriously wounded by a bullet Thursday night in what California Highway Patrol investigators called a possible road-rage incident. He was struck in the head, CHP officials said. Initial reports indicate the boy may have been grazed by the bullet, however he was…
The 16th annual San Juan Capistrano Car Show, rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, has been canceled, according to the San Juan Capistrano Rotary Club, which posted this notice on its website: The 2019 San Juan Capistrano Rotary Car Show has been canceled. Due to heavy rains and our very unique venue on the fields at…
British actor Albert Finney, the Academy Award-nominated star of films including “Tom Jones” and “Skyfall,” has died at the age of 82. Finney’s family said Friday he “passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by his side.” Finney was a rare star who managed to avoid…
By PETER PRENGAMAN and MARCELO SOUSA DA SILVA RIO DE JANEIRO — A fire tore through the sleeping quarters of a development league for one of Brazil’s most popular professional soccer clubs on Friday, killing 10 people who were most likely players and injuring three others, authorities said. Firefighters were called in just after 5…
CULVER CITY — Police searched Friday for a missing 6-month-old boy whose incarcerated parents’ last known address was a family shelter in Culver City. The Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services reported Jacsun Manson missing on Jan. 25, according to Culver City police Lt. Troy Dunlap. “Jacsun’s parents were recently arrested by…
Hieu Nguyen and Mark Kirchner first met at Westminster’s 2013 Tet parade. That was the year the Vietnamese American LGBTQ community was banned from marching by new organizers who had taken over that year. Nguyen, a social worker, attended the demonstration formed to protest the exclusion. Kirchner,…
