On Virgil Avenue, avocado toast and four different versions of the same city
We live in different versions of Los Angeles, but an East Hollywood brunch summit shows our lives can intersect with conversation and food, even avocado toast.
L.A. County supervisors challenge Sheriff Villanueva in court over deputy’s reinstatement
Los Angeles County sought an injunction against Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday over his reinstatement of a deputy who was fired in connection with allegations of domestic abuse, setting off an extraordinary test of wills between the county’s governing body and a newly elected sheriff who has…
Presidential candidate Julian Castro offers a blue vision of America to students at UCLA
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks to about 450 students in Moore Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA, on Monday, Mar 4, 2019. Castro, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Obama, outlined his priorities if he were to win. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro…
Rain, snow expected to persist through Friday as two storms pass over Southern California
A pair of storms passing through Southern California between Tuesday, March 5, and Friday, March 8, will drop even more precipitation onto areas that have already received well above their average rainfall totals. Residents in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will see the first of two storms hitting all of Southern California…
L.A. County sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty in brazen pot heist
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who led a heist of more than a half ton of marijuana from a downtown warehouse pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday. Marc Antrim, 41, admitted to his role in the scheme during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips, who is scheduled to sentence…
Nazi-themed O.C. teen party doesn’t surprise some students: ‘That’s the way it is’
Jarring as the photos were, Jocelyn Navarro, a junior at Newport Harbor High School, said she wasn’t surprised when they surfaced on Snapchat and Twitter Sunday morning. Not by the red cups arranged in a swastika. Not by the arms outstretched in Nazi salutes. Not even by the gleeful expressions…
Recalled former state Sen. Josh Newman running to retake seat in 2020
Eight months after being recalled from a Southern California state senate seat, Fullerton Democrat Josh Newman says he’ll run to retake the district in 2020. Newman, who was elected to represent the 29th state senate district in 2016, was recalled by voters in June – only 17 months into his first four-year term – after…
Ban of Mission Viejo weightlifter Colin Burns for non-consensual sexual contact during Team USA trip was overturned
The U.S. Center for SafeSport banned U.S. and Pan American champion weightlifter Colin Burns for 10 years last year for sexually assaulting a female weightlifter at pre-Olympic test event in Brazil, only to have the ban lifted by an arbitration panel last July, the Southern California News Group has learned. After an 11-month investigation, SafeSport…
California wants new voting machines for next year. Orange County will have to spend to do it
With a year to go until the 2020 presidential primary, California counties are figuring out how to respond to a recent state order that says old voting machines that don’t meet security standards have to be replaced in time for the next election season. For most counties in California, the Feb. 27 order from California…
California rail authority calls Trump plan to end high-speed rail funding ‘rash and unlawful’
The California rail authority delivered a sharp rebuttal Monday to the Trump administration, saying its threat to cancel and rescind $3.5 billion in grants for the state bullet train project is “rash and unlawful.” In two letters to the Federal Railroad Administration, state officials say they…