I have to confess I’ve never cared much for the movie “Chinatown.” I can acknowledge its status in the Los Angeles film canon as a potent reminder of the city’s dark history and the corrupt water wars that enabled the city’s existence. I concede that the film is stylishly shot and features some…
Eastern states suffered through negative-degree temperatures incurred by the wrath of the Polar Vortex. So those lucky enough to live in or visit Southern California right now can weather a few raindrops, for gosh sake. That was the attitude of the 14,000 people who showed up early Sunday morning, Feb. 3, to power through the…
By MICHAEL FERNANDEZ Surrounded by 500 Camp Pendleton Marines and veterans, American Legion Newport Harbor Post 291 Commander Doug Nye watched the Marines enjoying themselves for the fifth time at Post 291 during the 10th Annual Gary and Julie Crisp all-day Super Bowl party on Sunday. “I’m a Vietnam Veteran, Nye said. “It’s all about…
The Super Bowl is known to bring out the best in television commercials. So it was no surprise to see Chance the Rapper and the Backstreet Boys combine cheesy 90s dance moves and a catchy new verse to remix the boy band’s song, “I Want It That Way” during Sunday’s game. Related: Super Bowl LIII live…
Yorba Linda residents watched Sunday, Feb. 3, as a small plane tumbled out of the sky and crashed into a home, engulfing the structure in fire and killing two people. Some residents had observed the plane starting to come apart and catch fire midair. “I heard the sound of an engine getting closer, then I…
SAN FRANCISCO — A forecast of more intense snowfall and powerful winds in the Sierra Nevada has prompted authorities to issue blizzard and avalanche warnings on Sunday and say that conditions in the mountains could become “life-threatening.” A winter storm sweeping across California and Nevada has dumped as much as 8 feet of snow over…
A man described by survivors as elderly was found dead inside a vehicle that was covered by rushing storm waters and flipped upside down in a wash Saturday evening in Yucca Valley, authorities said. There were several calls for swift-water rescues to the San Bernardino County Fire Department during the storm, most of which turned out…
CONROE, Texas — An MMA fighter suspected of killing an ex-girlfriend and a friend of hers escaped Sunday from a prisoner transport van, authorities said. Cedric Marks escaped from the private prison transport van during a stop at a McDonald’s in Conroe, police Lt. Dorcy McGinnis said during a news conference in the city, which…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday evening three miles from Petrolia, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:37 p.m. PST at a depth of 2.5 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 21 miles from Fortuna, Calif., 34 miles from Eureka,…
The thieves made off with furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler for Wright’s Freeman House, an architectural landmark that has fallen into disrepair under USC’s care.
