Emma Hall, 12, and her rottweiler Rosie earned the honor to walk in the annual Swallows Day Parade after nabbing the judges’ favorite award in the annual Kids’ Pet Parade, on Saturday, Feb. 16, in San Juan Capistrano. The duo, with Emma as a sheriff and Rosie as her prisoner, also took home the award…
By JUANA SUMMERS WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. “Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald Trump,” the 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist said in an email to supporters. “Our campaign is about transforming our country and…
Karl Lagerfeld, who transformed Chanel from a faded fashion empire into a world power of style, has died. He was 85. Lagerfeld, who also designed the Chloe collection, Fendi furs and his own brand-name collection for many years, died Tuesday, according to Chanel. While leading designers of his…
In early 2018, a deputy assistant administrator in the EPA, Clint Woods, reached out to a Massachusetts toxicologist best known for pushing a public health standard suggesting that low levels of toxic chemicals and radiation are good for people. “I wanted to check to see if you might have some…
A dense fog hung over James Riley’s homestead in this apple-growing community as the platoon of buses, carrying 150 mostly Latino and black fifth-graders, pulled up. Here in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, about 80 miles from downtown L.A., the 59-year-old Riley and his employees…
Foot bridge over Hollenback Park Lake gets replaced.
All 16 passengers trapped on suspended gondolas at SeaWorld for several hours Monday night have been rescued, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. The passengers waited in cars that had stopped midair after wind knocked out power to the Bayside Skyride, the department said. The rescues took…
Outside consultants working on a plan to restructure the Los Angeles Unified School District were asked to develop a performance-based rating system for schools and to shift hiring and purchasing of services from the central district office to local campus networks, according to confidential contracts…
Storm-damaged mountain highways in Riverside and San Bernardino counties remain closed and under repair Monday, frustrating skiers and snow-players on the three-day President’s Day weekend. A relatively warm storm last week generated rainstorms in upper elevations, washing out sections of roadways including Highways 243 and 74 in San Jacinto Mountains, and Highway 18 in the…
The family of a 38-year-old man who died after struggling with police has filed a lawsuit against the city of Anaheim and its police department, alleging the man was beaten and choked to death. The suit alleging wrongful death, filed Saturday, Feb. 16, in federal court alleges two officers repeatedly struck Justin Perkins on his…
