Four people, including two doctors, were arrested Thursday in Southern California on federal charges of diverting dangerous narcotics — mainly highly addictive opioids — to the black market. The arrests were part of Operation Hypocritical Oath, a yearlong Drug Enforcement Administration probe targeting doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and clinic operators suspected of providing controlled…
Snow? Snow! How often do Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, Pasadena or North Hollywood get a dusting? How about Zuma Beach and Malibu? Not often. Which is why the weather was the buzz Thursday among flatlanders and hill dwellers. “We’ve been getting a lot of phone calls about it and people are pretty interested. This is really…
The U.S. Olympic Committee has initiated a significant restructuring of the organization designed, according to USOC officials, to empower and create safe environments for American athletes in the wake of the Larry Nassar, USA Swimming and other sex abuse scandals. The re-organization outlined by USOC chief executive Sarah Hirshland in a letter to Olympic sports…
Some parts of Southern California got a light dusting of snow Thursday thanks to an unusually cold storm that dropped snow levels to the 1,000-foot mark. But it was nothing compared with the true snowstorm that hit the city 70 years ago. Here’s a brief history of L.A.’s famous snowstorm from former…
Cindy Borgeson was eating a cheeseburger at In-N-Out when she got a call from Newport Beach police that she thought would never come. It had been more than four decades since her 11-year-old sister, Linda Ann O’Keefe, had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The killer had vanished after dumping…
Parts of Southern California are having a snow day — or at least a few snow minutes — as a cold storm dropped snow levels unusually low. Communities including Malibu, West Hollywood, Pasadena and Northridge got hit with a bit of snow Thursday. But very little of it was sicking to the ground. The…
Most people familiar with the life story of John Wayne are aware that the late movie star was a dyed-in-the-wool right-winger — after all, he was still making a movie glorifying America’s conduct of the Vietnam War (“The Green Berets,” 1968) well after the country had begun to get sick of the conflict. …
LOS ANGELES — A cold storm system will bring snow showers to Southern California through Thursday night and brought the snow level down to an unusually low 1,500 feet, National Weather Service forecasters said. “This storm system will likely bring the lowest snow levels of the season, with snow levels locally falling to 1,500 feet…
A new report by the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force that looks at law enforcement and community support in the past two years highlights continued progress in arrests and convictions, along with positive outcomes of growing assistance for victims. The 2019 Human Trafficking Victim Report, the subject of a news conference scheduled for Thursday,…
By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh — A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 81 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The fire in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area was mostly under control after more than 10 hours of frantic firefighting efforts. About 50 people were injured,…
