AURORA, Ill. — An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that would have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six others at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun. Months later, a second background check of Gary Martin found his 1995 aggravated assault conviction in Mississippi involving…
In President Trump’s repeated calls for a border wall, he has recently turned his focus to the horrors of human trafficking along the southern border. “Even one woman or one child trafficked is too many,” Trump said in a Feb. 1 speech at the White House. “But there are thousands and thousands and…
San Bernardino International Airport and Hillwood Enterprises, LP are moving forward with plans to develop a massive air cargo logistics center at the airport that would house up to 16 aircraft and provide round-the-clock operations. The Eastgate Air Cargo Logistics Center, to be built on a 101-acre lot west of Victoria Avenue and south of…
Four people are dead after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Fourth Street and Tustin Avenue in Santa Ana at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, police said. The 28-year-old driver of a jeep was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, said Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. The…
A magnitude-3.7 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near Napa, Calif. The shallow temblor was centered 2 miles from Lokoya, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It occurred at 1:55 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from…
Homebuying in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda fell 10 percent in a year with the steepest countywide drop in sales in 11 years. Last year saw the fewest Orange County homes sold since 2014 and the 8.6 percent drop in sales vs. 2017 was the largest year-over-year percentage…
John D. Brider was found passed out near a homeless shelter and taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he later died. Brider, 63, had gone into cardiac arrest and oxygen had been cut off to his brain. But another, seemingly improbable, factor contributed to his death last winter:…
A shallow magnitude-3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near Tehachapi, Calif. The quake was centered three miles from Fig Orchard, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It occurred at 3:36 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from…
Along with the web of freeways and busy interchanges, Southern California’s cities are also tied together by a vast network of rivers, creeks and flood canals. Most of the time, much of this network is bone dry, forming pencil-thin lines along the regional map. Though when heavy rains begin to fall, as they did Thursday…
Volunteers along the Southern California coastline pitched in to help spruce up the sand on Saturday between the storms, after major rainfall in recent weeks left area beaches looking like landfills. “That’s the beauty of this community, we all care,” said Steve Masoner, founder of Save Our Beach, a nonprofit in Seal Beach that has…
