Burrowing owls – cute little birds with long legs and serious expressions – have been spotted at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park in recent months, and experts are hoping they’ll stay and multiply. Historically, they nested regularly in Orange County, said Barry Nerhus, a biologist who works on contract for Costa Mesa and provides expertise at…
The four people killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning have been identified. The crash in Santa Ana, was caused by an alleged drunken driver, authorities have said. The four people killed were in a pickup truck struck by the suspect’s vehicle. They were identified by the Santa Ana Police Department as Jose Alberto Avila-Rosas,…
The United States was newly at war in 1942 when the Marines moved into their new base on Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, a cattle ranch nestled between the Southern California cities of Oceanside and San Clemente. The coastal location was ideal for a force in need of an amphibious training…
The Catholic Diocese of Oakland has released the names of 45 priests, deacons and religious brothers who officials say are “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors. The San Francisco Chronicle said Monday that Oakland’s list goes back to 1962 — when the diocese was founded. None of the men…
A Charlie Brown burglary was perpetrated at a Costa Mesa gallery where thieves took three pieces of artwork depicting characters from the iconic comic strip “Peanuts.” But the drawings aren’t worth peanuts. In fact, the gallery’s owner put a $7,900 price on the lot. A security guard patrolling…
The ecstatic sailor shown in a photograph kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. Mendonsa’s daughter, Sharon Molleur, told the Providence Journal Mendonsa fell and had a seizure Sunday at the assisted living facility in Middletown,…
In 1959, Walt Disney watched his monorail encircle Disneyland in Anaheim, a train from the next century bringing park guests, appropriately enough, into Tomorrowland. Disney figured transportation planners would take his monorail concept — a sleek, elevated, electric-powered train straddling a single beam — and replicate it inside real cities. “He wanted to build a…
GLENDALE — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to speak Monday night in Glendale at what is billed as an organizing event for her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Doors will open at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., at 6 p.m., with the event beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Tickets…
By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s off-hand comment in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust set in motion a diplomatic crisis that on Monday scuttled this week’s summit of central European leaders in Israel. Poland’s abrupt decision to cancel its participation in the planned Visegrad conference in protest blew up the gathering,…
A new California law decriminalizing the home-cooking cottage industry could end up helping tech giants while hurting home cooks who make and sell dumplings and tamales.
