Whether they were stuck in an auditorium or playing long-term hooky, many a school kid old enough to remember the 1989 Los Angeles teachers strike recalls the period as nine days of good old-fashioned lawlessness. Quoted in a New York Times article at the time, LAPD Lieut. Frank Valdez expressed his concern about “little predators”…
A federal magistrate has recommended overturning the controversial 2006 conviction of a California man accused of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and plotting an attack in the United States. Hamid Hayat, now 36, who was then a young cherry-picker from Lodi, has served about half…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning in Northridge in the San Fernando Valley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:38 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile from North Hills, four miles…
Southern California’s native landscapes are famously tough. But repeated wildfire and drought amplified by climate change pose a growing threat to wildlands that provide us with drinking water, untamed refuge from the Southland’s sprawl and stop mountainsides from sliding into our living rooms.
Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the potential misuse of a $19.2 million federal grant by two administrators at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, The Times has learned. Leticia Barajas, a vice president over workforce development, was placed on paid administrative…
Hundreds of hard-core birders and twitchers from across the nation have been flocking to South Los Angeles this week, hoping to catch a glimpse of a rare bird that wandered in from Siberia and inexplicably chose to hunker down within a hedge just south of the 10 Freeway. The foreign visitor — or…
Southern California could see seven straight days of rain as the region gets hit with five storms that could last through Thursday. Authorities warned that mudslides are possible, both in the storms that will continue through Saturday morning and the sequel — expected to arrive Sunday night and…
Memo to L.A. Unified, the teachers union and all concerned: Can a strike, which could begin Monday, be averted? Absolutely, and about half a million families in greater Los Angeles would be grateful. But the adults still have some homework to complete. I know and respect lots of L.A. Unified teachers,…
SEAL BEACH – A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a vehicle in Seal Beach on Friday morning. The crash occurred near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Seal Beach Boulevard, police said. The bicyclist sustained traumatic injuries and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of…
By The Associated Press Here’s what’s up with the partial government shutdown on Day 22. WHAT’S NEW TODAY The shutdown officially is the longest in U.S. history, eclipsing a 21-day closure that ended Jan. 6, 1996, during President Bill Clinton’s administration. The House and Senate adjourned for the weekend, with lawmakers scattering to their states…
