A freeze warning was issued Wednesday for the valleys of Riverside and San Bernardino County, with overnight temperatures below freezing possible for some areas into Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said. The warning came as a surge of cold weather moved through Southern California, dropping snow levels to as low as 2,500 feet Tuesday…
Democrats dominated Southern California’s House races in November by telling voters they would pursue universal health care, immigration reform, stricter gun laws and green energy programs. They also promised something else: accessibility. Now, just weeks into the freshmen Democrats’ first terms, voters who helped elect them — and a few who voted against them — already…
In the wake of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined a push for a review of how charter schools could be causing financial problems for traditional school systems. He has asked state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond to convene an expert panel,…
Newport Beach Lifeguards and Harbor Department personnel trained Jan. 31 on how to use new new oil spill equipment. (Courtesy of city of Newport Beach.) Equipment is stacked up inside Newport’s new oil spill trailer. (Courtesy of city of Newport Beach) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Newport Beach has received a new oil spill…
Officials on Wednesday identified four family members who died in a home Sunday when a small plane crashed into a Yorba Linda neighborhood, also killing the pilot. Carrie Braun, public information manager for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, said the sheriff’s Coroner Division identified those killed in the house as the married couple who owned…
Has Orange’s Old Towne Plaza finally reached its caffeinated tipping point? A month after Urth Caffe debuted on the city’s historic traffic circle, Starbucks is shuttering one of its two cafes on opposite curves of Chapman Avenue. The Starbucks inside the Wells Fargo building in the Old Towne Plaza of Orange will pack up its…
Authorities on Wednesday released the names of the four people killed inside a Yorba Linda home Sunday when a plane crashed hours before the Super Bowl. Those killed include Roy Lee Anderson, 85, and his wife, Dahlia Marlies Leber Anderson, 68, as well as two relatives, Stacie Norene Leber, 48,…
San Juan Capistrano is looking to unload its water utility, as maintaining the system is expected to become costly for the community. The city is one of very few in south Orange County that manages its own water operations. After a 10-month review of the options, the City Council discussed on Tuesday, Feb. 5, which agency –…
Izzy Young, a businessman, political activist and founding patron of the Greenwich Village folk music scene who organized Bob Dylan’s first major concert and devoted decades to supporting other musicians, has died at age 90. Young’s daughter, Philomene Grandin, said her father died of natural causes…
Robert Haines, who spent most of his 92 years at sea aboard warships, research vessels, 8-foot dinghies and everything in between, died Jan. 26, ashore. This sailor’s last wish, jotted on a sticky note, will correct that oversight. Haines asked that his ashes’ final resting place be in the Pacific,…
