Homebuying in inland South County — including Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and San Juan Capistrano — fell 14 percent from August through November vs. the same period in 2017 amid a steep countywide slowdown. Once primetime selling season ended in Orange County this summer, house hunters balked. That created the slowest-selling August-to-November…
On paper, the six-day strike teachers strike that disrupted learning at 900 public schools across Los Angeles was a fight about orthodox demands like lower class sizes, higher pay and more support staff from nurses to librarians and counselors. But a core issue and perhaps the most divisive barely touched the bargaining table: the future…
CATALINA ISLAND — For more than two weeks Capt. Nicole Stockham has overseen a company of Marines and a dozen Navy Seabees tasked with rebuilding a decaying, 77-year-old runway at Channel Island’s Airport in the Sky. The Marines and Seabees are living in tents near the airport nestled in the hilly interior high on the…
A deep magnitude 6.2 earthquake was reported Friday evening 22 miles from Taro, Solomon Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:51 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 221.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 73 miles from Arawa, Papua New Guinea. In…
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a top commander whose unmarked police car was involved in a collision Thursday night and found abandoned in Carson, officials said Friday. Three sources familiar with the investigation identified him as Cmdr. Jeff Nolte, who oversees a team that…
The man who supplied the weapons used to kill 14 people and wound 23 others in the December 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack told a federal judge Friday, Jan. 25, that he wishes to withdraw admissions he made under a plea agreement two years ago, potentially setting the stage for a trial. Riverside resident Enrique…
Anaheim police on Friday, Jan. 25, arrested a man who is accused of climbing on a motorist’s car and smashing the windshield with his fist. Joshua Robert Dalton, 28, of Anaheim, was arrested near his home on suspicion of felony vandalism. He was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail. About 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, the…
Signaling that the nation’s nuclear paralysis will be a priority for him, newly elected U.S. Rep. Mike Levin has formed a task force on safety challenges at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Leading the panel will be Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and retired Navy Rear Adm. Leendert “Len” Hering…
From Valley Boulevard, Alhambra Faith and Unity looks like a small, new church in the shadow of the Pyrenees Castle. The banner on the building at 2387 W. Valley Blvd. bears the “folded hands” emoji, which look like two hands clasped in prayer, with rays of light emanating from behind it. But just inside, parishioners…
Attorneys for a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend charged with drugging and raping seven women are accusing prosecutors of making false and reckless public misstatements regarding videos the Orange County District Attorney’s Office initially alleged may depict the pair having sex with intoxicated women. After reviewing the videos, defense attorneys representing Grant William Robicheaux and…
