After days of downpours, the final round in a series of storms that have drenched Southern California caused rock slides and flooding and other problems Thursday, prompting several water rescues, snarling traffic and causing some injuries. But the extended run of wet weather also has helped to replenish the region’s water supplies, bathing the soil…
The union representing Orange County sheriff’s deputies won a court stay Thursday blocking the release of disciplinary files under a state police transparency law that took effect Jan. 1. Superior Court Judge Nathan Scott granted the temporary order and scheduled a full hearing for Feb. 7. The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, following a…
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges arising from an audacious heist at a marijuana warehouse. In a plea agreement he signed this month, Deputy Marc Antrim admitted to the elaborate ruse in which he and a team of accomplices posed as narcotics deputies…
A week ago, Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner went to Sacramento to nail down support for the school district if teachers decided to go on strike. He came back sounding very optimistic that lawmakers understood the district’s finances were so perilous that it could not afford what the teachers…
Laguna Hills will test the use of organic-only pesticides at two parks to see if it can keep weeds and insects at bay effectively at an additional cost the city could absorb. In response to a number of community members approaching City Hall about its use of synthetic products for controlling pests – many of…
Two years ago, anger, fear and defiance motivated millions of Americans to march in what’s been described as the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. The Women’s March of 2019, slated for Saturday, Jan. 19, is expected to draw a huge – if smaller than 2017 – crowd yet again, in an event that will…
ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival is back at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano through Jan. 20, with seven short plays voted on by the audience. As the audience, you only see the top seven and nightly you will also hear one of the runner-up plays read as a “Reader’s Theater.” ShowOff! 2019 Finalists Playwrights…
At local mountains, where snowfall was plentiful at the start of the week, raindrops started falling from the sky Thursday. It’s not the best news for those planning on hitting the slopes, as the rain turns the snow to mush. But there’s a bright side to all this wet stuff: For lakes that have suffered…
The Trump administration probably separated thousands more children from their families at the border than the roughly 2,700 the government has previously acknowledged, a federal watchdog said Thursday. The report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General drew…
Harvey Weinstein and attorney Benjamin Brafman announced Thursday that the criminal defense attorney will no longer represent the beleaguered producer in his rape case and that a new team of lawyers will be announced next week. The formal announcement that Weinstein will allow Brafman to inform…
