The theme for the 2019 Rose Parade, “The Melody of Life,” provided more than just visual inspiration for the floats. Grand marshal Chaka Khan opened the show and pop singer Anne-Marie closed it, but that was just the start (and end). Several of the floats had musicians performing live on them, adding an extra element…
The government shutdown over President Trump’s request for border wall funding is probably increasing the immigration court backlog. While cases for people in detention centers are going ahead as scheduled, those for people on the nondetained docket will get new dates once the government is funded…
A Costa Mesa man has pleaded not guilty to stealing a yacht in Newport Harbor on the last day of the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. Theodore Liko Wilson, 24, entered not guilty pleas last week to felony burglary, felony unlawful taking of a vehicle and felony vandalism as well as six misdemeanor…
Oceanside resident Shelby Jacobs, 83, is responsible for one of the most iconic video images of NASA’s race to put a man on the moon in the 1960s. It’s the oft-seen, slow-motion color footage of a ringlike section of the Saturn V rocket separating from the Apollo 6 spacecraft and spinning slowly…
The dazzling colors, sights and sounds of the 2019 Rose Parade came to a discordant end Tuesday morning after one of the larger floats caught fire just before the procession was scheduled to conclude. The annual Pasadena march featured its usual array of fabulous floral floats and marching bands from all over the globe, all…
SANTA ANA — For a Vietnamese couple from Anaheim, life got a bit sweeter early on New Year’s Day. At 2:56 a.m. on Jan. 1, Thy Bich Tran, 27 and her husband, Tam Lee, 28, welcomed their first child, Eric Tran into the world. The newborn boy was 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds…
President Donald Trump invited the top congressional leaders from both parties to a White House briefing on border security Wednesday and suggested he wants to “make a deal” to end the government shutdown. It’s the first sign of a possible opening for negotiations to break the stalemate that’s had parts of the government shut for…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening one mile from Hawkins Bar, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:59 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 12.4 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 29 miles from Bayside, Calif., 30 miles from…
A gusty, chilly wind prompted organizers to cancel the annual Surf City Splash, but a handful of dippers took the frigid plunge into the Pacific anyhow to kick off the New Year. The event, which draws anywhere from 500 to 1,000 people, was called off early Tuesday morning due to the weather. Patrice Tollenaere reacts…
The unified command responsible for the United States’ nuclear strike capabilities drew attention Monday when it tweeted a message and video that threatened the possibility of dropping a bomb. In the tweet, which was posted as Americans prepared to celebrate New Year’s Eve and was deleted about three hours later, the U.S. Strategic Command said…
