Christine Gallegos, with her son Jacob Gallegos at the Rose Parade, Jan. 1, 2019. (Tom Bray/SCNG) Bands are lining up for the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. Flower Mound HS color guard huddle in Mylar to stay warm. Jan. 1, 2019. (Sarah Reingewirtz/SCNG) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Janet Mobley of Glendora insists she…

GARDEN GROVE – A 9-year-old girl and a 33-year-old woman were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Garden Grove (22) Freeway in Garden Grove this morning, authorities said. Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash on the 22 Freeway in Garden Grove on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. (Photo by Southern Counties News) Multiple vehicles…

Featuring Olive, a book-reading, ballet-practicing ostrich, The UPS Store’s Rose Parade float was named the most beautiful of all 46 floats by the Tournament of Roses when it won the top Sweepstakes prize for the 2019 Rose Parade. Tournament judges Monday viewed the floats ahead of the New Year’s Day parade and ranked them in…

Gallup’s year-round polling on social and economic issues gave California a No. 14 ranking. Top places for quality of life by this scorecard were South Dakota, Vermont and Hawaii. Worst? West Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas. Here, Cobe Mahan, 10, of Costa Mesa and his rescue dog Rozie, hang together on the beach as “June Gloom”…

Happy New Year! Follow along with Southern California New Group reporters and photographers as we cover the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade live Tuesday, Jan. 1. More than 40 colorful floats along with marching bands and equestrian units from around the world will take part in the 130th Rose Parade, which celebrates “The Melody of…