What’s right (and wrong) about California: How 14 rankings score the state
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”…
High school friends share shivers and hot dogs by parade route fire barrel
Live Rose Parade 2019 coverage of every float, marching band and more
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…
Staying warm
Workers scramble to get parade floats ready
Photos: Northwestern comes back to defeat Utah 31-20 in the Holiday Bowl Monday in San Diego
Northwestern wide receiver Flynn Angel (2) is tripped up by Utah’s Marquise Blair (left) during the first half in the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego Monday, December 31, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Northwestern wide receiver Riley Lees (19) scores for the Wildcats…
A bicyclist hit-and-run on a bike path is now a crime, as new laws come into play
The new year is ushering in additional traffic laws, with one making it a crime for a bicyclist to hit someone on a bike path and flee, and another making it more costly for vehicle owners to modify their mufflers just to make them roar. Some of the changes are applauded by local law enforcement –…
A San Clemente couple ditches careers in real estate to create world-wide travel tips in little-explored places
At 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, as others fade from ringing in the New Year, Joel and Christie Daniel will have lifted off from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, on the way to their new life traveling the world and documenting their experiences. “We wanted to get as close to the new year as…
Anaheim police arrest man after standoff ends
A wanted man barricaded himself in at a house in Anaheim when police attempted to take him into custody, leading to an hours-long standoff that police said ended without any use of force on Monday, Dec. 31. The incident began at the 900 block of North Clementine Street, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. He…