A jury awarded $360,000 on Tuesday to the mother of a knife-wielding man who was shot and repeatedly stomped in the head by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy, who later was awarded the department’s medal of valor for his role in the deadly encounter. The federal jury found that Deputy Michael Higgins used “non-lethal excessive…

Those living in several south county cities did not have their trash picked up on Tuesday, Jan. 22, because of emergency repairs needed at a fueling station. Residential trash collection in San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo and Rancho Mission Viejo will be delayed by a day for the rest…

Margaret Atwood, the bestselling and critically acclaimed author responsible for works including “The Handmaid’s Tale,” will kick off two weeks of discussions with established and emerging authors at UC Riverside in February. Writers Week will begin with Atwood and program director Tom Lutz, a professor of creative writing at UCR, speaking about her five-decade career,…

Mayor Eric Garcetti and leaders of the Los Angeles school district and the teachers union will speak at a City Hall news conference Tuesday morning in what is widely expected to be an announcement about a deal to end the six-day teachers’ strike. Garcetti will by joined by L.A. schools Supt. Austin…

A joint news conference set for Tuesday morning sparked hope that the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers strike could be coming to an end. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner and United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl were slated to appear together at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall. The fact that…

By JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court’s five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members…

By JAKE COYLE | AP Film Writer NEW YORK — Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations to the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination. Though many expected “A…

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning one mile from Brawley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:24 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was seven miles from Imperial, 11 miles from El Centro, 18…

John Malmin’s nighttime image of the old Hall of Records appeared as No. 22 in the Know Your City photography series.

California State University is poised to enroll thousands more Californians and step up support to help them graduate sooner, thanks to a hefty increase in state funding proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Cal State trustees will take their first collective look at the governor’s 2019-20 budget proposal…