In the end, due to harsh weather that severely damaged the mission’s escort boat and equipment, Ben Lecomte’s Longest Swim across the Pacific Ocean ended shy of its goal this week. “This is not what I had visualized, my dream and goal were different,” the 51-year-old Paris-born swimmer wrote in his daily online log after…
A controversial land swap that could eventually restore a 150-acre Long Beach oil field to its natural state as part of the Los Cerritos Wetlands was approved by the California Coastal Commission on Thursday, a key step for the project to move forward. Synergy Oil will eventually stop operations and hand over the land northeast…
Thousands of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to the United States prior to 1995 and committed even minor crimes could be sent back to Vietnam if the Trump Administration renegotiates an agreement that’s protected their residency status for more than a decade. News of the potential change — reported Wednesday by the Atlantic magazine — sparked…
After three decades in Congress, and less than six weeks since voters put him out of office, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher plans to move to the state farthest away from his coastal Orange County district. “His plan is to move to Maine, where he can write and do other non-political things,” Rohrabacher spokesman Ken Grubbs said…
Chloe, the severely beaten dog whose rescue from a Long Beach dumpster has struck a chord in hearts across Southern California, is showing signs of improvement as she awaits surgery, volunteers said, and a reward for information leading to her abuser has grown to $15,000. Doctors at Long Beach Animal Emergency have ordered metal plates for…
Orange County bosses will add 28,000 workers next year, Chapman University economists are predicting — 9,250 fewer hires than the county average in the previous four years. Chapman’s semiannual forecast shows Orange County jobs will grow 1.7 percent in 2019. In 2014-18, hiring averaged 38,750 jobs a year or a 2.5 percent annual pace. So more cooling…
Authorities say bomb threats sent to dozens of schools, universities, consulates and other locations across the United States appear to be hoaxes. At least 13 false threats were received across Los Angeles at major businesses and government entities, the Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday….
The drinks were flowing heavily in a Carlsbad bar on that Saturday night in early February, a Catholic seminary student said, so much so that he headed to the bathroom to throw up. While he was standing in the stall and vomiting, the priest he had been drinking with reached around him and groped…
Anti-gay remarks that a San Diego State economist made 16 years ago have sparked a political flap that led to the postponement of a congressional hearing on the minimum wage. Joseph Sabia had been scheduled to appear Wednesday before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the effects…
LOS ANGELES — The southbound side of the Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel near Los Angeles International Airport will be partially closed overnight Thursday into Friday to accommodate maintenance work. The work by the city street-services and street-lighting bureaus is scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. and continue until 6 a.m. Friday. Crews will be performing maintenance…
