By NINIEK KARMINI | Associated Press SUMUR, Indonesia — Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting “Water is coming! Water is coming!” and reciting verses from the Quran as emergency messages were broadcast over mosque speakers. It proved to be…
Christina El Moussa and Ant Anstead are ringing in the New Year with wedding rings. Dozens of guests thought they would be gathering at El Moussa’s home to head for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade on Saturday. Instead, they arrived at the surprise wedding of El Moussa, 35, star of HGTV’s home rehab show…
You know the story: Informed there was no room at the inn, Joseph and Mary took shelter in a stable. In this humble setting, surrounded by oxen, sheep and other animals, the infant Jesus was born and placed in a bed of straw. His birth was hailed by a worshipful crowd that included three kings…
Four researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography have earned state grants to study how climate change is shifting conditions on the Pacific Coast, including cliffs and tide pools. Together they were awarded $1 million from the California Ocean Protection Council to create maps, models and…
For as long as he can remember, Kenneth Matassa has been riveted by the rails. As a youngster, he could often be found messing about with model trains or circling tracks around a tree in his family’s yard. Asked how he fell into the hobby, though, and one might be met with a shrug. “I…
After Aylianna Switzer’s birth on July 11, friends and family came by the hospital to admire the baby. The visitors often made the same remark: “She looks so perfect!” “When you hear that,” said Brandon Switzer, Aylianna’s father, “it’s hard.” Now almost 6 months old, Aylianna looks healthy and…
Here is a Christmas gift to my critics, many of whom have accused me of being a humorless, feminist man-hater: I love the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” I get a little thrill every time I hear the contrapuntal duet, a lovely back-and-forth between two smitten people who don’t really want their…
Paul Ricoletti, owner of North Hollywood Ice Co., uses ice machines to create a white Christmas for his daughter.
ROSEMEAD — A man suspected of stealing a GMC van died Monday after causing two collisions on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Rosemead and attempting to vandalize and carjack other vehicles on the freeway before being restrained by civilians, authorities said. Witnesses reported seeing Ramon J. Lopez Jr., 39, of Huntington Beach driving a…
Anaheim police were investigating a shooting on the evening of Monday, Dec. 24, that left a man injured. Gunfire struck a man sometime before 6:35 p.m. in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street, west of Topeka Street, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. He said the victim was taken to a…
