A year ago, the Friday “rehearsal” of the Huntington Beach air show was grounded because of fog. This time around, Mother Nature decided to cooperate – big time. Skies sparkled blue and cloudless for the debut of the Great Pacific Airshow, which will continue through the weekend. Jeff Boerboon flies his home-built Yak-110 during the Great…
A California official who enforced the state’s liquor laws in Koreatown schemed with a businessman to shake down karaoke bar owners as part of a brazen ploy that went on for years, federal prosecutors alleged Friday. Wilbur M. Salao, 46, and Scott Seo, 49, appeared in court earlier this week on…
Dr. Ben Rubin took over as the team physician at Servite High School in 1979, and for the next 39 years he’s been as linked to Servite athletics as the famed “hut drill” performed by the Friars football teamafter every game. And now, the Friars have shown their gratitude in an unprecedented way. Dr. Ben…
Chairs are packed, leaving standing room only during a discussion on sober-living homes in South Orange County in 2016. Problems are widely reported throughout Orange County. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG) In a growing crackdown on abuses in the addiction treatment industry, Huntington Beach and the Orange County District Attorney’s office are…
Motorists should keep a close eye on their speedometer while traveling on the I-405 Freeway in Orange County, as the speed limit has been dropped from 65 to 55 mph for a 16-mile stretch of the roadway during a massive, multi-year construction project. Drivers traveling between the I-605 and 73 toll road last week may…
USC said Friday it had agreed to pay $215 million to former patients of Dr. George Tyndall, the first in what is expected to be a wave of payouts stemming from the sexual abuse scandal involving the longtime campus gynecologist. The proposed settlement would provide $2,500 to any USC student treated…
President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to speed up their environmental review of major water projects in California and to develop plans to suspend or revise regulations that hamper water deliveries. The directive will have little immediate practical effect. But it comes a bit more…
The giant inflatable “Baby Trump” goes airborne outside the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, for Politicon, which will be held this weekend. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News) A giant “Baby Trump” inflatable — like those seen in the skies above protests across the country — was…
Public safety officials are attempting to reunite a lost tortoise with its owner after an ambulance crew came upon the animal Thursday on an El Cajon sidewalk. Heartland Fire & Rescue paramedics from an American Medical Response ambulance came across the tortoise walking down a sidewalk near West…
“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: California housing market is at risk as mortgage rates rise near eight-year highs. Source: California Association of Realtors Trend reported: The trade group claims in its annual forecast that rising mortgages rates will cut California house hunters’ buying power and…
