LOS ANGELES – Ramona Ripston, who led the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California nearly 40 years, died Saturday in Los Angeles at age 91, ACLU officials said. Ripston had been in failing health for several years and died at her Los Angeles home, ACLU SoCal spokesman David Colker said. “Ripston was an impassioned,…
A captain with Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue was in critical condition at a hospital after he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Nov. 3, authorities said. Capt. Mike Kreza was off duty at the time of the accident, said Carrie Braun, spokeswoman for the Orange County…
Garden Grove police are still searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed an elderly man multiple times in the restroom of a fast food restaurant, Oct. 27. (Courtesy of Garden Grove Police Department) Garden Grove police are still searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed an elderly man multiple times in the restroom of a…
SILVERADO — Not many people will think of the outdoors before they think of cookies when it comes to the Girl Scouts, but there are about 600 girls proving otherwise. Gathered in Silverado’s Oak Canyon Park, Girl Scout troops from all over Orange County — and parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties —…
LOS ANGELES >> Southern California residents will get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night, Nov. 3, as Daylight Saving Time comes to end and clocks are turned back an hour. California and most other states will “fall back” one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, as the state returns to Pacific Standard Time. As usual, fire officials urged…
Orange County firefighters were called to a Westminster apartment complex after an explosion occurred Saturday, Nov. 3. (Courtesy of Orange County Fire Authority) A small SUV crashed into a wall in a parking garage, striking a water heater closet that caused a gas leak and led to an explosion at a Westminster apartment complex Saturday,…
A small brush fire started near Mt. Baldy on Friday but no homes are in its immediate path. The blaze, which started near Mountain Avenue and Shinn Road, was reported about 7:30 p.m. in a forested area and has grown to 20 acres, according to Ed Pickett, a supervising fire dispatcher with the Los…
Two years ago, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa kept his seat by 1,621 votes, making the race in his sprawling coastal 49th District in Orange and San Diego counties the closet congressional tally in the nation that year. Now the district, covering 54 miles of coastline and mansion enclaves, that has…
On Tuesday, voters will decide who should take over one of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the nation, in a contest that few may even realize appears on the crowded Los Angeles County ballot. The race for sheriff could be historic. It pits the establishment incumbent against a lesser-funded…
Two years into the Donald Trump experience, with midterm elections coming up this week, political fault lines deeper than the San Andreas and political rhetoric flaring like a California wildfire, I got into my car and drove to Temecula. That was the deal I made last year with Dana Martin, proud…
