Los Angeles County mobile health teams will hand out flea collars, insect repellent and maps to restrooms as part of an emergency plan approved Tuesday to ward off disease-carrying fleas that are spreading typhus at alarming rates in pockets of downtown Los Angeles and throughout Long Beach, Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. The Board…
DANA POINT — Horn sharks may not be as well known as great whites, but a living horn shark exhibit planned for the Ocean Institute will help provide greater understanding of both species — and of all sharks in general. Wendy Marshall, who leads the Dana Point institute’s education programs, sees the exhibit — funded…
The first Santa Ana winds of the season roared across the state on Monday, killing a woman, downing trees, causing power outages and putting fire crews on edge. Utility companies and fire agencies alike were on high alert as the powerful winds paired with bone-dry vegetation and humidity in the…
Brainiac might be weird but we are so looking forward to our new garbage can. We probably are weird, aren’t we? Here’s the deal, though. The Midway City Sanitation District, which serves Westminster, is finally ready to roll out its new green organics waste bins, which are not, you may be surprised to learn, just for…
Wind blew over a temporary power pole connected to a main power line at a pumpkin patch attraction on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at 2107 E. Huntington Drive in Duarte, leaving a live power line in the street for a brief time. (Photo by Tom Bray/San Gabriel Valley Tribune) LOS ANGELES — Utility crews were…
Sears will unveil an all-new look at the grand reopening of its North Hollywood location. An escalator has been installed, new jewelry cases added, and a new center island style checkout counter are among the improvements at the store. North Hollywood CA 11/3/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A sign for a…
The eighth photo in the 1955-56 Know Your City photography series is of the Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple.
For much of her life, Jennie Galindo has been on the move, running away from one thing or another. As a teenager, Galindo looked for ways to escape the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of a close relative, years of assault compounded by the pain of not being believed once she…
A man was stabbed outside a strip mall Tuesday morning and died at a hospital in Anaheim, prompting a murder investigation. Just before 1 a.m. Oct. 16, police officers found the wounded man after responding to a call for a possible stabbing at Lincoln Avenue and Bel Air Street. The victim was a man believed…
The parent company of niche dating sites Jdate and Christian Mingle has agreed to pay $500,000 in penalties and up to $985,000 in restitution to customers whose subscriptions automatically renewed or who were denied refunds. Los Angeles-based Spark Networks USA also agreed to change its website…
