Author of the “Ranger’s Apprentice” and “Brotherband” series John Flanagan speaks at Central Library in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 7, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer) Author of the “Ranger’s Apprentice” and “Brotherband” series John Flanagan, right, speaks to the attendees at Central Library in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 7, 2018. (Photo by…

A bicyclist died in the hospital after he was struck by an automobile in Stanton on the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 8. A man was riding a bike near the intersection of Cerritos and Magnolia avenues when he was struck by an automobile sometime before 1:50 p.m., said Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Ken Binning. Orange…

The Diocese of San Bernardino County on Monday released a list of 34 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing children since the diocese formed in 1978. Six of the named priests — Edward Ball, Gustavo Benson, Anthony Rodrigue, Alex Castillo, Jesus Dominguez and Ponciano Ramos.— were convicted for their crimes. The most recent…

Capo Beach is crumbling. First, waves tossed around and ate away at fire rings that eventually had to be removed for safety concerns. Decades-old palm trees keeled over, roots exposed from erosion. Some had to be hauled off from their beachfront spots on the sand. Now, the concrete beach walkway at Capistrano Beach has collapsed…

  A SpaceX rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday night. Photo: SpaceX A satellite floats away from the SpaceX rocket and is deployed into action on Sunday night. Photo: SpaceX Sound The gallery will resume inseconds A rocket booster lands on a pad not far from where it took off at…

From his cell at the Adelanto immigration detention facility on July 11, 2017, Romulo Avelica Gonzalez scrawled out a journal entry on lined notebook paper. “Another person hanged himself,” he wrote in Spanish. “Lost asylum.” It was one of five suicide attempts over the course of eight months at…

Nigerian dwarf goats will be the star attraction at upcoming yoga sessions at the Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel on Oct. 27. (Courtesy of California Goat Yoga) Goat Yoga is more about the goats than the yoga. Here a participant gets a picture of her mat companion. (Courtesy of California Goat Yoga) Sound The gallery will…

By DAVID KEYTON and JIM HEINTZ STOCKHOLM — Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for studying a pressing issue facing the global economy: how to deal with pollution and climate change and how to foster the innovation needed to tackle such problems. William Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul Romer of…

The newly constructed, 14,000-square-foot home has never been lived in. Click through the slideshow to see more. (Photos courtesy of Tim Smith, Coldwell Banker) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Show Caption of Expand A newly built, 14,000-square-foot, waterfront home on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach hits the market this week at $45 million….

  After limboing under the finish line, Chris Mocko celebrates winning the Jet Blue Long Beach Marathon Sunday morning, Ocrtober 7, 2018. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer) Mary Akor becomes the firstwoman to cross the finish line at the 34th annual Long Beach Marathon on Sunday, October 7, 2018. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing…