A man died after getting struck by a car in Santa Ana on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 25. At least one vehicle was speeding near the 1800 block of South Cedar Street when it collided with the pedestrian at about 7:30 p.m., said Santa Ana Cmdr. Richard Weber. The driver of a BMW sedan…
Prior to the Hobie Cat, invented by well-known surfboard maker Hobie Alter, sailing was for the elite. It was a sport reserved for members of yacht clubs who had the mega bucks it took to buy a big boat. But Alter’s design — the Hobie Cat 14, a small catamaran sailboat that became known as…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG The FBI released this poster on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, asking for the public’s assistance in finding the people responsible for sending suspicious packages to multiple locations across the United States. The targets of the packages were some of the figures most frequently criticized by President Donald…
San Francisco in November will become the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens the chance to vote in a local election, making the city once again a flashpoint in the debate about immigration. Noncitizens, including those without legal status, will be allowed to vote only in a school…
As the sun set on a landscape of scruffy mountains and sweeping plains, 20 wild burros watched Mark Meyers with ears erect. They had reason to be quizzical: Meyers and his hired hands were building traps around their muddy watering hole. Amid the clatter of hammers and occasional heehaws and snorts…
On Wednesday, under faultless skies, a sea breeze lightly kissed my face as I stood on the fabled Huntington Beach Pier, watching young surfers below carving waves and doing flips. They were practicing for next week’s World Junior Surfing Championship. I was trying to figure out why President Trump…
Six crewmen die and more than 50 people were injured when the Sansinena blows up on Los Angeles Harbor.
A man was fatally shot Thursday in an Anaheim park that nearby residents say has become a magnet for suspicious activity. Reports of gunfire at about 3:05 p.m. drew police to Chaparral Park at 1770 West Broadway, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. Responding officers found one man who appeared to be in his…
The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday night was examining a suspicious package found at the Westside office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). According to law enforcement sources, the package was not dangerous and appeared to be significantly different from those mailed in recent days…
Wall Street billionaire Michael Bloomberg spent $4.3 million this week to help Democrat Harley Rouda in his effort to unseat 30-year GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in their fight to represent much of coastal Orange County. In the process, Bloomberg, a former Republican, helped make the 48th Congressional District the nation’s most expensive active House campaign in…
