GARDEN GROVE – Jack Wallin left his fingerprints on every park in Garden Grove. So it’s only fitting that his memorial will take place at KiwanisLand. Wallin, 88, died Friday, Sept. 21, after a brief bout of pneumonia. He leaves a legacy grounded in playgrounds – and in fun. As the city’s first superintendent of parks, Wallin…
Overwhelming majorities of both Republican and Democratic registered voters want their utility companies to get more power from solar and wind energy, according to a new survey released Monday during the first day of the Solar Power International conference in Anaheim. Survey respondents from across the nation indicated widespread appeal of solar energy, saying they…
A man who claimed to have a gun made off with money after robbing a bank in Lake Forest on Monday, Sept. 24, officials said. The man entered the Wells Fargo branch in the Stater Bros. grocery store at 22351 El Toro Rd. just after 7 p.m., said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange…
For three days, an SUV was parked in front of Sunrise Elementary in Boyle Heights, with homemade posters taped onto its windows. They featured photos of teachers and administrators at a new charter school along with warnings that they lacked both experience and adequate professional credentials. …
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded Monday night in City Terrace. The shooting occurred just before 11:30 p.m. on the 1000 block of De Garmo Drive during some type of altercation in the hillside district. Sheriff’s deputies were swarming the scene. Capt. Darren Harris confirmed…
Image of Beethoven statue at Pershing Square taken for the Know Your City photography series.
The beleaguered Supreme Court nominee trots out his wife to appear with him on Fox News so she can attest to his character and integrity. No offense to the Kavanaughs, but family members are famously biased and unreliable. And so is Fox News, especially when it comes to sexual misconduct.
It has been nearly a year since musician Antonio M. Wilson was fatally shot while going to pick up some tacos a block from his South Los Angeles home. To spur an investigation that has hit a dead end, Los Angeles Police Department officials on Monday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading…
Local attorneys and judges are scrambling to finalize a flood of accelerated divorces prompted by new federal tax laws that eliminate the spousal support deduction starting Jan. 1. Beating the deadline will allow people expecting to pay support to continue to annually deduct the money from their…
Two hundred and thirty-one years ago, three words — “We the People” — along with the 4,491 words that followed launched both United States Constitution and our nation and, in so doing, forever and profoundly impacted not only the lives of every American, but also the lives of diverse peoples around the world – people…
