Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Since Wednesday, she has watched as that bare-bones version of her story became public without her…
Stanford University’s leaders plan to strip some prominent campus references to Junipero Serra, the canonized 18th-century priest who established the California mission system that critics now blame for decimating Native American communities. The Franciscan friar was credited with bringing Catholicism…
Cal State Northridge senior Angelo Mutia is a straight man who admits he’s used a slur to describe gay men. He’s joked about transgender people. He’s dismissed as “ridiculous” any gender identities besides male and female. His attitudes changed, he said, two years ago, when he took a class to fulfill…
Wind gusts topping 70 mph rattled a hot Sunday night last October in the northern foothills of Calistoga in the Napa Valley. The unusually powerful winds were dangerous enough. But then a fire started in those hills and raced toward Santa Rosa. Within hours, whole neighborhoods were on fire. By…
Dr. Sabrina Meldrum, one of Vetted’s first veterinarians, and a technician work with a client’s dog. (Photo courtesy of Vetted) Dr. Benjamin Rosnick has a little one-on-one time with Piper. (Courtesy of Vetted) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Ali Shahid, left, and Karan Aneja started Vetted about two years ago. The company has two…
California Coastal Cleanup Day includes Pacific Coast Highway on Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Huntington Beach. Two groups, Orange County Coastkeeper and Trail 4 All have a combined 40 cleanup sites in Orange County. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Katie Peck’s giant cigarette seagull is on display as hundreds of people participate in the…
SANTA ANA – Santa Ana police Saturday searched for a 73-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s disease who left his home on a bicycle and did not return, authorities said. Gregorio Diaz was last seen about 10 a.m. Friday riding away from his home on a black bicycle with a basket on the back, police said. His…
Tandem surfers Stephanie Gailey and Travis Long maintain almost perfect form as they wipe out during the Doheny Longboard Surfing AssociationÕs annual Velzy Surf Contest and Luau in Dana Point on Saturday, September 15, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Mark and Debbie Gale turn the tandem competition upside down during the Doheny…
Nikki Marvin and Mikey Pedroza, of Orange County, dance as Lizzy and the Triggerman performs during the VintageVibe Festival Los Angeles at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. The music and lifestyle festival featured several bands including The Shelters, Las Cafeteras, Black Joe Lewis The Honeybears, Low Cut Connie, and…
“I like to glue things on walls,” says mosaic muralist Renee Howard at her newest creation, “Heavy Metal Wall and Rock ‘n’ Roll Sidewalk,” on Vanowen Street in North Hollywood on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Howard spent nearly a year of weekends working on the wall with her Bernese Mountain Dog, Dudley. (Photo by Sarah…
