SANTA ANA — A retired Sycamore Junior High School drama teacher who was on trial for allegedly molesting five of his students apparently took his own life as his attorney and a prosecutor were preparing to begin closing arguments Wednesday morning. David Michael Bruce, 68, was found dead in his home in an unincorporated area…
In last week’s column I was telling you about the upcoming induction ceremony for the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame and I left off in the middle of the inductees. Before I go any further, though, I just want to remind you that this cool event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 at…
Authorities released the identity of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Monday, Oct. 8 in Stanton. Tam Nguyen, 79, of Anaheim was riding an electric bicycle near the intersection of Cerritos and Magnolia avenues when he was hit by an automobile sometime before 1:50 p.m. Paramedics transferred him to UC Irvine…
Rescuers airlifted a bicyclist to a hospital after he went down in a remote section of Newport Beach on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 9. A man in his 20s fell off of his bike and was injured while riding with two other cyclists along a trail near the intersection of Vista Ridge Road and…
Williamson Rock is a sheer granite wall that rises from chaparral in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Crisscrossed with 300 routes, it has been a proving ground for Southern California rock climbers since the 1960s. But in a move that outraged many in the climbing community, the area…
On July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes took the first XF-11 prototype on its maiden flight and crashed.
LAUSD board President Monica Garcia and Superintendent Austin Beutner are slated to participate in Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (File photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Thousands of Southern California students, along with parents, teachers and staffers, will take to the streets Wednesday to mark Walk to School Day, which not…
By JAY REEVES PANAMA CITY, Fla.— Michael’s leading edge careened onto northwest Florida’s white-sand beaches as a still-growing Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, lashing the coast with tropical storm-force winds and rain and pushing a storm surge that could cause catastrophic damage well inland once it makes landfall. The unexpected brute quickly sprang from a weekend…
A Huntington Beach police officer on his way to work on his patrol motorcycle was involved in a crash on the Butterfield Ranch Road onramp to the southbound 71 Freeway in Chino Hills Wednesday morning, prompting authorities to shut down the onramp, California Highway Patrol officials said. “It appears the officer and a civilian vehicle…
Mexican officials discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel that began in a home in the town of Jacume less than a football field away from the U.S. border. A team made up of members of the U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration determined…
