A former teacher at a Los Angeles Unified elementary school in Canoga Park pleaded no contest Tuesday to two felony counts of lewd acts upon a child. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Rene Tenas, 39, is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in prison on Nov. 16 at the Van Nuys…
LAKE FOREST — A 36-year-old man is behind bars on charges of kidnapping and robbing three bank tellers in Lake Forest, court records obtained Tuesday show. A still image from surveillance video showing a man suspected of robbing the Wells Fargo inside the Stater Bros. grocery store in Lake Forest on Monday, Sept. 24 as…
The first significant rain of the season hit the Bay Area early Tuesday while Southern California was preparing for its share of the storm, which is expected to roll in by Wednesday. A low-pressure system making its way through the northern part of the state will bring precipitation from the coast…
LAGUNA HILLS — The Florence Sylvester Memorial Senior Center held Casino Night on Saturday, Sept. 29. The annual event raises funds for the Meals On Wheels program and the many other resources the center provides. The evening featured games, refreshments and raffle prizes. Nicolet Araujo, Ingrid Papich and Nancy Bledsoe celebrate a winning Blackjack hand…
LAGUNA WOODS — The City Council on Wednesday, Sept. 26, unanimously approved two resolutions that would modify the compensation schedule and employee benefits plan for city employees. Both a “prudent business practice” as well as federal-law compliance necessitated the changes, City Manager Chris Macon said. Other modifications were made for clarity as well as a…
California students’ standardized test scores inched up this year, though gains among younger students were nearly canceled out by a drop at the high school level. More than 3 million students in third through eighth grade and 11th grade took the California Assessment of Student Performance and…
California students did slightly better in English and math on this year’s state test than they did last year, state education officials announced Tuesday morning, Oct. 2. In the state, 49.88 percent of students met or exceeded the English Language Arts/Literacy standards, a 1.32 percentage point increase from 2017, a news release states. In math, 38.65…
The master suite, with a sitting area and opening to a terrace, is one of five bedrooms in the home. (Photos by Antis Photography) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Show Caption of Expand That was quick. “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Tamra Judge sold the Ladera Ranch house she bought in December…
Orange County home prices rose as sales counts dropped in August vs. a year earlier. That’s according to the latest homebuying report from CoreLogic. Here are five trends you should know about the local market, data for the month compared to 12 months earlier and how those results looked vs. the six-county Southern California region…
Twenty Los Angeles Times employees died in the Oct. 1, 1910, bombing. After the funerals and memorials, the suspects are caught and convicted.
