By NINIEK KARMINI and STEPHEN WRIGHT PALU, Indonesia — The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami that decimated parts of the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to more than 1,200 on Tuesday as disaster officials began reaching coastal areas that were cut off by blocked roads and downed telephone lines. Officials said hundreds…
A Los Angeles police officer did not use excessive force when he fatally shot an armed 18-year-old man in the back, a jury decided Monday. Attorneys for the family of Kenney Watkins had filed a civil lawsuit, arguing that the officer, Evan Urias, should have stopped and waited for backup when Watkins…
A woman says she was sexually assaulted in high school by a hard-drinking kid who has grown up to become a Supreme Court nominee. Her story gets out. A second accuser comes forward. Then a third. His nomination is imperiled. What happens next? Time for another round of Let’s Blame the Women! But…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 84 people across San Diego County in a large-scale enforcement operation over the past two weeks. ICE reported similar enforcement efforts across the country. ICE officers arrested 150 people around Los Angeles, 98 people in North Texas and…
Authorities identified a pedestrian who died after he was struck by an automobile in Garden Grove on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 26. Freddie Brown Jr., 46, was pronounced dead following a traffic collision that happened sometime before 8:56 p.m., according to Orange County Coroner’s investigator Kelly Keyes. Officials did not know his city of…
Southern California got ready Monday for the first storm of the new rain season, due midweek, while also preparing for possible debris flows as the threatening remnants of tropical storm Rosa rolled through the mountain and desert areas. For a time Monday afternoon, authorities issued a voluntary flood evacuation for San Jacinto Mountain communities in…
It is officially Oktoberfest time in Huntington Beach. The 41st annual German festival kicked off this weekend at Old World Huntington Beach with a parade weaving through the village before the tapping of the first keg of the festival. The Old World festival continues through Oct. 28. Find out more online at oldworld.ws. Musicians march…
In a roundabout way, it was President Donald Trump’s rise to power that prompted Democrat Beatriz “Betty” Valencia to run for city council. Within a few months of Trump’s 2016 victory, the 47-year-old protested in the streets of Los Angeles with the Women’s March. Soon after, she began attending council meetings in her home town,…
Shattering 40 years of secrecy, police disciplinary records and body camera footage will be available for public scrutiny under two laws signed this week by Gov. Jerry Brown. Senate Bill 1421, by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, opens the once-private personnel files of officers using deadly force, involved in sustained acts of on-duty sexual assault…
It’a one thing to be named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. It’s another to be the only school in all of Orange County to receive that esteemed honor in a year. True to its name, Golden Elementary in Placentia took the gold medal this year – making it one of…
