After news broke over the weekend that a woman had accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, AP Government teacher Brandon Cabezas didn’t have to ask himself whether he should talk to his students about it. His students brought it up. “This was definitely a robust discussion,” Cabezas said….
Sen. Dianne Feinstein was fighting for her political life in 1994, facing a tight election that was swinging on the issue of immigration. Proposition 187, which would cut many public services to those in California illegally, was leading in the polls and her Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate,…
Phillip Cesena transferred to San Franciscquito Canyon in February 1928 to work as a ranch hand, mucking out stalls and exercising ranch animals. Phillip Cesena, 15, showing off his trick riding he learned while working on a ranch in San Francisquito Canyon in early March 1928. (historical photo courtesy of Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel) The 15-year-old had…
ABERDEEN, Md. — Multiple victims were shot Thursday at the Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Md., Harford County officials confirmed. Three people were killed in the shooting, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said the shooting occurred at Spesutia and Perryman roads in Perryman outside of Aberdeen — the location of Enterprise Business Park. The deputies…
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALAN SUDERMAN | Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. — Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby Cape Fear River overtopped an earthen dike at the facility and inundated a large lake. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said Thursday that the…
The Southern Pacific Lark passenger train crashes into a truck stuck on a railroad crossing in Glendale.
While on patrolling this week, Brea officers found two homemade bombs inside a car that they had pulled over for having an expired registration tag, police said. The 9 p.m. traffic stop on on Tuesday, Sept. 18, of the black Toyota Corolla was near Imperial Highway and Orange Avenue,. During the stop officers ended up…
By FOSTER KLUG and ERIC TALMADGE The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — A beaming South Korean President Moon Jae-in returned home from a whirlwind three-day summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday saying that Kim wants the U.S. secretary of state to visit Pyongyang soon for nuclear talks, and also hopes…
The California bullet train would cut through Sun Valley, San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Agua Dulce, the state rail authority proposed Wednesday as it laid out its plans for the complicated route from Burbank to Palmdale — one of its most controversial and costly segments. Compared with other…
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday bluntly questioned the allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a fellow high school student over 30 years ago, and Republicans warned the accuser the window was closing to tell her story before a confirmation vote. Trump’s…
