By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ALINA HARTOUNIAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A blown tire on a semitrailer may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities. At least seven people were killed, and many of the 49 passengers…
Anthony Grigore is a Democrat. But as he waited Thursday at an In-N-Out Burger in El Segundo for his meal, Grigore made it clear party loyalty would only go so far. Just hours earlier, the head of the California Democratic Party called for a boycott of the famed burger chain after a public filing…
If the latest salvos in an escalating trade war between the United States and China take effect, the resulting economic shock waves would likely hit Los Angeles and Long Beach ports the hardest, local officials fear. The latest round of tariffs, threatening $200 billion worth of Chinese products the U.S. imports each year, stands to…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 400 pounds of narcotics valued at over $1.6 million and arrested 10 wanted fugitives in San Diego and Imperial counties over the last weekend. The drugs were seized from Aug. 24 to Aug. 26 and included 385 pounds of methamphetamine, 20…
An artist is paying tribute to the late Robin Williams with a giant mural in San Francisco that depicts his blue eyes and nose framed by silver hair. The San Francisco Examiner reports that Argentine muralist Andres Iglesias, who signs his art with the pseudonym Cobre, completed his wall-sized…
An El Cajon, Calif., police canine and former Instagram star is making waves on the internet once again, this time as the subject of an online petition that seeks to reunite him with his previous handler. More than 137,000 people have signed the change.org petition titled “Keep K9 jester with his…
The pilot of a twin-engine plane that crashed in a Santa Ana shopping center earlier this month made contact with air traffic controllers at John Wayne Airport several times before apparently losing control of the aircraft, according to a preliminary accident report by the National Transportation…
A Garden Grove man accused of attacking his family and stabbing a young girl to death has been charged with one count each of murder and attempted murder. Tanh Thien Tran, 73, will appear in court on Friday, Aug. 31, two days after allegedly shooting his wife and stabbing his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Orange County District…
Photographer Stuart Palley has spent five years covering wildfires at night in California. An exhibition of his work opens Saturday, Sept. 1, in Santa Ana.
The long Labor Day weekend will mark another focused effort by Southern California law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunken and impaired drivers. From Friday through Monday, all available California Highway Patrol officers will be on duty, on the lookout for motorists under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Local police agencies across the…
