By Chad Terhune, California Healthline Hospitals have gobbled up nearly 40 percent of physician practices in California, leading to higher bills for patients, a new study shows. Just a quarter of practices were owned by hospitals eight years ago, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. That type of rapid industry consolidation was associated…
DANA POINT — At first, Altair Ayoub wasn’t so sure he would like the school field trip. “Look, we’re almost a mile off shore!” he said as the Spirit of Dana Point, one of the Ocean Institute’s tall ships, sailed just feet from its dock in Dana Point Harbor. “I hope we’ll be OK. I’ve…
Burt Reynolds was a great example. Of how big a movie star could be, of how a movie star should not manage his career, and of what that star ought to do with himself after all of that. For us young men coming of age in the anything-goes (but still mighty confusing) 1970s, Reynolds, who…
A track moves models of vintage cars above the booths at the Ruby’s Diner location in Corona Del Mar. (MICHAEL GOULDING, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) Ruby’s Diner is attempting to refinance its debt through bankruptcy court, according to a filing Sept. 5. (Courtesy Ruby’s Diner) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Dave Cavanaugh had an idea…
By ANGIE WANG The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Police say four people are dead, including the gunman, in a downtown Cincinnati bank shooting. Police Chief Eliot Isaac said the shooter opened fire early Thursday morning at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building. Isaac said the gunman then entered the bank’s lobby where…
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. could be found personally liable for damages in a lawsuit alleging he tricked The Forum’s owners into giving up land now slated for a Los Angeles Clippers arena, a judge has ruled. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Broadbelt last week denied a motion by Butts’ attorneys that argued…
A teenager was killed by gunfire in a residential neighborhood in Santa Ana early Thursday morning, Sept. 6, with officers questioning a man and a woman who were with him, police said. The youth was found in the street in the 1000 block of West Richland Avenue, Santa Ana Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. He had…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is headed to Ohio to meet with local Democrats. In an interview, he said that he intends to make a decision on whether or not he will run for president by March 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to begin a three-day…
WESTMINSTER – A man was shot Wednesday night, Sept. 6, in the parking lot of a CVS Pharmacy and later died at a hospital, police said. Investigators arrived on scene shortly after a 9:40 p.m. call of shots fired to find the wounded man, Officer Alan Aoki said. There had also been reports of an…
A fast-moving fire that started Wednesday afternoon north of Redding forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on Interstate 5 and authorities to evacuate several small mountain communities. The Delta fire was reported about 12:51 p.m. north of Lakehead, a community of about 500 people near the…
