A fast-moving fire broke out Monday in the Cleveland National Forest, burning more than 4,000 acres in less than three hours and forcing evacuations in two Orange County canyons. The fire was moving rapidly into the forest, which straddles Orange and Riverside counties. One structure was destroyed,…
A former student sued the elite Brentwood School on Monday in the wake of a female teacher being charged with repeatedly having sex with the minor, alleging that other faculty members encouraged the unlawful behavior and failed to report it to authorities. The lawsuit accuses the private school,…
After the mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, Los Angeles school officials reassured parents that much had been done to keep local schools safe. California had tougher gun laws, after all, and the school district paid close attention to students’ mental…
Dramatic drone images released Monday offered a grim record of the devastation in Shasta County, where the Carr fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes. The images showed swaths of homes leveled by the flames in suburban subdivisions and more rural areas. The eerie images, taken after fire crews had…
Zoot Velasco participated in the Arts in Corrections program at Wasco State Prison in Kern County. (Photo courtesy of Zoot Velasco) Zoot Velasco found work as a mime, seen here in 1988. (Photo courtesy of Zoot Velasco) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Zoot Velasco has worked as a live mannequin, seen here in 1988….
ORANGE COUNTY HEATWAVE Anaheim: Monday’s high, 98; today’s forecast, 94 Fullerton: Monday’s high, 97; today’s forecast, 95 Huntington Beach: Monday’s high, 84; today’s forecast, 82 Laguna Beach: Monday’s high, 83; today’s forecast, 83 Santa Ana: Monday’s high, 95; today’s forecast, 93 Yorba Linda: Monday’s high, 100; today’s forecast, 99 Source: National Weather Service, San Diego
The word “amputation” threw a chill down Michael Rubenstein’s spine. The 67-year-old diabetic from San Mateo still winces at the thought. “They told me I’d need to cut it off right about here,” he said, sawing his hand across his left shin. Two months after that diagnosis, he’s on an exam table at the Center…
A canopy of green envelops Bonnie Valladares as she takes a painting class at the Fullerton Arboretum on June 24. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) About 20 students learn how to paint Dina Mabe’s “Summer Geraniums in Patriotic Tins” at the picturesque Fullerton Arboretum on June 24. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County…
The most ambitious rail project of California’s future is increasingly dependent on the cooperation of the very railroad that shaped the state’s past — and there are signs their relationship is growing strained. Contractors building a 31-mile section of the high-speed rail project in the Central…
The massive Mendocino Complex fire jumped across at least four creeks, one major road and a fire line cut by a bulldozer in a single six-mile run this weekend toward Leesville, a tiny unincorporated way station in Colusa County. Typically, any one of those breaks could have halted the spread of…
