By ELLEN KNICKMEYER | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday came out with new rules scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration’s legacy programs to rein in climate-changing fossil-fuel emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency called the Obama-era regulations on coal power plants “overly prescriptive…
By MATT O’BRIEN | AP Technology Writer Microsoft has uncovered new Russian hacking efforts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said Tuesday that a group tied to the Russian government created fake websites that appeared to spoof two American conservative organizations: the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute. Three…
New convert is immersed in ocean at Will Rogers State Beach.
HEMET — Two young children, a 23-month-old and a 7-month old, who were abducted by their biological parents from their grandparents’ home in Hemet were later located in Tustin and are back with their grandparents this morning, and four people are in custody, authorities said. Tustin police located the vehicle the infant and toddler’s parents…
Assistant professor Trevis Matheus, right, packs up at Cal State Fullerton with students in his summer Mountain Field Geography course, from left, Case Takata, Dylan Mcdaniel, Carlos Lopez, Raymond Villalba, Kyle Shields, Jessica Venham, Daniel Swenson and Ariana Correa. (Photo courtesy of Cal State Fullerton) Participants in the Mountain Field Geography class stop along the…
Student instructor Jocelyn Renteria presents a new polynomial puzzle. (Photo by Matt Gush/Cal State Fullerton) Project MISS student Esmeralda Antonio works on her polynomial equation assignment. (Photo by Matt Gush/Cal State Fullerton) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Student instructor Jocelyn Renteria explains a graphing equation to Project MISS student Britney Luna. (Photo by Matt…
Orange County sheriff’s deputies who managed jailhouse informants as part of the department’s “snitch scandal” are again embroiled in controversy, this time over the use of improperly recorded attorney-client telephone calls from the jail. Investigator William Beeman, who maintained recording devices in jail cells during the scandal that unfolded in 2014, also accessed some of…
A healthy lifestyle should include regular exercise, but you may be missing out if all your favorite exercises are of the aerobic variety. Strength training can provide a host of benefits that other exercises might not. Video: Easy fitness tips Experts agree that the key to a better quality of life is daily exercise, especially…
Surf music originated in California, spearheaded by Jan and Dean, Dick Dale and The Beach Boys. It’s where the modern surfboard was invented. And it’s home to the original, courtroom-validated Surf City – Huntington Beach. So Gov. Jerry Brown made it official on Monday, declaring surfing the official state sport. Hawaii is where surfing began, some…
