A former Orange Coast College student was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for vandalizing two campus security vehicles and violating an order to stay away from the Costa Mesa campus, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. Robert Bouton McDougal, 22, also received three…
A bill that would penalize retailers that hire trucking companies which have legal judgments against them for labor law violations is now a signature away becoming law after it was passed by the California legislature on Friday, Aug. 31. Senate Bill 1402, authored by state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), was passed by a majority…
Five years ago, California became the first state in the nation to recognize the human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water. Today, we look at how the state is working to ensure that right and where the biggest concerns for Californians are. The California Water Resources Control Board’s records show more than 266…
In just over two years, Eric Gonzales has lost 161 pounds. It took a lot of determination, fortitude and willpower. And, it took a village. When a family crisis threw his life into disarray last summer, the Los Alamitos resident could no longer afford his Weight Watchers membership. He shared his situation on Connect, the…
It’s not unusual for an audience to listen to a scientific presentation on climate change that outlines such effects as scorching temperatures, rising sea levels and intense wildfires — and then sink slowly into a blue funk. “They can feel very depressed,” Angelica Gonzales, conservation program manager for the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, said. “They…
Golf bag, with broken clubs, left is downtown Los Angeles trash can.
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…
