Homeowners and public officials are counting on secure fencing that the county is installing in 24 locations along flood control channels in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Westminster to deter transients that they say break into homes and cars, start fires, and cause other havoc. At a news conference Thursday, Aug. 30, held in the shade…
It was a magical evening for Newport Harbor High’s football team and its 30-13, season-opening victory over Sequoia of Redwood City, given it was the Sailors’ first win at home on the renovated Davidson Field. They hadn’t won a home game last year when the stadium reopened after a two-year hiatus. Further, in his debut…
Noncitizens, including those in the country illegally, will be allowed to serve on boards and commissions in California if Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill known as the California Inclusion Act. Under Senate Bill 174, which was approved in the state Legislature last week, qualified noncitizens would be eligible to be appointed to such local…
As the summer heat picks up again and school begins, the city of La Habra is looking at installing splash pads at two of its 20 parks with a $1.2 million grant from the state. The grant comes from work with former Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), whose staff reached out to the city for projects…
SANTA ANA — A former high school water polo and swim coach pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting three teenage girls and was sentenced to six months in jail. Joshua Christopher Owens, 24, of La Palma, pleaded guilty to one felony count each of oral copulation of a victim younger than 16 and sexual penetration…
One person was dead after the Jeep they were riding in overturned and hit a guardrail off the eastbound 91 freeway in Anaheim early Thursday morning, Aug. 30. The Jeep Wrangler was reported overturned on the side of the road shortly after 1:30 a.m. just east of Imperial Highway, according to the California Highway Patrol….
Car dealer Cal Worthington started each television introducing his dog Spot – except there was never a dog-always a different animal.
Surgery is a mainstay of breast cancer treatment, offering most women a good chance of cure. For frail nursing home residents, however, breast cancer surgery can harm their health and even hasten death, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. The results have led some experts to question why patients who are fragile…
I’m not sure if it’s a sign of local economic vitality — or just a symbol of how horrible the region’s traffic has become — but there’s record-setting traffic on Orange County’s southern toll roads. Use of Orange County’s Foothill/Eastern (133/241/261) and San Joaquin Hills (73) tollways has finally exceeded pre-recession peaks thanks to an…
SANTA ANA — A 35-year-old Cerritos man was convicted Tuesday of gross vehicular manslaughter in a drunken driving crash that killed an 82-year-old La Mirada man on Mother’s Day 2015 in Buena Park. Steven Gerard Cruz was also convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with a blood-alcohol content exceeding…
