By LOLITA C. BALDOR and CATHERINE LUCEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the “ridiculously high” price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the…
Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner met Wednesday with the head of the teachers union and then sent him a new contract offer in a follow-up letter. The leader of United Teachers Los Angeles quickly responded that a settlement is not close. The union has scheduled a strike authorization vote…
Luis Toledo, left, Daniel Lee and Armon Rahimi in Primm, Nevada, on the way to the competition. (Photo by Georden Grabuskie) Competitors in the Univerity Rover Challenge stay in tents during the competition in Hanksville, Utah. (Photo by Georden Grabuskie) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds The Mars Society sponsors the University Rover Challenge in…
Suspects remain at large after two men in their 20’s sustained non-life-threatening stab wounds during what may have been a gang-related altercation on Thursday, August 16 in San Clemente. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of a disturbance near Calle Agua and Camino El Molino at about 6:40 a.m. on Thursday,…
Animal advocates are calling for increased scrutiny of pet adopters and an end to low-cost adoptions in the wake of allegations that a dog was mistreated after being taken from OC Animal Care during a free event in July. “I want to make it so laws are changed,” said Breanna Dato, who volunteers with Live Love Animal Rescue…
Surprised by Disney’s decision to halt construction of a planned 700-room luxury hotel, Anaheim officials said Thursday they want to work things out with the company, which is the city’s largest employer and provides the bulk of the city’s tourism revenue. City leaders had promised, via a 2016 agreement, to let Disney keep 70 percent…
As the granddaddy of beach volleyball tournaments got underway Thursday, winners of last year’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open were honored with bronze plaques on the Manhattan Beach Pier’s Walk of Fame. Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena on the men’s side, and Brittany Hochevar and Emily Day on the women’s side were immortalized again, along with legends…
Long Beach’s loss of the long-time sponsor of its signature annual sporting event, the Toyota Grand Prix, was foreshadowed by the announcement in 2014 that the company intended to move its North American headquarters from Torrance to Texas by the end of 2017, taking about 3,000 highly paid jobs with it. Yet while the exit…
A man died Wednesday night after he was struck by a car in Fullerton in the 400 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue, police said. Fullerton Police Sgt. Jon Radus said officers responded at 8:06 p.m. to find a man, who appeared to be in his 50s, with significant injuries in the No. 1 lane of…
Aretha Franklin, the preacher’s daughter who became the “Queen of Soul” and forged the template of the larger-than-life pop diva with her exuberant, gospel-rooted singing, has died. She was 76. Franklin died Thursday of advanced pancreatic cancer, according to her publicist Gwendolyn Quinn. In…
