Disabled Marine Juan Gonzalez carries US flag to new headquarters with USO president Bob Kurkjian. The Bob Hope USO moved their headquarters at LAX to the historic Theme Building Friday July 27, 2018. The USO offers military members and their families a place to relax,eat, and use online services while passing thru LAX. (Photo by…
Cal State Fullerton alum Rob Fulton, who spent the past 32 years working at the California State University Desert Studies Center in the Mojave Desert, has died at 63. (Photo courtesy of Cal State Fullerton) Rob Fulton, 63, was identified June 28 as the motorist whose body was found outside a vehicle that plunged off…
Unless otherwise noted, all events are on the Cal State Fullerton main campus, 800 N. State College Blvd., and are free and open to the public. Grand Central Art Center Exhibitions The CSUF center is at 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. Exhibits are free. Information: 714-567-7233, grandcentralartcenter.com “None of This is Real”: Through performance, installation, photographic…
Despite recent polling showing the state’s voters strongly opposed to new offshore oil drilling, few Southern California’s GOP Congress members are speaking out against it. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in January announced plans to offer 47 new drilling leases offshore of the West, East, Gulf and Alaska coasts. After immediate and prompt opposition from Florida’s…
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent. That’s the fastest pace since 2014, driven by consumers who began spending their tax cuts and exporters who rushed to get their products delivered ahead of retaliatory tariffs. The Commerce Department reported Friday…
By AHN YOUNG-JOON, KIM TONG-HYUNG and LOLITA BALDOR The Associated Press PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases…
Nearly 1,400 firefighters from across California were battling the Cranston fire near Idyllwild Friday morning, with the fast-moving, wind-driven blaze having eaten up 11,500 acres since it ignited Wednesday just before noon. The latest estimate, from Friday morning, has the fire at only 3 percent containment, down from 5 percent the night before. Friday’s attacks…
Among the 2,200 people laid off globally from Mattel this week, roughly 200 people lost their jobs at the company’s El Segundo headquarters, according to a company spokesman. Alex Clark, representing the toy company that created such iconic brands as Barbie and Hot Wheels, said much like the overall layoffs, those who were let go…
A Temecula man in custody for allegedly sparking the wildfire that has destroyed five homes and burned through thousands of acres in the Idyllwild area is likely to face several additional charges when the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office files its complaint. Few details have emerged publicly about Brandon N. McGlover, 32, who was arrested…
MOJAVE >>Virgin Galactic’s space tourism rocket plane VSS Unity soared over the Mojave Desert on its third powered test flight. The company said the craft ascended Thursday at more than twice the speed of sound and reached an altitude of 32.3 miles (52 kilometers). The spacecraft was taken aloft by the carrier aircraft VMS Eve…
