The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is in the early stages of an investigation into allegations that actress Asia Argento sexually abused child actor Jimmy Bennett at a Marina del Rey hotel in 2013. But like so many sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood over the last year, this case is…
For nearly 40 years, voters in Eastern San Diego County have picked a Republican named Duncan Hunter to be their representative in Congress. Duncan Lee Hunter came first, and then his son and current congressman Duncan Duane Hunter. Could 2018 be the year they change course and go with a 29-year-old…
Housing’s foreclosure crisis is far in the rear-view mirror as the number of Southern Californians skipping the monthly house payment has dropped to pre-recession lows. CoreLogic reports 2.5 percent of mortgaged homes in Los Angeles and Orange counties were late in May vs. 2.8 percent a year earlier. That’s the lowest since May 2007. L.A.-O.C….
WESTMINSTER — A motorist was killed Thursday when his car rear-ended a big rig that was slowing for traffic on the northbound 405 Freeway in Westminster, authorities said. The crash occurred about 12:40 a.m. north of Golden West Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The 19-year-old Huntington Beach man died at a hospital, the…
The Wedge can be a crazy place, with surfers, skimboarders, bodyboarders and bodysurfers all trying to get a piece of the wild wave. Last Friday, they had to make way for the massive, inflated air mattress in the line up. A Newport Beach surfer’s Wedge antics caught on video made waves around the globe, with…
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley is confronted by the media after leaving City Hall chambers prior to a closed session regarding Police Chief Daryl Gates during furor over the Rodney King beating.
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A juror in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts. Jurors repeatedly tried to persuade the holdout to “look at the paper trail” but she insisted there was…
Mark Meuser, Republican candidate for California Secretary of State, is seen in a selfie from his more-than-5,000-mile bicycle tour of the state in which he visited all 58 counties. He is set to end the tour Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, with a rally in Huntington Beach. (Photo courtesy of Mark Meuser for Secretary of State)…
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out — and the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents. Hurricane Lane was forecast to continue its northwest turn into the islands Thursday, which would make it the most powerful storm…
A young actor who accused actress Asia Argento of having sex with him when he was underage said his trauma resurfaced last year when the Italian actress accused producer Harvey Weinstein of rape. In a statement issued Wednesday, actor Jimmy Bennett, 22, said that until now he was afraid and ashamed…
