FBI agents earlier this year investigated a series of cyberattacks executed against former Democratic House candidate Hans Keirstead during his unsuccessful bid for Orange County’s coastal 48th Congressional District, according to a report released Wednesday by Rolling Stone. The attacks began in Aug. 2017, when Keirstead – a Laguna Beach stem-cell scientist who was vying…
Following the recent death of dog that was sexually abused after being adopted from an Orange County shelter, county supervisors want to create a coordinated regional system to prevent known animal abusers from adopting pets. Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Andrew Do directed county staff at the board’s Tuesday meeting to pursue the information-sharing partnerships with…
There was no set deadline, but the perception of one seemed real enough. It was a Saturday in early August and Jose Lopez’s downtown Los Angeles apartment looked like a command center of sorts. With a printer set up on the center of the kitchen table, a dozen young immigrants sat with computers in the…
A tarp-covered fence at the Irvine Spectrum Center separates established merchants from their new neighbors, who bustle about readying for their imminent grand opening. Printed across the temporary divider, a message beckons: “Experience the Expansion.” The largest H&M on the West Coast is scheduled to open in the new expansion at the Irvine Spectrum in…
California Republicans say that drivers can have smoother roads, more reliable public transit—and lower taxes. In November, voters will get the chance to repeal a recent increase in the state gas tax and assorted vehicle fees. That tax hike—an extra 12 cents per gallon of gasoline, 20 cents per gallon of diesel, and two new…
From our home — yikes, from our home! — my wife and I watch flames from the Holy fire march in our direction and we chatter about an emergency evacuation plan. But the wind shifts. I get back to work. She runs an errand. And planning vanishes like so much smoke. Fire officials warn: Don’t…
SANTA ANA — A 51-year-old man was behind bars Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a boy over the course of four years in San Clemente. Joselito Vergara Yambao III was charged with 10 felony sex crimes dating back to January 2011 and continuing through October 2015, according to court records. The boy was younger than…
By STEVE PEOPLES and KYLE POTTER The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a night of firsts, Democrats in Vermont’s primary chose the nation’s first transgender gubernatorial nominee. In Minnesota, they picked a woman who would be the first Somali-American member of Congress. Connecticut Democrats nominated a candidate who could become the first black…
DOWNEY — A suspected drunk driver was arrested Wednesday morning after he crashed his vehicle head on into another vehicle in Downey. The crash happened at the intersection of Old River School and Stewart and Gray roads, according to a statement from the Downey Police Department. Only minor injuries were reported, police said. Sign up…
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and FRANCES D’EMILIO The Associated Press GENOA, Italy — Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at least 39 people. The collapse of the Morandi Bridge sent…
