New brush fires, including one threatening homes in El Dorado County, broke out Wednesday, further straining the efforts of overloaded firefighters who are trying to keep up. The Omega fire was one of three in burning in the Sierra foothills that sparked evacuations. It had burned more than 30…
University of California President Janet Napolitano took the helm of the nation’s top public research university five years ago as a tough and seasoned politician and former Cabinet member in the Obama administration. Her take-charge style and ambitions to make a mark startled some campus leaders…
Newport Beach has clipped Bird’s wings. The popular motorized scooter-sharing start-up dropped at least 50 of its two-wheeled vehicles on the Balboa Peninsula over the weekend. But according to the city, the company did so without giving notice or getting a permit, and residents promptly complained…
The empty space of a former Sports Authority in Sherman Oaks has been transformed into something every Disneyland fan will want to visit: an exhibit called “That’s from Disneyland!” and the culmination of 25 years of collecting by one man, Richard Kraft of Sherman Oaks. “The goal was to eventually move all of Disneyland from…
A Hacienda Heights man was sentenced Wednesday, Aug.1, to 50 years to life in prison for killing a woman three years ago whose body was found in a cooler inside a car abandoned in West Whittier. Dawn McEveety, 19, of Huntington Beach died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s office. On July 12,…
It’s exhausting, dangerous and seemingly endless labor: tracking down hot spots still smoldering in the sage and pine west of Redding, then ripping through thickets until axes and shovels turn over the bare earth needed to form a firebreak. But most of all, it is terribly hot. Just ask the dirty…
In mid-July, the Matsui family wrote another check. Nobody who lives here, in what is referred to locally as the nation’s salad bowl, is surprised when this happens. Andy Matsui and his family are known for two things: Growing orchids by the thousands and giving away money by the millions. The…
I never expected to be a guest at the farewell party for USC President C.L. Max Nikias, who agreed to step down in May after the university was hammered by sex and drug scandals that occurred on his watch. But I did expect there would at least be a farewell. After all, on May 25,…
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Associated Press DURANGO, Mexico — Passengers and officials say a strong burst of wind hit an Aeromexico jetliner on takeoff, moments before it crashed, leaving those aboard with mere minutes to evacuate the burning plane. The plane tried to take off from Durango city in a severe storm Tuesday, but smacked down…
President Donald Trump listens during a campaign rally at Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, a day after Trump’s former campaign chairman went…
