Arnold Forde, a pioneering Orange County political strategist who was the brains behind campaigns that passed Proposition 13 and created the Great Park in Irvine, died Saturday following two years of illness. He was 82. Forde, of Laguna Beach, helped modernize political campaign strategy in the 1960s and 1970s by using polling data to target…
Emissions from fireworks set off on Wednesday, July 4 may contribute to unhealthy air quality in parts of Southern California this week, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The SCAQMD advisory, in effect from Wednesday through Thursday, says smoke and combustion byproducts from the fireworks are expected to add to the particulates already…
Gabriela Bryan surfs in the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open and Explorer Championships at the Huntington Beach pier on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Bryan won the event. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Gabriela Bryan carries the Hawaii state flag after winning the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open…
Summer is in full swing and our cities are planning ways to help keep kids, teens and families entertained. Like the recent Friday Fever at Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest that featured contests, games, raffle prizes and pizza. Kids get ready to skate during the City of Lake Forest’s Friday Fever at Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest…
When daredevil Travis Pastrana was deciding which Evel Knievel stunt to recreate this summer, he kept returning to three legendary motorcycle jumps. Pastrana — who practiced in the Inland Empire — said they were all so cool he couldn’t bring himself to eliminate any. So he decided to do all three — the same night. That night will…
This is it, Matt Belden thought as he rushed to his son’s lifeless body. Brayden Belden had just propelled 30 feet into the sky off a massive jump while snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. The 11-year-old landed the jump, but he was going too fast. He caught an edge and went down hard. “All the…
A Santa Ana-based psychiatrist faces more than 100 years in federal prison on charges of writing prescriptions for opioids without a medical purpose, federal prosecutors said Monday. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 56, of Westminster, was arrested Friday on charges in a grand jury indictment handed down last week, according to Thom Mrozek of the U.S….
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Monday granted former Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov’s request to have his misdemeanor domestic violence plea expunged. Voynov pleaded no contest in July 2015 to one count of corporal injury to a spouse stemming from an October 2014 fight with his wife that led to his suspension by…
Long Beach Fire Capt. David Rosa About 8,000 people are expected to fill the arena of the Long Beach Convention Center Tuesday morning to honor the life of Capt. David Rosa, who was killed in the line of duty last week, officials said. A memorial service will begin at 10 a.m. in the 13,500-seat arena…
In late May, a few weeks after filing a lawsuit against a resident circulating a gun-control petition, Huntington Beach withdrew its complaint. But that exit did not put an end to the city’s legal issues regarding the suit. On Monday, July 2, Daniel Horgan, 42, filed a motion in Orange County Superior Court to recover…
