In 2017, Elon Musk’s SpaceX company held the world’s first two Hyperloop Pod competitions. On Sunday, July 22, at Space X in Hawthorne, teams from universities around the world will compete in a third event. A new form of transportation In 2013, Musk published his proposal for the Hyperloop in a 57-page white paper. The…
Even though Santa Ana is home to some of Orange County’s most-affordable housing, sales in the city fell 7 percent in May vs. a year earlier. May is traditionally a strong sales months for Orange County, as the prime spring selling season hits full stride. We decided to see how neighborhood housing markets fared. ICYMI:…
It’s the futuristic vision every wide-eyed engineering student dreams about. Let’s build something that could change the world. For students competing in this year’s Hyperloop Pod Competition at SpaceX on Sunday, the future is now…or nearly now, anyway. “The entire highway system is only able to accommodate so many people,” said Brianna Benson with a…
CAMP PENDLETON — A brigadier general serving at the Marine Corps base will receive “administrative actions” for misusing his aide to perform servant-like tasks while deployed to Iraq. Marine Corps officials confirmed Friday, July 20 that a report by the Department of Defense Inspector General substantiated allegations against Brig. Gen. Rick A. Uribe, who served…
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher took a tour Friday, July 20, of a detention center in Irvine that holds unauthorized immigrants, then set out to talk about illegal immigration. Here’s what he didn’t want to talk about: Russia. The Orange County Republican refused to answer repeated questions from reporters regarding Russian meddling in the U.S. election and…
SANTA ANA – A Fountain Valley man was sentenced Friday to four life terms in prison, two without the possibility of parole, for his role in kidnapping, torturing and sexually mutilating a marijuana-dispensary owner in 2012 and abducting a woman as well. Orange County Superior Court jurors earlier this year deliberated for less than two…
You might want to stay cool in a nice, relaxing pool when the heat wave hits next week. The beaches, though cooler than inland areas that are expected to top 100 degrees, will be dangerous, as forecasts show a big swell headed to Southern California. And that spells trouble for people seeking relief from the…
Two men who orchestrated a scheme to recycle stolen pallets belonging to the United States Postal Service and sell them for profit have been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Hugo Guzman, 40, of Fontana was sentenced Thursday while Jorge Villalobos, 41, of Riverside was sentenced in April, the United States Attorney’s Office announced on…
Relatives and brothers-in-arms gave a full military burial Friday, July 20, to a soldier who died trying to liberate Europe from Nazis before any of them were born. In the years since Staff Sgt. David Rosenkrantz was killed during World War II, generations of Rosenkrantzes have been born. And some have died, including four brothers who…
Battalion Chief Kevin Fetterman lets Adam Muradli, 3, get a driver-eye view from a fire truck during the dedication ceremony for new OCFA Fire Station 20 in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, July 19, 2018. The new state-of-the-art facility sits on the site of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Officer’s Club and has…
