A repeat DUI offender sped the wrong way along a freeway for more than five miles before crashing into an oncoming vehicle in Tustin, killing another driver, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court. Ivan Gonzalez, 31, faces a second-degree murder charge for the death of 33-year-old Michael Johnston Jr., as…
A wheelchair tumble on an L.A. sidewalk has focused attention on badly needed repairs and disabled people’s challenges.
Elaborate sprinkler systems could be a waste of money in protecting your home from wildfire. A better strategy, experts say, is to team up with neighbors to fireproof your entire community.
As concerns about school safety and shootings rise, districts are tightening security even though it limits public access to campus grounds.
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In March 1945, the 10,500-member Conference of Studio Unions went on strike.
In the days after Nipsey Hussle was killed, The Times talked to people to learn how they were affected by the rapper’s death. A teacher at View Park Prep spoke up on behalf of his students.
Amid an increase in drone activity near airports in Southern California and elsewhere, a task force comprised of aviation and security leaders is urging lawmakers to address safety concerns by boosting funding and extending authority over drones to various law enforcement agencies. Reports of potentially hazardous or unauthorized drone activity, many of which occurred near…
Faced with a sharp increase in homelessness, Santa Ana is stepping up its outreach, enforcement and services. In a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 1, City Manager Kristine Ridge gave an overview of homelessness in Santa Ana and a plan to combat a problem she says “poses an existential crisis to the…
SANTA ANA – A 24-year-old La Habra man was convicted today of abducting and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl as she walked to school in Brea. Christian Moreno was found guilty of kidnapping to commit a sex offense, sexual battery and sexual penetration of a child over the age of 15 by foreign object and by force,…
