L.A. Unified may issue ratings to its schools and charters to help parents choose
Los Angeles schools would be rated 1 to 5 under a plan being studied by Supt. Austin Beutner.
Riverside shootout between cop doing his ‘dream job’ and troubled felon ends in heartbreak
The day after a traffic stop ended in a gun battle that left a police officer and gunman dead, those who knew both men were searching for answers.
Column: A family wants to donate a soccer field in their son’s memory. Westwood neighbors are pushing back
Raising the money to build a soccer field to memorialize their son turned out to be the easy part. Wrangling with the city and Westwood neighbors has been more difficult.
As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt
California’s recycling industry has struggled since China banned imports of plastics and other material. Experts say changes are vital to overcome a waste glut.
Member of Fullerton gang living in Oklahoma accused of illegally shipping guns to Orange County
Authorities said Tuesday they arrested and charged a known Fullerton gang member living in Oklahoma on suspicion of shipping firearms to alleged gang members in Orange County. Manuel “Flacco” Delatorre Jr., 23, was taken into custody and accused of unlawfully transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials…
Slain Riverside-area CHP Officer Andre Moye Jr. remembered as ‘very giving and caring person’
Even in training, California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. stood out. California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. gives a motorcycle riding demonstration during an open house at the CHP’s Riverside office on Sept. 29, 2018. Moye was shot to death Aug. 12, 2019, during a traffic stop in Riverside. (Courtesy of Dan Cupido)…
Heat wave bringing triple digits to San Bernardino, Riverside counties this week; coastal areas spared
Stay inside, if you can, and drink plenty of water, weather forecasters are saying this week, with another summer heat wave expected to bake Southern California. A heat advisory was in effect for western San Bernardino and Riverside counties starting Tuesday and expected to last through Thursday, National Weather Service officials said. Temperatures there will…
Skittles, a playful parrot stolen from its perch in Brea last weekend, is reunited with owners
Two days after the colorful parrot was stolen from its perch, Skittles once again playfully chirped and bounced on the shoulders of its owner on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 13. It was the first time Skittles had been home, at Omar’s Exotic Birds in Brea, for a few days. That’s because the 4-month-old gold cap conure,…
Suspect in fatal Riverside CHP shootout had a criminal record, but widow says ‘he wasn’t a monster’
A man suspected of gunning down a California Highway Patrol officer in a freeway shootout in Riverside was on the phone with his wife moments before the killing, telling her he didn’t want to go to jail because that would mean he couldn’t support her or the eight children they raised together, she said in…
Welcome to the Cactus & Succulent Show, the Comic-Con of the cactus world
A record crowd showed up at L.A.’s Inter-city Cactus & Succulent Show, with tattoos and backpacks as prominent as muumuus and walkers.