A 1958 photographic portrait of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy by Times staff photographer Bill Murphy is selected for a postage stamp in 1964 in tribute to the fallen president.
Why is there an election? Tuesday’s vote is a special election to fill a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education. It’s been vacant since July 2018 when board member Ref Rodriguez pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes and resigned. Ten candidates were on the ballot…
SACRAMENTO — Two former Cambodian refugees facing deportation for crimes committed as young adults were among seven people granted clemency Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his first pardons since taking office in January. Newsom pardoned Kang Hen, of San Jose, who pleaded guilty to being the getaway driver during an attempted armed robbery…
A man was being held Monday in connection with the death of a woman who was bludgeoned with an electric Bird scooter, Long Beach police said. The woman was assaulted as she walked down the sidewalk in the 6400 block of North Obispo Avenue. When a bystander tried to intervene, the suspect picked…
Wouldn’t it be nice to spend a Saturday with the kids, enjoying the beauty of nature? No cellphones, no computer games and no “Avengers.” Well, on May 25, you and your family can experience nature without having to chase grunion, take the RV to Joshua Tree or explore the Laguna tidepools. In fact, you don’t even have…
As early as 2015, then-Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas acknowledged there was evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of sheriff’s deputies and one prosecutor in the county’s jailhouse informant scandal, but passed on a probe because of a potential conflict, documents show. Rackauckas persuaded the state Attorney General’s Office to conduct a criminal…
Lenny Bennink poses with his buddy’s 1956 Chevy Bel Air Nomad during the 17th annual Villa Park Car & Bike Show on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) More than 100 cars were on display at the 17th annual Villa Park Car & Bike Show at Villa Park High School on…
A state assemblyman is pulling back on a bill proposing to limit Orange County’s toll road agency’s ability to construct new roads, but he is seeking a thorough audit of the agency and a clearer definition of its role in regional planning. Assemblyman Bill Brough, R-Dana Point, sent a letter April 24 saying he was…
A person died and three others were injured in a rollover crash involving two vehicles in Norwalk on Monday, May 13. The collision took place near the intersection of East Rosecrans and Funston Avenues at about 2:14 p.m., Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Marvin Lim said. Two people were ejected from a vehicle that…
Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 13.2% in what was Orange County homebuying’s slowest start to a year since 2009. CoreLogic stats show the lowest countywide sales count for any first three months of a year since the Great Recession. It also was the third-slowest-selling first quarter in the real estate tracker’s database…
