Lightning strikes illuminated the sky in parts of Southern California on Tuesday night as rain came to the region. Lightning strikes are seen about 9 p.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles as seen from Mulholland Drive looking northwest towards Porter Ranch. (Photo by Michael Meadows for the Southern California News Group) Lightning in the San Fernando…
After successive years of devastating wildfires, California’s fire agency announced a plan Tuesday that would dramatically increase removal of dead trees and other forest management efforts with the help of the National Guard. Cal Fire released a list of 35 priority fuel-reduction projects it wants to start immediately across the state over roughly 90,000 acres….
CORONA — A four-decade-old patriotic mural in Corona’s Prado Dam does not meet the criteria for preservation as a national landmark defined by the National Park Service, federal officials announced Tuesday. The fate of the beloved Bicentennial Mural had been left in the hands of Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places Joy Beasley,…
A Nigerian man held last year at Adelanto Detention Center in San Bernardino was pepper sprayed twice while in custody – once because he wouldn’t stand up, and a second time as he attempted to hang himself in his cell. “If I say I am going to hurt myself, why pepper spray me?” said the…
Before he operated two pharmaceutical research and development labs in Redlands, Majid Seraj worked as a senior pharmacist at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he managed the hospital pharmacy, enforced its narcotics policies and helped shape new ones. “Majid is highly intelligent, organized, and diligent. I would consider him an expert in the field…
Costa Mesa has committed to open a 50-bed homeless shelter as part of a settlement agreement it signed Monday in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed last year by disabled people forced out of a Santa Ana River Trail tent encampment. The lawsuit’s plaintiffs alleged that several local governments had violated their constitutional rights by…
Q: Our terrier, Jessie, bit the neighbor’s hand, but he (the neighbor) climbed over the wall to get into our yard – without our knowledge or permission – supposedly to help Jessie during the rains. The next day our neighbor went to a doctor. Are we financially responsible? If so, for what? -G.E., Lomita Ron…
Ted Lindsay, whose toughness on the ice as a member of the Detroit Red Wings earned him the nickname “Terrible Ted” and whose persistent fight for NHL players’ rights cleared the way for them to enjoy better salaries and working conditions, has died at 93 while in hospice care. His death was announced…
WESTMINSTER – About 25 people were arrested early Tuesday, March 5, after search warrants were served at two Westminster home suspected of illegal gambling. Shortly after midnight, West County SWAT and Buena Park SWAT descended upon two houses, said Cmdr. Cord Vandergrift of the Westminster Police Department. The homes were less than half-mile apart, with…
A pickup truck burning early Tuesday on the 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa prompted authorities to close two lanes of the roadway. The truck burning on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of the 405 at Fairview Road, prompting the closure of the No. 6 and 7 lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol….
