From the Archives: Protests in Los Angeles after beating of Selma marchers
After the March 7, 1965, beating of civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala., by state troopers, protests broke out in Los Angeles.
Disney donates $5 million to help fund housing for Orange County’s homeless
The Disney Resort donated $5 million to a revitalized housing trust fund, kickstarting a business-backed campaign to raise cash for housing the homeless, Orange County business leaders said Monday, March 4. The low-key Orange County Housing Trust, incorporated in 2010 and operating on a small budget, will “rise as a Phoenix” under a partnership between…
As pigs are delivered to Farmer John, activists offer water and comfort to the doomed
Maya Benperlas stood in the middle of busy Vernon Avenue on a chilly Sunday night as a big rig hauling pigs slowed to a halt just outside the gates of Farmer John. Her hand shot into the air and she flashed a peace sign. “Two minutes!” Benperlas shouted. “Two minutes!” The 18-wheeler’s driver listlessly…
Lawsuit claims former Loyola Marymount dean fired aide to hide alleged misspending
A woman who served as the assistant of a former dean at Loyola Marymount University filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday alleging that he fired her when she refused to go along with his schemes to misspend university funds on porn, extravagant meals and first-class airfare. Shane Martin, who served…
Judge orders Trump administration to act on young Central American refugees left in limbo
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to resume processing the applications of more than 2,700 young Central Americans and family members who were left in limbo after the government abruptly ended a program designed to help them reunite with relatives in the United…
Teen party with Nazi salutes all too real for victims of ‘Jew jokes’ and casual anti-Semitism
On Saturday night, Michael Maietta Weinberg, a Tustin high school senior, was visiting his cousin, Rachel Weinberg, at her home in Newport Beach. It was around 9 p.m. Rachel, a high school junior, was baking a cake with ube, a purple yam, when her social media feeds started pinging with photos…
Post-Hurricane Harvey, NASA tried to fly a pollution-spotting plane over Houston. The EPA said no
In the weeks after Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic sweep through the Houston area — which resulted in chemical spills, fires, flooded storage tanks and damaged industrial plants — rescue crews and residents complained of burning throats, nausea and dizziness Fifteen hundred miles west in the high…
Suspect sought in Garden Grove shooting
A man was shot during an attempted robbery in Garden Grove, but was expected to survive on Monday, March 4. The man was shot at about 7:05 p.m. in the 11300 block of Dale Street, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. Related Articles Anaheim police investigate homicide; say it may be gang-related Woman found…
Notorious California serial killer Juan Corona dies at age 85
Juan Corona, who gained the nickname “The Machete Murderer” for hacking to death dozens of migrant farm laborers in California in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Corona died Monday at an undisclosed hospital, Vicky Waters of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported. He had been serving a life sentence in…
Victorville prison guard arrested on suspicion of taking bribes, smuggling contraband
VICTORVILLE — Federal prosecutors say a prison guard has been arrested on suspicion of taking cash bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband into a Southern California lockup. The Department of Justice on Monday said Paul James Hayes II, 49, of Victorville, was a lieutenant assigned to investigate wrongdoing by inmates and guards at the Federal…