Q. Where I live they have been changing the crosswalk buttons to these fancy new ones that beep, flash and talk to you. Why are all of the voices men’s voices? Isn’t this the age of equality? – Patrick Shane, North Tustin A. Patrick lives in unincorporated county territory, near the city of Tustin. After getting…
Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles 90 years ago Jan. 13, 1929. He is famous for his part in the O.K. Corral gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona, but lived most of his life and is buried in California. It wasn’t until after his death that Wyatt Earp was glorified as a gunfighting lawman. During his life,…
Breed: Chihuahua mix Age: 4 years old Gender: Neutered male Torin’s story: Torin was at a local shelter and not doing well because of the stress. K9 Spirit Organization rescued him and put him in a foster home, where he is doing great. He is a good, sweet boy who loves to cuddle and be…
Costa Mesa could become the latest Orange County city to try to satisfy its obligations in addressing the region’s homeless crisis by building an emergency shelter. The City Council on Tuesday is expected to consider a two-pronged solution that would cost $5.7 million: improving and expanding existing facilities for the homeless at Lighthouse CM Church…
In one of the year’s first big disbursements of funding to help people who are homeless or at-risk of being homeless, the state has awarded nearly $18 million to a half-dozen Southern California planning networks that coordinate money and services to address homelessness. The money is part of a total of $53.3 million from the…
District Attorney Todd Spitzer compares his new job, leading and repairing Orange County’s troubled justice system, to shaking up an Etch A Sketch. The plan, he says, is to wind up with a clean slate. When he gets that, he says he’ll re-draw the DA’s office to de-emphasize what critics describe as the “win-at-all-costs” mentality…
An Inglewood driver has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors related to a three-hour police pursuit in which a scooter rider was hit and injured, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced. Karl Flores, 34, was scheduled to appear in the Airport Courthouse Monday, Jan. 14, on felony counts of fleeing a pursuing…
Negotiations have ended for the day between the teachers union and the Los Angeles Unified School District without a deal. All signs point to a Monday strike. L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner brought a revised offer to the union Friday, on the expectation of new money from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s …
On California’s freeways, in biker bars and during not-infrequent clashes with other outlaw motorcycle clubs, members of the Mongols are easily identified. They are the ones in the leather vests and jackets adorned on the back with the distinctive image of a Genghis Khan figure in sunglasses riding…
A shallow magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon in Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:07 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile from Venice and four miles…
