LOS ANGELES — The heat wave baking Southern California will go into a second day Friday, prolonging an elevated danger of wildfire and hazardous health conditions for residents. The National Weather Service continued to warn of hot, very dry conditions — up to 107 degrees in valley areas — with humidity levels in the single…
Officials believe most of the workers contracted coronavirus in the community, not at the Costco sites.
A $4.5-million land deal, brokered by Portland-based environmental group Western Rivers Conservancy, will transfer a 1,199-acre parcel of wilderness along the Little Sur River to the tribe in the name of conservation and cultural resilience.
An amphibious assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and one Navy sailor began to take on water during a training exercise, the Marine Corps says.
Authorities were searching early Friday, July 31, for eight U.S. Marines who went missing during training off of the coast of San Clemente Island that claimed the life of at least one service member. An amphibious vehicle was carrying 15 Marines and one Navy sailor at about 5:45 p.m. Thursday when the vessel began taking…
Q. Honk: I suggest that spike strips be installed on freeway off-ramps so wrong-way drivers can’t enter them. This would be an inexpensive and effective solution to a very dangerous and deadly problem. I don’t buy the excuse that they would prevent emergency vehicles from using the off-ramps; they should not be going against traffic…
Librarians and other library staff in Los Angeles are becoming contact tracers.
A car pursued by deputies from Stanton to Garden Grove crashed into a fire hydrant then a tree Thursday, July 31, leaving two men dead and third seriously injured. Deputies near Katella Avenue and Beach Boulevard observed a Toyota Camry bearing license plates registered to a different year-model of the same car, Orange County Sheriff’s…
A Brea woman was sentenced Thursday to a year and one day in prison for her role in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme related to false billings for unnecessary services. Grace Hong, who was convicted in 2019 of three counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health fraud, also was…
A longtime Orange County Register editor died Thursday after his truck was hit by a BMW involved in a street race with another car, authorities said. Eugene Harbrecht, a Santa Ana resident, was 67 years old. He worked for the Register since March 1984, most recently as the national and international news editor for the…
