Coronavirus spreads alarm in Bay Area: Schools close and people keep their distance
The spread of coronavirus alarms Bay Area as schools close and people keep their distance.
In this case, getting a Real ID ASAP makes sense
Q. Hi Honk: My driver license must be renewed by this October when I turn 70, and I want to make it a Real ID. Is there any way I can go in now to avoid the long lines of people that will be trying to get their Real ID? – Jim Stedt, San Clemente…
Seeking access to developers, businessman worked to ‘groom’ L.A. officials, prosecutors say
Former L.A. City Councilman Mitchell Englander appeared in court in connection with federal charges that he lied to investigators about his ties to a businessman.
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Lopez: Lighter traffic, easy restaurant reservations and other perks of the pandemic
Life in Los Angeles has changed in the COVID-19 era — for better and for worse.
Lawsuit: Families tricked into buying sick puppies
A lawsuit against the Kenney family of Phelan alleges that the Kenneys posted advertisements online, including this one, that said puppies for sale were healthy. Many of them died or had to be euthanized after being purchased, the families who are suing said. (Courtesy of Gary Praglin) Jessica and Anthony Loy had promised their four…
Rain prompts flash flood warnings across Southern California, wreaks havoc along roads
Rain drenched portions of Southern California on Thursday, resulting in slick roads and long commutes as well as flash flood warnings and advisories across the region. Communities in southwestern San Bernardino County and northern Riverside and Orange Counties received some of the heaviest rainfall, National Weather Service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez said. Total precipitation slightly exceeded…
How many body-brokering cases have been prosecuted by the feds under new law?
As California continues to grapple with the plague of body-brokering — the sometimes-deadly practice where addiction centers lure substance abusers into treatment, max out their insurance benefits, then give them drugs so they can test “dirty” and start the lucrative billing cycle again — officials here fear the federal government doesn’t have their backs. Since…
Son of Santa Ana daycare operator charged with molesting girls at facility
A 43-year-old man was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting two girls in his mother’s day care in Santa Ana, authorities said. Jesus Herrera of Santa Ana was charged with two felony counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration on a child 10 years or younger after he was arrested Tuesday, according to court records. One…
3 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies, 5 firefighters quarantined amid coronavirus concern
Three L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies and five firefighters have been quarantined after responding to the death of a woman this week with coronavirus, the sheriff said on Thursday. The 60-year-old woman tested positive for the novel coronavirus after her death in Pomona on Monday, March 9. She had been visiting a family in Walnut, officials…