From the Archives: The 20th anniversary of ‘American Bandstand’
Dick Clark celebrates 20th anniversary of American Bandstand.
Pedestrian hit and killed on 5 Freeway in Anaheim; woman exited vehicle and attempted to cross freeway after crash
A woman was killed on the 5 Freeway when she ran across lanes of traffic after a crash in Anaheim on Monday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. Emergency personnel work the scene Monday night after a pedestrian was struck and killed on the 5 Freeway in Anaheim. (Photo courtesy Brentt Sporn, ONSCENE.TV) CHP…
LAFD spokesman is accused of using a city car to threaten an Uber driver
Peter Sanders, a civilian employee and chief spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department, is accused of using a city vehicle to stop and threaten an Uber driver who got into a shouting match with Sanders’ wife in a parking lot, according to a police report The Times obtained. The incident occurred…
Ghost Ship fire defendant says no one was in charge: ‘There was a lot of shared understanding’
The Bay Area warehouse where a fire killed 36 people more than two years ago was an artist enclave where nobody was fully in charge, one of two men accused in for the blaze testified Monday. Max Harris told a packed Oakland courtroom that people treated one another as friends in the shared space…
Middle school educator dies while rock climbing in Yosemite
A California middle school special education paraprofessional died this month while climbing in Yosemite National Park, authorities said. Originally from Detroit, Patricia “Trish” Stoops, 57, died June 8 in a rappelling accident at the Central Pillar of Frenzy, one of the popular rock-climbing…
YouTube rapper from L.A. arrested in Orange County on suspicion of human trafficking
ANAHEIM — Investigators from the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force on Monday circulated a photo of a YouTube rapper charged with pimping and pandering an 18-year-old woman and said they suspect there are additional victims. Angel Ortiz Diamond, 31, of Los Angeles — also known as Benjiboy Staccs — is being held in the…
Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dead at 70
Alan Brinkley, an influential historian and academic who traced the evolution of liberalism from the New Deal to the 21st century and was a popular commentator on culture and politics, has died. He was 70. Daughter Elly Brinkley says he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan of complications from…
Anaheim’s 2019-20 budget to be balanced at $2 billion; biggest chunk of revenue comes from hotel taxes
Anaheim City Council members will vote on a $2 billion budget for 2019-20 on Tuesday, June 18. It’s a balanced budget proposal that would spend $355 million from the general fund, which covers basic services such as police and fire, parks and road repair. That’s a 9 percent increase over the current fiscal year, mainly…
Living near marijuana dispensaries makes youth more likely to use it, study finds
Young adults who live in neighborhoods with a higher number of medical marijuana dispensaries use pot more frequently than their peers and have more positive views about the drug, according to a study released by the Rand Corp. The results were strongest among young adults who lived near dispensaries…
Construction starting this week on widening the 5 Freeway south of El Toro Road
Overnight lane closures begin this week on the 5 Freeway from Oso to Alicia parkways in Mission Viejo, as construction starts to widen the road in south Orange County. The Orange County Transportation Authority’s $581 million project – expected to take until 2025 – will add a second carpool lane in each direction from El…