Representatives of various organizations and cities participate in a Wreath Ceremony during the annual Memorial Day Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Monday, May 27, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) Bagpipers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department perform “Amazing Grace” during a Memorial Day Observance at El Toro Memorial…
By DAVID CRARY NEW YORK — Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up or their voices crack as they describe being sexually abused in the Boy Scouts and suffering from emotional damage long afterward. Looking back, they all remember vividly how excited they were to become…
Battleship IOWA hosted it’s annual Memorial Day remberance on Monday May 27, 2019. The event had speakers, fly-overs and food trucks. A North American SNJ-5 makes a fly-over pass above the event. Photo By Chuck Bennett Battleship IOWA hosted it’s annual Memorial Day remberance on Monday May 27, 2019. The event had speakers, fly-overs and…
Marine Cpl Carlos Garcia’s daughter, Isabel, 6, jumps into his arms after she finishes the 21st annual City of Laguna Hills Memorial Day kids run on Monday, May 27, 2019. Garcia was injured while serving in Afghanistan in 2010. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Marine Sgt. Matt Elston with the 20th Special Forces,…
The baby bald eagle chick born last month in the Big Bear Lake area called Cookie has died, most likely because of hypothermia, U.S. Forest Service officials said on Monday, May 27. A late-season storm on Sunday pushed overnight temperatures down to 26 degrees and added a couple inches of snow after rainfall, which can…
Bill Buckner, a longtime major leaguer and batting champion whose error for the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series would go down as one of the most infamous plays in baseball history, died Monday. He was 69. “After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia Bill Buckner passed away early the…
Julia Macias was 12 when a gunman shot and killed 26 people, mostly children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The Los Angeles preteen heard the news of the 2012 attack and worried about her own family. “It made me wonder, ‘Well I have a sister who’s four years younger than me,…
It’s only been three years, but the line at Howlin’ Ray’s in Chinatown is already the stuff of legend, a spectacle of stoicism, the world championships of waiting. The Nashville-style hot chicken shop at Far East Plaza has become an essential pilgrimage for a certain kind of Los Angeles foodie….
SEAL BEACH — Firefighters knocked down a blaze inside an apartment building in Seal Beach on Sunday, May 26. The two-alarm fire at a four-story apartment building in the 12400 block of Montecito Road was reported at 1:54 p.m., said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Cameron Rossman. The OCFA and the Huntington Beach Fire Department…
It was a fitting tribute for a musician who had a love for surfing. Fans and friends showed up in Huntington Beach on Sunday, May 26, to remember “King of Surf Guitar” Dick Dale during a tribute held at the pier, with a group of surfers taking to the water for a “paddle-out,” the traditional…
