Ian set off the security alarm at John Wayne Airport and had to be patted down. He responded by kissing the TSA agent. It was OK, though. Ian is an 8-month-old puppy learning to be a guide dog for the blind. On Saturday June 1, 2019, 11 labradors ranging from 6 to 17 months old…
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon three miles from Glen Avon, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:36 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was four miles from Jurupa Valley, four miles…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon eight miles from Perris, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:04 p.m. PDT at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from both Menifee and San Jacinto. In the last 10…
A low-pressure system drew a deep marine layer over Southern California on Sunday, with a flash flood watch for the Antelope Valley and some Los Angeles County mountains, the National Weather Service said. Monday’s forecast was for drier conditions. The National Weather Service projected mostly cloudy conditions in downtown Los Angeles in the morning, followed…
Ladies and gentleman, the stench has arrived. The rare “corpse flower” has blossomed at Cal State Long Beach, the university announced early Sunday morning, June 2. And it does indeed stink, according to Brian Thorson, the botanical curator and botany technician in the university’s Department of Biological Sciences — and the rare flower’s caretake. “Yes,…
A suspect was wounded and later arrested after he confronted an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and his family in the parking lot of the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside and tried to rob them at gunpoint, police said Sunday. Neither the deputy, whose agency was not immediately identified, nor his family, nor bystanders in the parking…
CHP officers early Sunday investigate a fatal collision on the transition road between the northbound 5 Freeway and the southbound 55 Freeway. (Photo by Southern Counties News) CHP officers early Sunday investigate a fatal collision on the transition road between the northbound 5 Freeway and the southbound 55 Freeway. (Photo by Southern Counties News) Sound…
The pitch for raising taxes for schools used to be images of cracked asphalt playgrounds, leaking classroom roofs and jammed year-round campuses. But at STEAM Legacy High School in South Gate, Exhibit A is the impressively equipped engineering classroom of teacher Mario Ibarra. He’s got 3D printers,…
Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served “soul food.” Well, that would depend on where your soul was, she’d say. If it was in China, she couldn’t really help you. But if your soul was in New Orleans, that was different. “If your soul is in New…
Scientists and engineers at the Caltech lab whoop it up after word was flashed that Surveyor 1 landed on the moon.
