You’ve probably heard that most of the major Hollywood studios, several networks and Netflix lined up this past week to express their concern over the strict new anti-abortion laws getting passed in some states, especially the fetal heartbeat one in top runaway production destination Georgia. “Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue…
One of the San Joaquin Valley’s most tenacious opponents of the California bullet train has decided to settle its lawsuit against the project, convinced that the state will operate slower-speed Amtrak trains on its future network in the Central Valley — not the long-promised 220-mph electrically…
The good news is that two trash-strewn downtown Los Angeles streets I wrote about last week were cleaned up by city work crews and have been kept that way, as of this writing. The bad news is that I didn’t have to travel far to find more streets just as badly fouled by filthy mounds…
Frustrated by rising bills from the Orange County Fire Authority, Placentia is poised to consider creating its own fire department and contracting with a private ambulance company for emergency medical services. The Placentia City Council will discuss the idea on Tuesday, June 4. The proposal comes after detailed research and recommendations from a panel of…
NEWPORT BEACH — Hundreds of scuba divers will swim along the bottom of Newport Harbor, on Saturday, June 1, looking for trash and other debris that shouldn’t be there. The divers and dozens of on-land volunteers will target plastics, fishing line and other items that are dangerous to the environment and to sea life. The…
Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie “American Gangster,” has died, a relative said Friday. Lucas, 88, died Thursday in New Jersey, nephew Aldwan Lassiter said. Lucas had been in declining health, according to his former lawyer. Raised in North…
Four Democratic presidential candidates on Friday talked about a hot-button issue few of their 20 or so competitors have tackled with specific policy plans: immigration. And they did so before a roomful of immigrants. Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee took…
Federal authorities on Friday charged a Yorba Linda man who prosecutors said used 200 stolen identities to fraudulently bag nearly $600,000 in unemployment insurance benefits. Jeffrey Silhanek, 39 faces two counts of mail fraud, said the United States Attorney’s Office Central District of California in a news release. Silhanek got his hands on stolen identities…
An Irvine man who composed “kill lists” with names of prominent Jewish community members and a list of steps for “killing my first Jew,” pleaded guilty to weapons and civil rights charges Friday in connection with threats against three Orange County houses of worship, officials said. Nicholas Wesley Rose, 28 had conducted extensive internet searches…
On May 30, 2019, 400 students participated in the commencement ceremony for Santa Ana Valley High School at the Santa Ana Public Schools Sports Complex. Dr. Margarita Sanchez-Padilla, a family physician with Kaiser and Valley graduate, was the keynote speaker. A total of 3,190 seniors will graduate from Santa Ana Unified School District high…
