When I first came to Los Angeles 22 years ago, I thought it would be a temporary gig. I was the West Coast national writer for an East Coast newspaper, and I arrived with a New Yorker’s standard suitcase-full of cliched notions about my new home. I was expecting it to be shallow and crass….
John Denver performs at a sold-out concert at the Forum in Inglewood.
On the streets of his hometown of Pomona, “American Idol” finalist Alejandro Aranda was hailed Thursday by thousands of fans who call themselves Alejomies. They flocked downtown to cheer on Aranda, a 24-year-old dishwasher whose followers are captivated by not only his voice and guitar playing but by his humble background and regular-guy demeanor. A…
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Their red T-shirts proclaimed, “HB teachers would rather be teaching.” Actually, however, the rally Tuesday, May 14, took place a couple of hours after they had completed a full day of schooling. Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Huntington Beach Union High School District office along Bolsa Avenue waving signs with such…
Early polling results show Jackie Goldberg ahead in the special election to fill an open seat on the Los Angeles Unified school board. Goldberg was leading Heather Repenning in the runoff for the Board District 5 seat with almost 70% of the early vote-by-mail ballots that had been counted as of…
The e-scooters are here to stay, Long Beach. The City Council voted at its Tuesday, May 14 meeting to approve an ordinance that would permanently allow the vehicles to roam Long Beach streets — and could more than triple their numbers. Scooters are currently operating under a pilot program in Long Beach, which the city…
An Aliso Viejo man pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving into a federal employee and crashing into a federal building in Laguna Niguel, apparently out of anger about a large IRS debt. Geoffrey Donald Rickner, 48, admitted to one count of felony assault on a federal employee by use of a dangerous and deadly weapon and…
Twenty-two Los Angeles lifeguards have filed a grievance with L.A. city officials after developing bacterial respiratory problems and skin rashes following a swim exam. Jasper Kim, the named lifeguard in the grievance, said he told his supervisors in the Aquatics Division of the Department of Recreation…
Police arrested a domestic violence suspect who allegedly ran from officers in Anaheim, then hid in an apartment and for a time refused to surrender during a brief standoff on Tuesday, May 14. Police were called at 10:18 a.m. to the Gateway apartment complex at State College Boulevard and Orangewood Avenue, said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt….
“Fancy Nancy” illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser and author Ann Patchett will make an appearance in Mission Viejo on Saturday, May 18, to discuss their new picture book “Lambslide.” Sponsored by the Friends of the Mission Viejo Library, the free presentation is at 11:30 a.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber. Glasser has illustrated many children’s…
