Local teens raise more than $350,000 to fight blood cancer More than 21 motivated high school students raised $351,506 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through Students of the Year, a seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management in order to fundraise for the…
San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera said Wednesday that he is investigating whether a doctor who champions alternative medicine techniques has been illegally excusing children from mandatory vaccinations. The announcement comes as public health officials nationwide scramble to control measles…
A woman was killed in Garden Grove on Wednesday, May 8, after being run over by suspects in a car who had tried to rob her, authorities said. The Garden Grove Police Department said three men drove into the parking lot of a shopping center near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Westminster Avenue. At…
One Anaheim police officer has been fired and a second placed on leave after they fired 76 gunshots during a 2018 car chase through a busy residential neighborhood on a Saturday morning, killing a fleeing driver. Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigators, in a letter released on Wednesday, described the actions of officers Sean Staymates…
At least 200 San Clemente residents – who planned to protest at a City Council meeting the lack of transparency on progress to create an emergency homeless shelter – vented their frustrations instead during an impromptu town hall. The town hall on Tuesday, May 7, was called by council members Dan Bane and Laura Ferguson…
A developer could be hit Wednesday with a record $25 million in fines and fees for constructing a high-priced hotel on the Southern California coast after initially obtaining a permit for a property with moderately priced rooms, in what state officials called a “bait-and-switch” building scheme. …
San Clemente Mayor Steven Swartz, who was in his first term on the City Council, has died. He was 71. City officials confirmed the longtime San Clemente resident died Wednesday morning, May 8, while on vacation in Palm Springs. Swartz was elected to the City Council in 2016 and was appointed mayor in December. “Everyone…
California education officials have recommended against suggesting teachers use certain books to help students understand sex education. The State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on new sex-education guidance for California’s public school teachers. On Wednesday, a few hundred concerned…
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON — TV pitches for prescription drugs will soon include the price, giving consumers more information upfront as they make medication choices at a time when new drugs can carry anxiety-inducing prices. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday the Trump administration has finalized regulations requiring drug companies to disclose…
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it will not participate in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Warrant Service Officer Program. The program allows for local authorities to arrest and temporarily detain immigrants in the United States illegally on behalf of the agency, regardless…
