Nikolai Greco, 11, didn’t know what he was in for when he walked onto the field of Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium Thursday afternoon, May 9. But everything clicked for him when he glanced at a ball signed by the players and coaches of the school’s men’s soccer team. Defender Sam Molz, left, applauds as…
He was charged by a herd of 200 elephants, escaping only with the help of a flatbed truck, and was once knocked unconscious by a surly chimpanzee named Mr. Moke, who punched him “square between the eyes.” But neither incident compared to the time a 22-foot anaconda swallowed his arm, up to the…
Los Angeles voters will be able to cast ballots on a proposed property tax for schools, but the measure will face a hearing on its validity after the June 4 election. If approved by two-thirds of voters, Measure EE would raise an estimated $500 million per year over 12 years to help fund traditional…
The sun had yet to rise when a Los Angeles Unified School District police officer unlocked a gate to a station parking lot northeast of downtown. As he pulled into the fenced lot about 5:30 a.m., motion detector lights blinked on, illuminating a man walking through the gate behind him. He carried…
CAMP PENDLETON — One Marine was killed and six others were injured during a routine training exercise on the base, Thursday, May 9. Marines from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion were doing regularly scheduled training at Camp Pendleton when the light armored vehicle they were riding in rolled over at about 9 a.m., said…
Family members of murder victims whose killers were sentenced to death in California often took solace knowing that one day those prisoners could be executed. But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 13 executive order placing a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty has taken away that consolation. Thursday, May 9, some of those survivors spoke…
Santa Ana Unified School District has sent invoices totaling $40 million to five Santa Ana-based charter schools. Charter school officials said they only first heard they might owe the district for special education costs when they received the invoices in March. Until now they’d worked well together, officials said. The schools – whose charters are…
By Katy Murphy and John Woolfolk SACRAMENTO — California is in the money, thanks to a flurry of tech IPOs expected to raise some $700 million in new tax revenue. But underlying the rosy state budget plan with a record $21.5 billion surplus that Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Thursday glares a sobering paradox: Many of…
California is paying a price for the shaky rollout of its legal marijuana market. State budget documents released Thursday show the Newsom administration is sharply scaling back what it expects to collect in cannabis tax revenue through June 2020 — a $223-million cut from projections just four…
SAN CLEMENTE — The unexpected death of Mayor Steven Swartz on Wednesday, May 8, leaves the San Clemente City Council with four seats and a new challenge to fill a vacancy. It also has led to the cancellation of a special meeting to make public the city’s progress on creating an emergency homeless shelter. Just…
