When it came to getting their daughters into college, actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli were taking no chances. The wealthy, glamorous couple were determined their girls would attend USC, a highly competitive school that offers seats only to a fraction of the thousands…
Students and parents have long suspected that money and connections help win access to top-tier colleges. But the federal indictments unsealed Tuesday alleging a massive nationwide scam by wealthy parents — including corporate titans and Hollywood actresses — to get their children into prestigious…
In the most extensive study to date on sea level rise in California, researchers say damage by the end of the century could be far more devastating than the worst earthquakes and wildfires in state history. A team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists concluded that even a modest amount of sea level…
Q: Are robots subject to laws? -A.S., Hawthorne Ron Sokol A: The well-known author Isaac Asimov created the fictional “Three Laws of Robotics.” The first rule is that a robot may not injure a human being, the second that the robot must obey orders (so long as doing so does not conflict with the…
The Dodgers trained in “Dodgertown” in Vero Beach, Fla., from 1949 to 2008, when they moved spring training to Arizona.
SEAL BEACH — Two Long Beach men in their early 20s have been arrested in Seal Beach on suspicion of robbing an Ulta beauty products store, authorities said Tuesday. The suspects, identified as Isaiah Gurley, 22, and Nicholas Ray, 20, were arrested soon after the robbery, which occurred about 3:05 p.m. Monday, according to Seal…
American higher education, from the ivy covered walls of Yale and Georgetown to the sun drenched campuses of USC and Stanford, was rocked Tuesday by a federal racketeering case that alleges celebrities and other wealthy parents funneled millions through an Orange County non-profit foundation in return for fraudulent entrance test scores and college admission facilitated…
An expert testified Tuesday that Charles “Chase” Merritt’s pickup truck “cannot be excluded” as the vehicle caught briefly on a security video driving away from the Fallbrook home of the McStay family the night in 2010 prosecutors say they were slain and disappeared. Prosecution witness Eugenio Liscio used a laser scan of Merritt’s 2000 Chevrolet…
We’ve been hearing about it for years. The system is rigged. Donald Trump went at it from the right, Bernie Sanders from the left. They targeted different villains but identified the same casualty. The little guy. The one who kept falling further behind while a select few prospered. And now we…
Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order Wednesday placing a moratorium on the death penalty for all 737 inmates on California’s death row, ensuring that no executions will take place while he is governor, an administration source has confirmed. Newsom’s order also will withdraw the state’s lethal injection protocol and immediately close the execution…
