The town of American Canyon, population about 20,000, is trying to shut down a coffee shop by asking the kind of oddly philosophical question you might contemplate while nursing a cup of joe: Is a cafe still just a cafe if the baristas are wearing close to nothing? The American Canyon City Council…
Marine biologist Jacqueline Sones was strolling along a beach near this Northern California fishing village one foggy summer morning when she spotted an unfamiliar jellyfish bobbing in the surf. Her curiosity turned to shock, however, when she opened a field guide and identified the creature with…
When Alinzia Davenport recalls her godbrother as a little boy, a vivid image comes to mind: a tiny Victor McElhaney in the middle of a drum circle led by older men, keeping up with the beat on his bongos. “I just knew one day he was going to be a famous old man and we’d…
Jordan Aaron was the president of a Carson City sushi restaurant who once ran for justice of the peace in Arizona. Antonio Pastini was the brash ex-Chicago cop who befriended a brothel mogul and spun yarns of a bare-knuckled youth in the Windy City that read like a cross between “Goodfellas” and…
One person was shot and transported to the hospital in an officer-involved shooting on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Santa Ana, CA. The shooting occurred near the intersection of Evergreen and Occidental streets. (OnScene.TV) One person was shot and transported to the hospital in an officer-involved shooting on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Santa Ana,…
HUNTINGTON BEACH — A 26-year-old Huntington Beach man involved in a solo-vehicle crash last week succumbed to his injuries over the weekend, police said Monday. Zachary John Gillespie died Saturday, police reported. Gillespie, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was driving a 2006 Nissan Titan pickup east on Yorktown Avenue from Magnolia Street when the…
The Pasadena City Council voted on Monday, March 11 to join with Tesla in building the largest fast-charging site for electric vehicles in the western United States. By a 7-0 vote, the Council authorized a five-year agreement with the Silicon Valley electric carmaker that creates 44 public-access fast-chargers on the roof level of the Marengo…
Forecasters are predicting more rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by drier and warmer days through the rest of the week in Southern California. The National Weather Service in San Diego said there was between a 40 and 70 percent chance of rain throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties on Tuesday, while the NWS…
Birth dates and Social Security numbers for 1,000 Orange County Sanitation District retirees were accessed in a phishing scheme, the district confirmed Monday. District retirees, former employees and board members were being notified of the data breach in the utility’s deferred compensation plan, which occurred in December after a file at NFP Corp. was accessed…
They came singly or in pairs from different Southland communities. One brought a Bible. Two were accompanied by small children. Drawn to a memorial comprised of candles, balloons, flowers and stuffed toys, they paid their respects Monday to 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, whose body was found partly inside a duffel bag dumped near a Hacienda…
