André Previn conquered L.A. with his artistic genius not once, but twice — first as a four-time Academy Award winning composer of Hollywood movie music, then as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But Previn was also a man of mixed feelings about L.A., as he expressed in his last major…
The San Diego city attorney’s office on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against major manufacturers of prescription painkillers, alleging company officials knew they were stoking the country’s opioid crisis. “Opioid manufacturers have profited handsomely from the human suffering they intentionally…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK WASHINGTON — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex and who lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his…
Michael L. Petersen’s Mucho Gusto and jockey Joseph Talamo, right, race along Santa Anita’s muddy main track on Feb. 2, 2019. Nineteen horses have died at the track in the past two months. Park officials said late Wednesday that analysts conducting tests of the racing surface had declared it ready for reopening. Mick Peterson of…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday morning four miles from Scissors Crossing, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:57 a.m. PST at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 20 miles from San Diego Country Estates,…
New ?Speeding? sign on Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
SANTA ANA — A police pursuit in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Feb. 27, ended with a collision that left five people hospitalized, including the suspect and another driver, who were listed in critical condition. A police officer observed a driver commit multiple traffic violations and tried to pull him over just after 4 a.m., said…
Frustrated by delays in agreeing to plans for coping with looming shortages on the Colorado River, the head of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California wants to move the deal forward by agreeing to shoulder additional supply cuts. If the proposal is approved by the Metropolitan board,…
Hundreds of inmates at the Terminal Island federal prison on the harbor front spent one of the coldest periods in decades in frigid cells with no heat and only blankets for warmth before they were transferred temporarily to another facility. As outside temperatures plunged into the low 40s at night,…
SANTA ANA — A woman accused of embezzling nearly $353,000 over six years as the office manager of a small business in Santa Ana made her initial court appearance Wednesday, Feb. 27, on dozens of felony charges. Martha Jean Czerkawski, 56, was charged Monday with 109 felony counts of possession of checks with the intent…
