By Elizabeth Castillo | CALmatters When police officers found Julie Hemingway bedded down on the asphalt of a Taco Bell parking lot, she wasn’t interested in moving to a homeless shelter. No way was she leaving her cat, Tammy. Caring for Tammy allows Hemingway, who said she suffers from major depressive disorder, to push past…
For an officially non-partisan special election, the March 12 vote to select a supervisor might say a lot about the future of partisan politics in Orange County. On the one hand, a win by one of the big-name Republicans on the ballot could assure the party faithful that the GOP brand isn’t as shaky, locally,…
Mallory Smith was a toddler in 1995 when doctors finally diagnosed her persistent cough and runny nose: cystic fibrosis. Life expectancy for the disease at the time was between 25 and 30 years. Upon hearing the news, her mother collapsed. “Our new normal: a child with an expiration date,” said…
The March 10, 1933, Long Beach earthquake killed 115 people and caused major damage throughout the Los Angeles Basin.
A bank robber got away on an electric bike with about $8,000 from a Newport Beach heist on Thursday, March 7. A man seen wearing sunglasses with a dark colored beanie and jacket entered the OneWest Bank, 3700 East Coast Highway, at about 3:48 p.m., according to a news release from the Newport Beach Police…
Philanthropist Eli Broad inserted himself into a pivotal Los Angeles school board race at the last second this week, making the largest individual donation to any candidate. Broad’s $100,000 didn’t go directly to a candidate for the open District 5 seat, but to a union running its own campaign…
While her identity remains a mystery, a makeshift memorial sprouted up Thursday on a popular equestrian trail to a young girl whose lifeless body was found stuffed into a black duffel bag in the light brush. “Rest in Heaven Princess” read one day-glo pink sign adorning the fence at the entrance…
Reports that the U.S. government kept a database on journalists, activists and immigration attorneys during an investigation into last year’s migrant caravan has stirred outrage among civil rights groups, drawn concern from lawmakers and prompted more people to come forward with additional allegations…
They found heaps of cash, $200,000 in all, concealed everywhere — in a green metal ammunition box hidden under a step, stuffed inside a paint can, in a shoe box, and in a Dodgers duffel bag crammed into a propane BBQ grill. During the Feb. 20 raid at the Pacific Palisades home of Stephanie Smith,…
Late one night last September, a party for Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies was winding down. New deputies working in East L.A. were celebrating having successfully completed a probation period and their status as full-fledged members of the Sheriff’s Department. But the gathering took an…
